547: Bureau of Atheism Edition

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08/10/23 • 60 min

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In this week’s episode, Connecticut rules on plague freedoms, an airline gets sentenced to Christianity, and Don Ford will be here just in case the COVID gets me before we reach the outro.
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Headlines:
Republicans outing in-danger atheists to score political points: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/desperate-to-show-democrats-are-promoting
Appeals court upholds ban on religious vaccine exemptions in CT: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2023/08/07/734130.htm
Employes fired for objecting to mandatory prayer meetings win 50K in court
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/07/atheist-worker-prayer-discrimination-settlement/
Sound of Freedom funder Fabian Marta arrested for child kidnapping: https://www.newsweek.com/sound-freedom-funder-fabian-marta-arrest-child-kidnapping-1817498?amp=1
Judge orders lawyers to attend ADF “Religious Freedom” class: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/southwests-lawyers-must-take-adf-religion-classes-judge-say
"Wisdom University" has to stop claiming to offer degrees: http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2023/08/court-upholds-accreditation-requirement.html?lctg=195322114
Fox Op-Ed: “Maybe the aliens are Jesus!” https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/the-bibles-explainer-on-ufos

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546: Morning Show Edition

On this week’s episode: *sad trombone sound* ... We learn how to hunt Irish witches, for charity ... And we have the release of a brand new single from Anna Bosnick.
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Headlines:
"Judeo-Christian" roots will ensure US military AI is used ethically, general says: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/22/air-force-general-ai-judeochristian/
New religious charity promotes ‘witch hunting’ sermon: https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2023/07/new-religious-charity-promotes-witch-hunting-sermon
Barclays Bank pays £21,500 settlement to charity that ‘helps people leave LGBT lives’: https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/barclays-bank-pays-21500-settlement-charity-helps-people-leave-lgbt-lives/finance/article/1828268
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GAMusic:
“Eye of the Tiger” — by 2 for Christ:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT88GMgPv/

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548: Synthetic Edition

In this week’s episode, Christianity Today finally separates itself from that Christ fella, we’ll chat with artificial Jesus, and Lucinda will be here to help us finish off David Icke
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Headlines:
Christianity Today editor to NPR: “MAGA Christians reject Jesus’s teachings as ‘too liberal’”: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity
People are mad that you can text with chatgpt jesus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/08/12/text-with-jesus-chatgpt-ai/
Massachusetts couple denied foster care application over homophobic views is suing the state over it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/massachusetts-couple-denied-foster-care-application-lgbtq-views-compla-rcna99339
Ohio finally gets around to revoking Sherri Tenpenny’s medical license: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-ohio-state-medical-board-has-finally-suspended-the-medical-license-of-antivax-quack-sherri-tenpenny/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Feminists in Israel raise alarms: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/world/middleeast/israel-women-rights.html
Fake video used to drum up sexism and anti-Muslim animus in India: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66432198
Texas argues fetus isn’t person when it suits them financially: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-argues-fetus-doesn-t-right-life-new-18292079.php

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