Is Sharia Law Coming for Your Dog?

Thank God I'm Atheist

TGIA Media

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

A Florida congressman has introduced something called the "Protect Puppies from Sharia Act." Yes, that's the real name. The bill claims to defend dogs from Islamic law bans that don't exist, turning imaginary threats into federal legislation. We break down the culture-war paranoia behind it, and how this is what passes for serious governance now.

Elsewhere, we cover a massive Catholic abuse settlement and what it says about institutional accountability, a heartbreaking measles case tied to vaccine refusal, Louisiana's Ten Commandments law surviving another court challenge, Liberty University's push for a social media fast, and new Gallup data showing public trust in clergy collapsing. We close with a broader look at Christian nationalism and whether losing culture-war battles actually slows the movement, or quietly strengthens it.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, everybody.
0:20.0	Hi, friends, well from beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah. Hi, friends.
0:23.3	Well, from beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah.
0:25.3	It's, thank God, I'm atheist.
0:38.3	Where we, a couple of atheists just try not to explode as we explore the doings and goings on here in these United States of America.
0:39.9	I'm Frank Feldman.
0:41.1	And I'm Dan Beecher.
0:47.3	And coming up on the show today, Dan, there are a lot of cultural war battles out there that we seem to maybe not be winning.
0:50.9	Well, here's the thing.
0:52.5	Yes, we may or may not.
0:54.0	It feels that way. Yeah, we're on a bad
0:56.2	trajectory right now. This is the worst possible timeline. We all understand that. But here's the other
1:03.5	thing. What if we lose a couple of these? The question is that we'll end. The question that I want to ask is, okay, how bad will that be?
1:15.6	Like, we lose one. This is transgressive, Dan. This conversation is the conversation we are not
1:22.8	allowed to have. And we're going to have it. We're going to have it. We're going to do it. Okay. All right. I'm excited. I'm looking forward to it. We will be canceled. I'm pretty sure. This is coming up on the second half of the show. Congratulations. This is the last episode of TGIA. Please enjoy as we move forward. Oh my God. Well, Dan, yeah. I'm going to start with a little
1:46.6	story about a fabricated crisis. And not a not a real thing. Okay. Story. Uh, that is
1:57.0	maybe worth us paying a little bit of attention to.
2:01.4	Okay.
2:02.4	Probably not.
2:03.1	This is not going to go anywhere.
2:04.8	This complete idiot, Randy Fine, a member of the U.S.
2:11.5	House of Representatives.
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