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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\n\u2014 Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) used Christianity to cover up his campaign finance fraud. (2:55)\n\u2014 The Catholic Church has spent millions of dollars in New York lobbying against bills that would let victims of child sex abuse seek justice. (7:50)\n\u2014 Good news! Claiming to have flown in an alien spaceship is no longer a dealbreaker to get an endorsement from the Miami Herald. (11:50)\n\u2014 Christine Hallquist, a trans woman, is the Democratic nominee for governor in Vermont! (16:55)\n\u2014 A conservative legal group is furious that Hawaii asked non-profits to play by the rules this election season. (18:58)\n\u2014 An Arkansas school district did not like the contextualized \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d poster offered to them by American Atheists. (23:25)\n\u2014 Surprise: HPV vaccines aren\u2019t bad for you! (28:23)\n\u2014 A young Mormon woman dumped her fianc\xe9 after she realized he watched porn. (33:38)\n\u2014 The Christian family that handles snakes in church can\u2019t stop getting bitten by snakes for some reason. (43:30)\n\u2014 Rose McGowan goes from hero to \xaf\\_(\u30c4)_/\xaf in a recent #MeToo story. (47:14)\n\u2014 The former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was charged with forcible touching. (50:37)\n\u2014 Hemant will be in Portland, Oregon on Friday, August 31 for a free conversation about religion with a Christian apologist. Expect all the fireworks! (51:39)\n\u2014 Thanks to our Patreon supporters! (52:15)\n\u2014 Is Donald Trump the first atheist president in history? (52:43)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices