568 - Should Confessional Booths Protect Predators?
Friendly Atheist Podcast
Friendly Atheist Podcast
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— After "faith-healing" death of 8-year-old girl, 14 Christians found guilty of manslaughter. (1:55)
— Montana Democrats want to require priests to report confessions of child abuse. (14:45)
— Washington lawmaker defends bill making priests mandated reporters. (33:22)
— Atheist group sues to end tax exemptions for church-owned apartments in Madison. (48:00)
— The Supreme Court will decide if taxpayers should fund a religious charter school. (59:43)
— Right-wing priest Calvin Robinson had his religious title revoked after imitating Elon Musk’s salute. (1:05:18)
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hemet and Jessica. And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast. |
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