Ep. 308 - Mitt Romney Did The Right Thing For The Wrong Reason

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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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. — Donald Trump, without a hint of irony, said he doesn’t like when religion is used to justify anything improper. (2:45) — FOX News is furious that Mitt Romney cited his religion when voting to impeach Trump. (6:20) — Conservatives are still furious over the Super Bowl halftime show. (9:50) — A pastor said God is the only reason he hasn’t murdered one of his critics. (22:28) — No UK venue wants to make money off of Christian bigot Franklin Graham. (25:10) — A Christian activist said he would vote for Trump over Jesus. (27:38) — The ACLU held an LGBTQ Day at the Indiana Statehouse. (31:22) — Indiana rolled back a proposal to help pregnant women in the workplace. (33:49) — A 4-year-old is dead because his anti-vaxxer mom didn’t give him Tamiflu. (37:30) — This new Starbucks ad about a trans teen is fantastic. (43:04) — Planned Parenthood is expanding in Kentucky. (46:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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