Friendly Atheist Podcast

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Actress Candace Cameron Bure is making pseudo-Hallmark movies that feature "traditional marriage," not gay couples. (0:54) — Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke just lost both of his YouTube channels. (23:28) — "Highly religious Americans" are the biggest climate deniers. (29:40) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt celebrated his re-election with a public prayer in which he claimed the entire state in the name of Jesus. (37:08) — A Buddhist pilot won't have to go through Alcoholics Anonymous after a settlement with United Airlines. (39:20) — A Christian Nationalist who won a school board seat in Florida wants to bring back physical abuse in school, (43:48) — After speaking out against her abusive Christian school, a Canadian woman had her home vandalized. (51:52) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Pat Robertson's prediction failed. (3:00) — How did the godless fare in the 2022 midterm elections? (13:35) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis deemed himself a "fighter" sent by the Christian God to defend the downtrodden. (33:06) — Tennessee rightly got rid of a ban on pastors in public office. An (unenforceable) atheist ban, however, remained in place. (53:15) — Amendment 3, a "religious freedom" amendment, failed in Arkansas. (1:03:50) — Was the Air Force Academy promoting Christianity on the soccer field? (1:12:36) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Greg Locke's Halloween bonfire to destroy "witchcraft" artifacts, Catholic symbols, and other things he deems evil got a heavy dose of rain. (3:50) — The IRS isn't doing a damn thing to enforce the Johnson Amendment and stop churches from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. (15:00) — If the IRS doesn't care, should more Democratic preachers use the pulpit to promote their candidates? That's what Rev. Jamal H. Bryant did. (He's not a hero, though.) (36:30) — Yolanda Flowers, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Alabama, made a surprise appearance this week at Creationist Kent Hovind's Dinosaur Adventure Land. (47:12) — While New Mexico GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti insists he's not an anti-abortion extremist, a prominent pastor is telling a very different story. (56:40) — Four members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, all in Pennsylvania, were charged with sexually abusing a total of 19 kids. (1:07:36) — Brazil defeated Jair Bolsonaro and his evangelical Christian base. (1:09:29) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — 45% of Americans say we should live in a "Christian nation." Yikes‚Ķ? (0:50) — Even Christianity Today admits public schools aren't godless. (16:50) — Christian "prophet" Robin Bullock says that Jesus was a wealthy man who owned five houses. (26:18) -‚Äì Sumner County, TN has adopted new rules acknowledging the supposed "Judeo-Christian" founding of the country. (34:23) — Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke is so loud that his county may institute a noise ordinance. (40:36) — Leaders in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo (NY) have agreed to government oversight because they're utterly incapable of protecting kids on their own. (48:15) — A Hasidic school in New York City will have to pay back millions for defrauding the state. (55:50) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Atheist candidate Mike Itkis made a sex tape to boost his flailing congressional campaign. (1:44) — Preaching history teacher and Christian bigot David Paszkiewicz is running for public office in Kearny, NJ. (14:35) — Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke plans to hold another book burning on Halloween. This time, Catholic symbols will be up in flames too. (25:22) — Conservative blogger Matt Walsh says anime is Satanic. (34:10) — Christians lashed out against a "satanic" mural in a middle school painted by a teenager. (38:01) — Mormon dad Matthew Watkins explained how he would disown his daughter if she were in a same-sex marriage and it did not go over well. (50:30) — "The Unbelieving," a new play about preachers who no longer believe in God yet remain in the pulpit, is premiering off-Broadway. (1:03:40) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Bart Barber, the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was featured on 60 Minutes but revealed the bigotry underlying his faith. (1:13) — Christian hate-preacher Steven Anderson delivered a very explicit and homophobic sermon. (26:29) — Why did a youth pastor hand out "I <3 hot youth pastors" stickers to kids? (33:42) — Catholic hospitals have always been dangerous. After the overturning of Roe, that's never been more true. (46:00) — A lawyer was fined $400,000 for warning a Catholic school about a predator priest on the payroll. (57:00) — Two evangelists canceled a Florida stop due to Hurricane Ian after insisting God told them the event would go on without a hitch. (1:16:02) — One Million Moms prematurely declared victory over the cancellation of "Little Demon." It's not canceled. (1:18:15) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Texas mother Jamie Gooch is warning people against Hocus Pocus 2. (0:33) — Minnesota lawmakers are launching a Secular Government Caucus to combat Christian Nationalism. (11:54) — Will the revelation that Herschel Walker paid for an abortion have any effect on conservative Christian voters in Georgia? (21:50) — Christian spyware that's meant to monitor visits to adult websites is also being used to monitor Wikipedia searches for atheism. (46:45) — A Christian father has horrible advice for raising good kids. (57:44) — Andrew Thorburn, the newly appointed CEO of an Australian football team, resigned due to backlash over his conservative Christian bigotry. (1:12:30) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — An 8-year-old girl was expelled for not wanting to send her teacher a picture of herself reading in the bathtub. (0:55) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is going after Republican Darren Bailey for using a fundamentalist Christian curriculum in a school he opened. (10:36) — Are Tennessee's license plates making it easier for cops to spot atheists? (24:19) — Students in Baton Rouge, Louisiana thought they were attending a "College & Career Fair." Instead, they were taken to church. (30:44) — Fundamentalist Christian mom Lori Alexander wants women to avoid feminism. This chart isn't helping. (38:55) — Bible preacher Mike Winger says you should kill someone if God tells you to. (47:30) — The documentary Jihad Rehab is poorly and irresponsibly made, but some prominent atheists are whining about "identity politics." (52:47) — The Satanic Temple sued Indiana's top officials to block an extreme abortion ban. (1:08:35) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Greg Locke is very unhappy about his depiction in the Peacock series Shadowland. (1:47) — Despite the Supreme Court giving him his old job back, Joseph Kennedy, the football coach who held prayer spectacles at midfield after games, is long gone. (14:04) — Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma claimed that God showed approval for his state's extreme abortion ban by‚Ķ making it rain after a drought. (26:15) — God's Not Dead 5 is coming soon. (32:18) — Dr. Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, says Christians must vote a certain way or else they're being "unfaithful" to God. (45:20) — When Liberty U. comes into town, UMass football will hold "Pride Day" (56:22) — Many of New York's Hasidic schools are taking public funds but not educating kids. (1:00:55) — Rapper Kanye West has opened his own private Christian school where parents have to sign NDAs. Yikes. (1:12:00) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Andrew Seidel is the Vice President of Strategic Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the author of "The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American." He's written and spoken extensively about these issues in a variety of online and print publications, and on several news shows. His latest book, out this month, is called "American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom." 0:00 Intro 1:08 How did you write a book about the Supreme Court when the Court kept issuing new, harmful rulings? (An update to the book can be found here: https://andrewlseidel.com/moreac/) 3:24 What church/state barriers are next to fall? 8:09 Is the Federalist Society a Christian organization? 13:37 Why isn't there a liberal equivalent to the Federalist Society? 15:14 SPONSOR: https://www.expressvpn.com/friendlyatheist 16:34 Is the Supreme Court helping or hurting the country? 18:40 Is there one justice whose presence is ultra-crusade-y? 21:04 Should we care about the details of Amy Coney Barrett's faith? 24:16 What impact will Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson have on this Court? 25:45 What would be the best way to fight back against this activist Court? 33:45 What does success mean for you when it comes to readers of "American Crusade"? 42:10 What do you say to future lawyers who care about church/state issues? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.