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b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 Donald Trump accidentally praised religious leaders for achieving the \\u201cabolition of civil rights\\u201d during the National Prayer Breakfast. (1:18)\\n\\u2014 A TN lawmaker says taxpayer-funded abortions violate the law because they\\u2019re an endorsement of the \\u201creligion\\u201d of Secular Humanism. (4:00)\\n\\u2014 A cross washed up on a Florida beach\\u2026 so of course it\\u2019s supernatural. (9:00)\\n\\u2014 Democrats are debating \\u201cIn God We Trust\\u201d when administering oaths in House subcommittees, and one decided to do away with the phrase altogether. (12:20)\\n\\u2014 Duck Dynasty\\u2019s Phil Robertson says he doesn\\u2019t need health care because God made us all immortal. (16:19)\\n\\u2014 In Arizona, the specialty \\u201cIn God We Trust\\u201d license plate is funding a Christian hate group. (20:40)\\n\\u2014 Hemant is giving an atheist invocation at a county council meeting! (27:10)\\n\\u2014 New Jersey will begin teaching LGBT history in public schools. (30:32)\\n\\u2014 A gay atheist in Poland just launched his own political party to push back against Catholic influence. (33:06)\\n\\u2014 Michigan\\u2019s attorney general just pulled the state out of three church/state separation lawsuits on which they were fighting for the wrong side. (36:13)\\n\\u2014 Pope Francis, for the first time, acknowledged the ongoing sexual abuse of nuns by priests. (38:35)\\n\\u2014 A judge said a 13-year-old girl was the \\u201caggressor\\u201d in a sexual abuse crime involving a 67-year-old man. (41:45)\\n\\u2014 A 24/7 Dutch church service meant to protect refugees finally ended after the policy in question changed. (42:24)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'