The Scathing Atheist 500: Quincentenary Edition
Sep 15, 2022
01:00:00
In this week’s episode, the New York Times does an expose on Yeshiva education that the students probably couldn’t read, Christian teachers on Marsh’s side of the pond will find new ways to pretend to be persecuted, and we’ll talk about a cola that’s even worse than RC.
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Headlines:
State funded Yeshivas under fire for failing to provide basic education: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html
Judge: HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom of anti-gay Christians
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/judge-hiv-drug-mandate-violates-religious-freedom-of-anti-gay-christians/
Debunked: Teacher wasn't jailed over pronouns, but for breaking a court order by going to school https://www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-fact-check-jail-pronouns-5860219-Sep2022/
Catholic League: Relax! Priests’ victims are “adolescents, not children”!
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/catholic-league-relax-priests-victims-are-adolescents-not-children/
Greg Locke’s pastor buddies don’t know how masturbation works: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/these-christian-preachers-have-no-idea-how-masturbation-works/
'Humanist' headteacher claims forcing children at her 'diverse' primary school to have Christian assemblies 'breaches their human rights' because only a third follow the religion https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11134653/Headteacher-says-forcing-primary-school-children-Christian-assemblies-breaches-human-rights.html
Humanist headteacher fails in attempt to ditch Christian assemblies for LGBT course
https://www.christian.org.uk/news/humanist-headteacher-fails-in-attempt-to-ditch-christian-assemblies-for-lgbt-course/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Women registering to vote at much higher rates than men: https://insights.targetsmart.com/not-just-kansas-women-motivated-to-vote-in-states-with-repro-rights-at-risk.html
LIndsey Graham proposes national abortion ban: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-senate-republican-lindsey-graham-unveils-abortion-bill-ahead-midterms-2022-09-13/
Sexually abusive chaplain sentences to seven years: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/prison-chaplain-james-highhouse-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-inmates/
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To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Headlines:
State funded Yeshivas under fire for failing to provide basic education: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html
Judge: HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom of anti-gay Christians
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/judge-hiv-drug-mandate-violates-religious-freedom-of-anti-gay-christians/
Debunked: Teacher wasn't jailed over pronouns, but for breaking a court order by going to school https://www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-fact-check-jail-pronouns-5860219-Sep2022/
Catholic League: Relax! Priests’ victims are “adolescents, not children”!
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/catholic-league-relax-priests-victims-are-adolescents-not-children/
Greg Locke’s pastor buddies don’t know how masturbation works: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/these-christian-preachers-have-no-idea-how-masturbation-works/
'Humanist' headteacher claims forcing children at her 'diverse' primary school to have Christian assemblies 'breaches their human rights' because only a third follow the religion https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11134653/Headteacher-says-forcing-primary-school-children-Christian-assemblies-breaches-human-rights.html
Humanist headteacher fails in attempt to ditch Christian assemblies for LGBT course
https://www.christian.org.uk/news/humanist-headteacher-fails-in-attempt-to-ditch-christian-assemblies-for-lgbt-course/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Women registering to vote at much higher rates than men: https://insights.targetsmart.com/not-just-kansas-women-motivated-to-vote-in-states-with-repro-rights-at-risk.html
LIndsey Graham proposes national abortion ban: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-senate-republican-lindsey-graham-unveils-abortion-bill-ahead-midterms-2022-09-13/
Sexually abusive chaplain sentences to seven years: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/prison-chaplain-james-highhouse-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-inmates/