Blasphemy Is A Victimless Crime
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2017
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
FFRF stops bible classes in a Tennessee elementary school. After commenting on President Trump picking Teresa Manning, an avid antiabortionist who said "contraception doesn't work," to lead the nation's largest family-planning program, we talk with Michael Nugent of Atheists of Ireland about blasphemy laws, and hear actor Stephen Fry's comments that caused him to be investigated for blasphemy. Then we speak with Rice professor and prolific author Dr. Anthony Pinn about his new book, When Colorblindness Isn't the Answer: Humanism and the Challenge of Race.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
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| 0:13.4 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
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| 0:22.6 | No hell below us |
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| 0:59.2 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and I wanted to give a special hello to those of you who are blaspheming or blasphemers. |
| 1:08.5 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. This is the May 11, 2017 edition of Freethought Radio. |
| 1:12.6 | The month of May. We like the month of May, not just for the flowers and the spring coming, but |
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