Thoughts & Prayers' Not!

Published: Nov. 9, 2017, 10:53 p.m.

Freethought Radio takes a trenchant look at recent insensitive religious absurdities by Rev. Pat Robertson, Bishop Robert Morlino, President Trump and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. We play Roy Zimmerman\u2019s satiric \u201cTo the Victims of This Tragedy\u201d as commentary on \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d substituting for action. FFRF Patrick O\u2019Reiley Legal Fellow Chris Line joins us to talk about the hysterical hullabaloo over his recent victory ending football prayer at a Georgia high school. Investigative reporter Katherine Stewart, author of The Good News Club, returns to talk about her new piece about another threat to secular public education, \u201cThe Proselytizers and the Privatizers,\u201d appearing in this month\u2019s American Prospect.