Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\n\u2014 Tasmania may remove gender from birth certificates. (3:55)\n\u2014 The Trump administration may revoke legal protections for transgender people. (8:35)\n\u2014 Ark Encounter attendance is still dropping faster than ever. (18:18)\n\u2014 Astrological chapstick is now a thing. (20:37)\n\u2014 The Museum of the Bible realized five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake. Who wants to tell them\u2026? (22:47)\n\u2014 If the Australian prime minister apologized for abuses in the Catholic Church, does it matter? (29:38)\n\u2014 Anti-vaxxers got Arizona to scrap its vaccine education program. (35:55)\n\u2014 Should anyone accept Caitlyn Jenner\u2018s apology for supporting Donald Trump despite his actions against transgender people? (41:36)\n\u2014 Most evangelicals don\u2019t understand their core beliefs, according to a new survey. (51:28)\n\u2014 A rabbi wants people to avoid online ordination for weddings. He doesn\u2019t get the problem with that. (1:09:03)\n\u2014 This pastor thinks Ruth Bader Ginsburg should be executed for treason. (1:17:09)\n\u2014 Is it okay for parents to swear around their children? (1:19:36)\n\u2014 How do you meet atheists when you\u2019re new in town? (1:20:21)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices