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. — Utah’s governor thinks a weekend of prayer will fix a drought. (1:02) — A Virginia teacher refuses to use trans kids’ pronouns. The district punished him. Now he’s suing. (9:15) — A high school football player had to eat pork, which violates his faith, as punishment. (17:20) — Pastors at Willow Creek still won’t condemn the church’s abusive founder. (24:05) — A Tennessee hat shop owner created Star of David patches bragging about not being vaccinated. They did not go over well. (37:32) — Is Russell Moore a hero for condemning the Southern Baptist Convention? (41:05) — An atheist leader in Kenya resigned after saying he converted to Christianity. (50:02) — After spreading COVID lies, Rick Wiles appears to have COVID. (55:22) — The remains of 215 children were found at a Catholic-run residential school in Canada. (58:45) — This Texas valedictorian used her speech to denounce anti-abortion laws. (1:06:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices