The Founding Myth
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
What happened in Poland could happen here. Christian Nationalists are proposing and passing laws to outlaw abortion in many states. We listen to part of Georgia State Senator Jen Jordan's impassioned remarks in opposition to the fetal-heartbeat bill, and Governor Kemp's anti-choice remarks when he signed the bill into law. After hearing the 1941 song "One Life To Live," written by freethinking songwriters Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin, we talk with constitutional attorney Andrew Seidel, who is FFRF's Director of Strategic Response, about his new book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:14.0 | Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try |
| 0:22.6 | No hell below us |
| 0:33.6 | Above us only sky |
| 0:36.6 | Imagine all the people Above us only sky. |
| 0:48.3 | Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:54.8 | Hi, I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and welcome to Free Thought Radio. On today's show, we're going to ask, can it happen here? |
| 0:59.8 | Can Theocrats finally succeed in denying American women abortion rights? |
| 1:05.3 | And we're here to say it is happening here. |
| 1:08.2 | It is happening before our very eyes. |
| 1:11.0 | And we'll be talking about that. |
| 1:12.5 | I'm Dan Barker. |
| 1:13.5 | Today's the May 9th, 2019 edition of Freethought Radio. |
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