Friendly Atheist Podcast

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — We’re having our first meet-and-greet in Chicago on October 5! Please join us if you can! — Hemant has a new YouTube channel! Have you subscribed? You should. — Hemant will be at California Freethought Day next weekend. Tickets are still available! — Judge Tammy Kemp should never have preached Christianity to convicted murderer Amber Guyger in the Botham Jean murder case. (2:13) — Todd Starnes has been let go by FOX News. Now that is rock bottom. (10:42) — The Associated Press says 1,700 Catholic clergy members accused of sexual abuse now live among us. (21:03) — A Tennessee woman had a choice: Get baptized or go to jail. (27:00) — The three moms who make up One Million Moms are mad about gender-neutral dolls. (31:00) — A pastor cleansed his church after a gay man spoke there. (33:00) — 8% of U.S. teens say they’ve had a teacher lead the class in prayer. (41:41) — Bleach is not a healthy response to autism. (45:01) — Illinois secretly built a giant Planned Parenthood near the Missouri border. (49:43) — A teacher who won’t use trans pronouns can’t believe he got fired. (53:20) — The Trump administration is waging a new war on trans people. (56:44)

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