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. — Hemant has a new YouTube channel! Have you subscribed? You should. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she’d consider hiring a “Secular Outreach Director” and Julián Castro says he doesn’t think atheism is a dirty word. (0:37) — A Major League Baseball umpire under fire for his violent pro-Trump tweet also happens to run a Christian ministry. (10:03) — The Christian Moms are furious at a commercial for period-proof underwear that featured men. (15:51) — The company Always removed the female symbol from its sanitary pads. (20:05) — An Italian photographer was convicted of blasphemy and ordered to pay a hefty fine. (22:15) — Pastor Greg Locke burned a book by attorney Andrew Seidel because it threatened him with education. (26:58) — A Tennessee GOP official trashed Democrats for having a “queer running fo president.” (37:14) — Guess why abortion rates are falling in Colorado? Hint: It has nothing to do with abortion restrictions. (39:44) — Bible teacher Beth Moore needs to “go home” because she’s a woman, said a male Christian preacher. (44:00) — A Republican didn’t really say women considering abortions should have to wear ankle monitors. (47:47) — God supposedly gave this woman the winning lottery numbers. But she didn’t play them. (52:41) — 31% of white evangelicals think Donald Trump is infallible. (55:19)

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