Ep. 239 - The IRS Revoked An Atheist Charity's Tax Exemption

Published: Oct. 13, 2018, 3:03 p.m.

b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 Atheist charity Nonbelief Relief just had its tax exemption revoked by the IRS\\u2026 arguably on purpose. The group says this amounts to religious discrimination by the government. (0:45)\\n\\u2014 Here are the major church/state separation cases in front of the Supreme Court that Brett Kavanaugh could soon be ruling on. (11:55)\\n\\u2014 Secular Democrats are among the most enthusiastic about the midterms. But will that mean votes? (18:38)\\n\\u2014 Mike Huckabee thinks Taylor Swift\\u2018s endorsement for Democrats won\\u2019t matter. As usual, he\\u2019s wrong. (22:45)\\n\\u2014 The Mormon president said women should take a 10-day social media \\u201cfast\\u201d\\u2026 right before the election. (27:24)\\n\\u2014 The new Quebec premier says a large crucifix in the National Assembly isn\\u2019t a religious symbol at all. (32:36)\\n\\u2014 Want an important take on the #MeToo movement? Don\\u2019t ask North Dakota GOP Senate candidate Kevin Cramer. (35:41)\\n\\u2014 A group representing Catholic moms released a video supporting Kavanaugh that was all about how false allegations could happen to the men in your lives. (41:41)\\n\\u2014 The UK Supreme Court just ruled in favor of Christian bakers who didn\\u2019t want to bake a cake for a gay customer. But this could backfire on Christians. (44:02)\\n\\u2014 Teachers at a middle school couldn\\u2019t decide what to do with a trans student during a lockdown drill. Thank goodness it was only a drill. (49:02)\\n\\u2014 Matthew Shepard will finally have a resting place nearly two decades after a hate crime took his life. (51:23)\\n\\u2014 When are government officials (including teachers) allowed to wear religious symbols? (55:42)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'