Friendly Atheist Podcast

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!On this (extra-long) podcast, Jessica and I discussed the past year in news!We covered a whole variety of topics, going month by month, so feel free to jump around and listen in at any point!— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to get free chicken wings for a year. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— The Catholic Church, which is still anti-LGBTQ, will let priests bless same-sex couples. (0:50)— Here's why Speaker Mike Johnson's attendance at a "Purity Ball" is so damn disturbing. (21:25)— Conservatives can't handle the existence of an After School Satan Club in Tennessee. (34:58)— A Kansas teen launched the first high school Satan Club in the country. (46:33)— A Nativity scene returned outside the Toledo, Iowa fire department... with two new additions. (53:00)— An Iowa school district rejected a ministry's offer to buy a vacant building and launch a Christian school. (1:02:25)— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to get free chicken wings for a year. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— Conservatives can't handle The Satanic Temple's harmless display in Iowa's Capitol. (0.37)— Officials in Toledo, Iowa think their public Nativity display is legal. They're wrong. (24:55)— The ACLU made a critical error in defending Christian pseudo-historian David Barton. (32:20)— The Mormon Church is buying up acre after acre of Nebraska. (49:36)— Preacher defends criminally charged colleague, saying critics will be "sniped and taken out." (58:15)— Denmark reinstates blasphemy law, criminalizing the burning of holy books. (1:11:15)— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to get free chicken wings for a year. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— Speaker Mike Johnson says God told him, in late-night hallucinations, that he was Moses. (0:59)— The Mormon Church refused to help a sex abuse survivor, then paid her to destroy evidence. (13:18)— The theme of this public school marching band's halftime show? A Christian Tent Revival. (32:26)— Kirk Cameron wants schools to ditch Scholastic book fairs for a right-wing alternative. (42:20)— Oklahoma Senate candidate: Parents who use IVF are "waging an assault against God." (1:01:10)— An all-female Catholic college will admit trans women. Haters can't handle it. (1:12:48)— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to get free chicken wings for a year. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— This anonymous Christian dad proudly refuses to love his transgender daughter. (0:22)— After ending daily prayers over the intercom, an Oklahoma public school may restart them. (21:46)— Christian college president: Sorry I let a man with long hair present at a Creationism seminar. (37:55)— Anger over Sabrina Carpenter's music video reveals the Catholic Church's broken priorities. (48:35)— Oregon is paying millions to an unlicensed Christian ministry to care for foster kids. (1:00:05)— An unregulated Louisiana group for Christian homeschoolers sells diplomas for $465. (1:08:40)— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to get free chicken wings for a year. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— "Let Us Prey" exposes abuse in Independent Fundamental Baptist churches. (1:08)— More congregations are ditching the United Methodist Church over an LGBTQ schism. (14:20)— A Christian school has sued Vermont officials after facing consequences for anti-trans bigotry. (27:50)— A teenager created a Prayer Mirror in her high school's bathroom. It needs to come down. (44:00)— A Pennsylvania school district must pay Satanists $200,000 after a lawsuit over After School Satan Club. (49:32)— Facing lawsuits, Archdiocese of Washington challenges law empowering abuse survivors. (1:00:15)— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to get free chicken wings for a year. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Christian now. Good luck figuring out why. (1:50)— A Christian singer, Bobbi Storm, disobeyed a flight attendant, sang on a plane, then acted like a victim. (26:32)— A Florida church refused to rent space to a mom who conceived her kids through IVF. (36:08)— A Christian dad claims his gay daughter's counselor interfered with their anti-gay bigotry. (45:45)— A West Virginia prison finally released an atheist inmate denied parole for refusing to profess Christianity. (1:07:52)— Federal judge: Atheist parolee jailed for rejecting Bible study can seek financial damages. (1:15:09)— Let's discuss a bizarre hypothetical question involving a skydiving Christian baby. (1:19:50)— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

***NOTE***: The first story involves a discussion about a man taking his life.Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— Did a drag-loving, trans-pretending Baptist pastor, Bubba Copeland, deserve to be outed? (1:55)— Speaker Mike Johnson's use of "Covenant Eyes" shameware is even worse than it looks. (26:25)— The story of a homeless man who stole Sean Feucht's guitar, then found God, is a lie. (43:30)— AZ judge tosses out child abuse lawsuit against Mormon Church, citing "clergy-penitent" rule. (58:13)— Wisconsin GOP passes amendment to ban church shutdowns during future pandemic. (1:12:51)— After lawsuit, South Carolina will no longer give $1,500,000 to Christian school. (1:20:40)— To protest a Texas university's anti-drag president, Andrew Seidel spoke there in drag. (1:28:20)— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show!Join our private Facebook group and Discord server!Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible— Speaker Mike Johnson's "covenant marriage" doesn't make it more meaningful. (0:50)— Grand Canyon University, the nation's largest Christian school, just got fined $38 million for lying about tuition costs. (25:22)— The Southern Baptist Convention is still fighting against survivors of sexual abuse. (41:09)— After forcing kids to attend religious revival, a West Virginia school district has settled the case for $175,000. (1:03:38)— Texas Supreme Court to decide if a judge can be punished for refusing to marry gay couples. (1:12:10)— SPONSOR: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off. — SPONSOR: Paint Your Life. Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! 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.— Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible— New House Speaker Mike Johnson is a fervent Christian Nationalist. (1:31) — A Republican helped sink Rep. Tom Emmer's Speaker bid, saying he needed to "get right with Jesus." (29:10)— Rep. Maxwell Frost called out "racist, violent, and dangerous" Christian Nationalism. (38:30)— Donald Trump said he'll block immigrants who "don't like our religion" from entering the U.S. (43:52)— Preacher Mark Burns, who lied about his military service, plans to open the "Burns Christian Military Academy." (51:28)— Oklahoma's Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit to block a taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school. (58:30)— GOP congressman Burgess Owens falsely claimed the Bible was "banned from all of us" in 1963. (1:05:37)— SPONSOR: PaintYourLife.com: Text FRIENDLY to 87204 to get 20% off your painting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.