Ep. 437 - The Hypocrisy of an Anti-Gay Republican

Friendly Atheist Podcast

English - July 29, 2022 04:28 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Spirituality Religion & Spirituality news science politics comedy atheism religion liberal philosophy entrepreneurship interview Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Ep. 436 - Who's the Real Hate-Preacher?

Next Episode: Ep. 438 - The Plight of Conservative Christian Furries

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!

— SPONSOR: Check out God Pod!

— 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)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices