565 - The Religious Makeup of the New Congress

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Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Why did an Ohio Catholic school get $5 million intended for water infrastructure in West Virginia? (0:45)

— One new member of Congress is openly agnostic. Another's religion? "None." (18:04)

— Oklahoma lawmaker's "covenant marriage" bill would make it harder to get divorced. (32:32)

— Texas Supreme Court to decide if Southern Methodist U. can break from the United Methodist Church. (50:18)

— Orthodox Christian confesses to vandalizing Satanic statue in Concord, NH. (1:02:25)

— Texas Republicans file bill to install state-sponsored Nativity scene in Capitol. (1:10:15)

— Christian Nationalist: Not having chaplains in schools "creates mental disease." (1:14:20)

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0:00.0	This is Hemet and Jessica.
0:01.8	And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast.
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0:35.5	Eliana. Amber Ray W. Laura K. And bowl of limes. Thank you for your amusing pseudonyms.
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0:41.1	They're all giant stories.
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0:45.6	Okay.
0:46.3	We are going to start with this wild situation where, okay, this is going to sound
0:52.8	boring.
0:53.4	I promise you it's not. Okay.
0:56.7	Republicans in West Virginia during COVID in 2022, after COVID, but in 2022, the government
1:05.7	passed a giant American Rescue Plan Act. It was like $1.9 trillion. And getting some of that money in West Virginia
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