Episode 259 – Spinning in Place with Bart Everson
Bart Everson joins us to talk about his naturalistic holiday system drawing from Neo-paganism, but before that Erin joins us for for the news. The GOP is taxing churches, Tony Perkin's wants to drive gay rights supporters from the GOP, Northern Ireland will now allow Humanist weddings, Brother Adam has figured out how men can save America.NEWSRepublican tax law hits churcheshttp://bit.ly/an259-taxing-churchesOne provision of the GOP's tax bill was to remove deductions for fringe benefits for employees. These benefits include free parking, meals, bus passes, and the like. It was intended to offset part of the huge increase to the deficit that the tax cuts are causing, but interestingly it's poorly worded enough that it includes nonprofits, including churches that will now have to start paying some taxes.Tony Perkins: We can do for gay rights what we've done to abortion rightshttp://bit.ly/an259-gop-gay-rightsTony Perkin’s of the Family Research Council is quite happy that pro-choice Republicans have been driven from the party and how effective they’ve been at gutting abortion rights. Now, thanks to the retirement of Anthony Kennedy, he wants to do the same thing to gay rights.Northern Ireland will now recognize weddings officiated by humanistshttp://bit.ly/an259-north-irelandBrother Adam: Godly men must save America from “bossy women and queers”http://bit.ly/an259-bossy-womenInterview - Bart Eversonhttp://barteverson.com/Spinning in Place: A Secular Humanist Embraces the Neo-Pagan Wheel of the Yearhttps://amzn.to/2KyP5xjThis episode is brought to you by:* Mike M* Danielle M* Darryl G* Arthur K* Rachel B* Mikey Pullman* Jimmy Ninetoes* Al from Cestus Three* Kim B* SoJo* Alexandra T* John A* Levi C* Rob C* Henry K* Alan M* The Flying Skeptic* George GYou can find us online at www.htotw.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@htotw.com, and leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666.Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.DOWNLOAD EPISODESupport the show