Ep. 236 - The Christian Right's Kavanaugh Controversy

Published: Sept. 22, 2018, 4:42 a.m.

b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 White evangelicals say we shouldn\\u2019t listen to Brett Kavanaugh\\u2019s accuser unless there were 2-3 witnesses because the Bible says so, and that he was respectful after she said no. (0:35)\\n\\u2014 A man who strangled a woman received no jail time. (26:35)\\n\\u2014 A Louisiana congressman claims atheists are spying on students in one high school. (29:42)\\n\\u2014 An art gallery owner found a clever way to get church members to stop parking in his spaces. (34:11)\\n\\u2014 Three pastors tried banning books from a library\\u2019s Banned Books display. (35:52)\\n\\u2014 An Indian court found a great reason to reject a blasphemy complaint. (43:12)\\n\\u2014 This is a remarkably tone-deaf ad, even for the GOP. (46:00)\\n\\u2014 The Mormon Church excommunicated a man who was trying to protect children. (53:34)\\n\\u2014 A former GOP state senator and Trump supporter was sentenced to 15 years in jail for child sex trafficking. (57:12)\\n\\u2014 Should taxpayers be funding church renovations? The Supreme Court may get to weigh in on that. (59:45)\\n\\u2014 How can you criticize minority religions without being called \\u201cIslamophobic\\u201d or anti-Semitic? (1:07:58)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'