You're a Mean One, Mr. Governor

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Religion, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 4 January 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Texas Governor Abbot censors FFRF’s “Bill of Rights Nativity” from the state capitol; Wisconsin lawmaker Scott Allen uses government resources to convert non-Christians. Idaho post office removes Christmas greeting from window. After hearing Paul Robeson sing “The Bill of Rights,” we talk with Thomas Sheedy who won the Richard and Beverly Hermsen Student Activist award for successfully fighting to establish a secular student club at his high school.

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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.
0:19.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:21.6	It's easy if you try.
0:27.6	No hell below us, above us only sky
0:41.3	imagine all the people
0:45.3	living for today.
1:00.0	For those who may watch this who are not Christians, I invite you to consider the hope offered by the Prince of Peace.
1:04.0	Well, that message that you just heard was not a minister,
1:10.0	and in a minute will tell you who broadcast this
1:13.0	proselytizing Christian message using the machinery of the state. But meanwhile, happy new year.
1:20.0	And welcome to Free Thought Radio. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood
1:25.7	atheist. This is indeed our first show of 2016.
1:30.5	This is January 2nd, 2016.
1:34.2	Free Thought Radio is produced,
1:35.5	and I think this is our fourth show produced now in our new studio,
1:39.3	in the Stephen Yule Friendly Atheist Studio.
1:43.4	Stephen Yule's last name is spelled U-H-L,
1:46.6	and he and Diane have been very generous with our new building expansion.
1:50.9	And he's also an author.
1:52.7	He's an author.
1:53.3	Out of the closet.
1:54.7	Former priest, a non-believer now.
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