Ep. 234 - Sorry, Sinead

Published: Sept. 8, 2018, 3:59 p.m.

b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 These Christians are threatening to follow the law if they don\\u2019t get to pray over the loudspeakers before football games. (2:20)\\n\\u2014 A new book talks about the harm of the evangelical \\u201cpurity\\u201d movement. (7:53)\\n\\u2014 Several states are launching their own investigations into the Catholic Church. (17:37)\\n\\u2014 Researchers calculated how much money victims of Catholic Church abuse lose over their lifetimes. (22:18)\\n\\u2014 A Mexican cardinal says victims of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal have their own skeletons and should shut up. (28:55)\\n\\u2014 Sin\\xe9ad O\\u2019Connor deserves all the apologies for calling out Catholic Church abuse long before it was a news story. (31:09)\\n\\u2014 A Christian school has banned all Nike products for athletes after the Colin Kaepernick ad. (37:20)\\n\\u2014 A bunch of evangelical Christians released a statement denouncing social justice activism. (45:55)\\n\\u2014 A Texas pastor sexually assaulted a teen in church. Is the church handling the situation properly? (58:53)\\n\\u2014 American Atheists has a new president. Here\\u2019s what he should focus on. (1:03:34)\\n\\u2014 Is it fair to question Serena Williams about her Jehovah\\u2019s Witness beliefs? (1:25:38)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'