Ep. 269 - Jerry Falwell, Jr. Has A Racy Picture Problem

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Hemant is working on a new podcast and could use your support! (0:30) — I'm sad to say progressive Christian writer Rachel Held Evans has died. (6:50) — The Catholic Church has new rules to stop sexual abuse. They don't go far enough. (10:58) — A new Gallup poll finds that 60% of Americans could support an atheist for president. (16:30) — A Texas lawmaker says vaccines are "sorcery." (22:43) — A Kentucky student who sued over pro-vaccine policies now has chickenpox. (26:26) — A Texas church baptized a man only after he held up a sign saying he believed "a lie from the devil" that he was gay. (30:55) — Tell us more about these racy pics, Jerry Falwell, Jr. (35:20) — Georgia's anti-abortion "heartbeat" bill is as extreme as anything we've ever seen. (41:07) — A Georgia mayor was revealed to be a racist and she's not even the most racist person on the city council. (45:13) — An Ohio lawmaker doesn't understand how ectopic pregnancies work. (53:48) — Watching porn is bad if you're a conservative Christian. (59:20) — A Minnesota woman helped end her state's "marital rape" exception in the law. (1:03:37)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.