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Straight White American Jesus

The Religious Exemption Accountability Project

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

With Dan still on vacation, enjoy this episode from the One Nation All Belief series: Brad speaks with Paul Southwick and Erin Green from the Religious Exemption Accountability Project. They explain REAP's mission: to help queer students on religious campuses and to get tax dollars out of institutions that discriminate against LGBT people. Through civil rights litigation, storytelling, oral history, research and public policy, REAP works toward a world where LGBTQ students on all campuses are treated equally, with safety and respect.Through civil rights litigation, storytelling, oral history, research and public policy, we work toward a world where LGBTQ students on all campuses are treated equally, with safety and respect. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ To Donate: venmo - @straightwhitejc Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an irreverent podcast.

0:03.7

Visit irreverent.fm for more content from our amazing lineup of creators.

0:22.8

Welcome back to straight white American Jesus.

0:24.7

We are here at the summer for religious freedom once again.

0:27.7

And I get to talk to two people who I've only known a short time,

0:30.4

but I think are just really amazing.

0:33.3

And that's Aaron Greene and Paul Southwick want to talk about your stories.

0:36.3

Want to talk about your organization.

0:37.6

First want to say thanks for joining me.

0:38.9

Thanks for being here.

0:39.8

Absolutely. Thanks for having us.

0:41.3

Thanks for having us.

0:42.2

So y'all are part of REAP, the religious exemption accountability project.

0:47.4

Paul, you're the founder of the organization.

0:49.7

And both of you work there and are advocating tirelessly for, uh, for basically

0:55.4

trying to stop those exemptions and the ways that they hurt people.

0:58.9

These are personal issues for both of you.

1:01.4

So I just want to ask quickly, uh, before we kind of talk about the organization

1:04.7

and all of your mission and values, Aaron, how does this sort of pertain to your story

1:09.4

and in your experiences?

1:11.0

Sure.

1:12.0

So I grew up in the evangelical church.

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