Ep. 237 - Brett Kavanaugh Loves God and Beer

Published: Sept. 29, 2018, 4:23 a.m.

b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 Even if Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, half of evangelicals wouldn\\u2019t care. (1:30)\\n\\u2014 A Jesuit publication rescinded its endorsement of Kavanaugh. (11:25)\\n\\u2014 The question to Kavanaugh from Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) about God was inappropriate. (15:49)\\n\\u2014 A Kentucky city council member is holding a school district hostage unless they take back their support of church/state separation. (18:20)\\n\\u2014 The Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would create a new two-year window for child sex abuse victims to sue their abusers. (23:56)\\n\\u2014 Preacher John Piper says Christians shouldn\\u2019t attend the weddings of couples who don\\u2019t feel bad for having pre-marital sex. (28:53)\\n\\u2014 The Texas attorney general says students cannot \\u201cunilaterally refuse\\u201d to say the Pledge. A 1943 Supreme Court ruling says otherwise. (32:40)\\n\\u2014 NPR\\u2019s Terry Gross is not anti-Christian. (37:46)\\n\\u2014 The Congressional Freethought Caucus is growing! (40:30)\\n\\u2014 Listener mail: Why do we talk about LGBTQ issues so much on an atheist podcast? And why will Hemant be the first one destroyed in the Zombie Apocalypse? (42:46)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'