Ep. 444 - Interview with Andrew Seidel, author of "American Crusade"

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Andrew Seidel is the Vice President of Strategic Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the author of "The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American." He's written and spoken extensively about these issues in a variety of online and print publications, and on several news shows. His latest book, out this month, is called "American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom." 0:00 Intro 1:08 How did you write a book about the Supreme Court when the Court kept issuing new, harmful rulings? (An update to the book can be found here: https://andrewlseidel.com/moreac/) 3:24 What church/state barriers are next to fall? 8:09 Is the Federalist Society a Christian organization? 13:37 Why isn't there a liberal equivalent to the Federalist Society? 15:14 SPONSOR: https://www.expressvpn.com/friendlyatheist 16:34 Is the Supreme Court helping or hurting the country? 18:40 Is there one justice whose presence is ultra-crusade-y? 21:04 Should we care about the details of Amy Coney Barrett's faith? 24:16 What impact will Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson have on this Court? 25:45 What would be the best way to fight back against this activist Court? 33:45 What does success mean for you when it comes to readers of "American Crusade"? 42:10 What do you say to future lawyers who care about church/state issues? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:06.6	This is Hemant Mehta for the Friendly Atheist Podcast.
0:10.2	I am Solo today.
0:11.7	Jessica will be back next week.
0:13.9	You can support the show by going to patreon.com slash Friendly Atheist Podcast.
0:20.7	Andrew Sidel is Vice President of Strategic Communications for Americans United for Separation
0:26.9	of Church and State, and the author of the founding myth why Christian nationalism is
0:32.9	on American.
0:33.9	He's written and spoken extensively about these issues in a variety of online and print
0:39.8	publications and on several news shows.
0:43.1	On a personal note, he is someone I routinely look to for guidance on where our shared dystopia
0:49.3	is heading because he doesn't hold back on telling the truth, he doesn't mince words,
0:55.3	and unlike a lot of legal pundits on cable news shows, he has the distinction of being
1:00.2	right all the damn time when he tells us how extreme this current court is.
1:06.7	His latest book out this month is called American Crusade, how the Supreme Court is weaponizing
1:13.5	religious freedom.
1:15.1	Andrew, thank you for joining me.
1:17.9	Your new book really summarizes a lot of the big religious cases in front of the Supreme
1:23.1	Court over the past few years when it comes to church date separation.
1:27.9	It explains what they were about and what the court did in plain English, and it analyzes
1:33.3	what all of that means.
1:35.3	I was actually stunned to see that despite the length of the book and the substance inside
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