627 - Christian Candidate Too Extreme for Australia
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Federal judge blocks Arkansas law forcing Ten Commandments displays in public schools. (0:37)
— South Australia political party dumps Christian candidate over anti-gay, anti-feminist rants. (14:47)
— Nebraska "prophet" says God needs him to have access to a private jet. (26:28)
— Indiana judge says state's abortion ban violates religious freedom of those seeking abortions. (40:08)
— A Utah lawmaker didn’t try to codify the Mormon "Word of Wisdom." He was just making a point. (51:30)
— Extremist pastor plots comeback campaign in deep-red Oklahoma district. (1:06:55)
— Alabama House passes bill forcing public schools to begin day with student-led prayer. (1:17:50)
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hemet. |
| 0:01.4 | And Jessica. |
| 0:02.2 | And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast. |
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| 0:19.2 | Yes. |
| 0:19.9 | And much to talk about. How are you? I'm doing fine. So far the video has been going good. My husband was... The comments are not obscene. Yeah, my husband's like, did you check the comments? I was like, obviously, I didn't check the comments. But they've all been super nice. So, yeah, thank you, everybody, for being cool. And hit me. |
| 0:41.8 | Let's start with some breaking news this week anyway out of Arkansas. |
| 0:45.6 | And this concerns their Ten Commandments law. |
| 0:49.5 | A couple states have already done this, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. |
| 0:55.3 | The Texas one is already being appealed, and we'll see what the hell their Fifth Circuit Court does. |
| 1:01.4 | But here's the background on what's happening in Arkansas because they just had a major move in the courts this week. |
| 1:01.7 | Okay. |
| 1:06.5 | Their law required every public school classroom to display a copy of the Ten Commandments. |
| 1:13.0 | No disclaimer needed explaining the supposed historical relevance of the Ten Commandments. |
| 1:16.9 | Just to straight up put the Ten Commandments King James version up there. I kind of respect that more than the sort of like fiddle fatally and of like, oh, well, we'll put it up in the context. |
| 1:22.7 | Right. Louisiana was like, no, this isn't about pushing religion. |
| 1:27.4 | It's about pushing religion. |
| 1:30.6 | It's about pushing American history on kids. |
| 1:32.4 | And that's what the disclaimer is in Arkansas. I'm not interested in playing that game. |
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