Guest: Rob Boston

Freethought Radio

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Religion, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 March 2014

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In The News: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoes the controversial bill denying service to gays. We educate the bible-illiterate Tony Perkins, of the Family Research Council, about why the Christian scriptures are insulting. We talk about the movie Philomena, and about Ricky Gervais's view on "something to live for." Then we talk with Rob Boston, of Americans United For Separation of Church and State, about his new book: Taking Liberties: Why Religious Freedom Doesn't Give You The Right To Tell Other People What To Do.

In The News: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoes the controversial bill denying service to gays. We educate the bible-illiterate Tony Perkins, of the Family Research Council, about why the Christian scriptures are insulting. We talk about the movie Philomena and the Academy Awards, and about Ricky Gervais’s view on "something to live for." Then we talk with Rob Boston, of Americans United For Separation of Church and State, about his new book: Taking Liberties: Why Religious Freedom Doesn’t Give You The Right To Tell Other People What To Do. - See more at: http://ffrf.org/news/radio/shows/#sthash.OIjp8yu0.dpuf

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0:27.6	No hell below us
0:41.3	Above us only sky
0:47.3	Imagine all the people
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