The Flag and the Cross
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Guest: Samuel L. Perry. We announce two victories in federal lawsuits this week stopping city council prayer and religious instruction in West Virginia schools. We talk about Alito's leaked abortion decision. The popular actor Jon Huertas tells us why he is a nontheist. In light of the tragic massacre in Buffalo, we speak with Professor Samuel L. Perry about his new book (with co-author Philip Gorski), The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
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| 1:06.8 | This is the May 19th, 2022 episode of Free Thought Radio. |
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| 2:22.7 | And our legal staff, which includes at least nine attorneys and other legal staff and a bunch of interns that are coming in soon, have been really busy. |
| 2:26.6 | And this week, we are celebrating not one, but two court victories for FFRF. |
| 2:35.0 | And we'll tell you about those in a moment. |
| 2:37.0 | Yes, a sweet week for separation of church and state and FFRF. |
| 2:43.0 | But first, we must mourn, we must talk about and mourn the deaths in the buffalo shooting this week of so many individuals |
| 2:53.4 | based on white supremacy and also we point out white Christian nationalism motivated by |
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