Hemant Mehta and Jessica Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.
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Ep. 437 - The Hypocrisy of an Anti-Gay Republican
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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
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— Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson voted *against* a bill to protect same-sex weddings... then attended his gay son's wedding. (1:52)
— Why is Ted Haggard back in the news? (13:07)
— The Church of Scientology wants to enforce religious arbitration clauses in its contracts... against people who left the faith. (26:45)
— Among Gen Z, women are less likely to be religious than men! (40:05)
— With the Supreme Court getting rid of the Lemon Test, a previous church/state separation victory was wiped off the books. (46:15)
— A Kentucky judge temporarily protected abortion access, saying that the state's anti-abortion laws were "theocratic" and therefore illegal. (1:00:48)
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