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. — Order anything from Stardust Science and get a 10% discount with the promo code “friendlyatheist”! https://stardustscience.com/discount/FriendlyAtheist — A Belgian court fined the Jehovah’s Witnesses for shunning former members. (0:25) — The Catholic Church still says it won’t bless same-sex marriages. Some priests want to rebel. (7:50) — The Liberty University “think tank” co-founded by right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has fired Charlie Kirk. (18:28) — CNN’s Don Lemon said God loves everyone. Now a Christian hate group is furious. (24:18) — The Georgia spa shooter had a long faith-filled history. (27:09) — Bob Jones University, which once banned interracial dating, wants you to know they oppose the Equality Act. (40:40) — A Montana Republican says he wants silent prayer in schools as a way to get God back in the classroom. (44:58) — A Florida bill would let student athletes preach over the loudspeaker before playoff games. (49:55) — A student recorded her middle school health teacher preaching in the classroom. (57:38) — Sen. Lindsey Graham says if the filibuster is changed, he’ll talk until he falls over. Let him. (1:00:20) — Being “Super Straight” is a (silly bigoted) thing now. (1:06:59) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices