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. — Conservative Christians are angry at Chick-fil-A for helping the poor. (0:38) — People are very upset about a same-sex couple on a dancing show. (12:35) — A Christian Right group’s Christmas “Naughty or Nice” list reveals a lot about their priorities. (16:36) — A Tennessee school district is getting sued over its long long history of preaching to kids. (23:40) — A Wisconsin church won’t get a $10,000 from a city council because they bragged about converting people with it. (27:59) — The Dallas Straight Pride Parade was a flop. (31:03) — A Michigan college nixed the Pledge from student government meetings… then brought it back. (34:00) — Kanye West‘s appearance at Joel Osteen‘s church was underwhelming and ignorant. (37:52) — The Ohio House passed a bill that allegedly prohibits teachers from punishing students who give a wrong answer if they did it because of religion. (53:10) — Kansas City just banned conversion therapy! (58:33)

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