Reality Denial
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Many Christian Nationalists are denying the reality of the U.S. election results. FFRF Legal Fellow Brendan Johnson describes the amicus brief we filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court regarding religious groups challenging COVID-19 school closure orders. Then we speak with Nandini Archer of Open Democracy about the group's report, "Revealed: $280 million of 'dark money' spent by US Christian Right groups globally," implicating Trump attorney Jay Sekulow.
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| 1:07.1 | and the equally frightening surge in denial of science and even reality by some. |
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| 1:21.4 | 12th, 2020 edition of Free Thought Radio. Annie Laurie and I are hosting again from our Safer at Home studio in Madison, Wisconsin, |
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| 2:30.5 | In the second half of today's show, we're going to talk about international meddling in the internal affairs of a democracy. |
| 2:38.0 | No, not the Russians influencing the American election, but dozens of American religious groups spending millions of dollars to influence the courts and the policies of European, African, and Asian countries to further their anti-abortion, anti-equality agenda globally. |
| 2:57.6 | Our guest will be Nandini Archer of Open Democracy, who has co-authored some of the recent reports implicating, for example, Trump's personal lawyer, Jay Seculo, |
| 3:09.8 | as well as the Billy Graham Association and other Christian rights organizations. |
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