OA171: Andrew Seidel Joins the Five-Timers Club

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🗓️ 8 May 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode welcomes back one of our favorite guests — and the show’s only five-time guest, Andrew Seidel, attorney with the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Together, Andrew, Andrew, and Thomas tackle a bunch of church and state separation issues. First, they break down Andrew Seidel’s recent success in convincing the New Jersey Supreme Court to strike down a grant program that spent taxpayer dollars rebuilding churches and saved the citizens of New Jersey more than a quarter of a billion dollars! Then, the gang does a deep dive into a pending law in Kansas that would permit adoption agencies within the state to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation (or anything else that offended the organization's... wait for it... sincerely-held religious beliefs). Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas (and Andrew!) Take The Bar Exam question #74 about the admissibility of evidence. Don’t forget to following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our Facebook Page so that you too can play along with #TTTBE! Recent Appearances Andrew was the recent guest masochist on Episode 141 of the God Awful Movies podcast, reviewing "Cries of the Unborn." Check it out! Show Notes & Links

Click here to read the Morris County Opinion discussed during the "A" segment.
And if you want to see the legislative notes from the Kansas adoption bill, you should click here.
We broke down the Masterpiece Cakeshop case in Episode 105, and you can follow along with the guys by reading the transcript of the Masterpiece Cakeshop oral argument before the Supreme Court!
If you love Andrew Seidel, you might want to go back to his FOUR previous appearances on the show, Episode 82 (on Trinity Lutheran), Episode 85 (which was originally a Patreon-only exclusive),Episode 111, and most recently, Episode 131.
Finally, please consider supporting the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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0:31.0	They say a man who represents himself as a fool for a client.
0:35.0	Well, with God as my witness, I am that fool!
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0:53.0	Welcome to Opening Arguments, a podcast that pairs an inquisitive interviewer with a real-life lawyer.
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1:13.0	Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is Episode 171. I'm your host, Thomas Smith, and this episode we have a Coven of Andrews!
1:28.0	It is Andrew Torres, how are you doing, sir?
1:30.0	I am fantastic. I am so excited for this episode and you'll find out why in eight seconds.
1:37.0	Okay, I'll take eight seconds to say hello to Andrews. How are you doing?
1:42.0	I am well. Thank you for having me on, guys.
1:45.0	It's so fun to have so many Andrews. It's so many great Andrews.
1:51.0	You know, because let's be real. There are low-quality Andrews out there, but these are two high-quality Andrews, and we're so happy to have them.
1:59.0	I can't wait to talk about some FFR stories of victory and also some bills on the horizon that I'm sure will be future FFR, hopefully victories.
2:10.0	So really excited to get some updates from Andrews, CIDEL on that.
2:13.0	Let's see, I guess that's all we need to do, teaser-wise, any other announcements? Are we getting right into it?
2:18.0	No, let's get into it. I'm excited.
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