Ep. 259 - The Supreme Court And The Giant Christian Cross

Published: March 2, 2019, 7:16 a.m.

b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 Here\\u2019s what happened in the Supreme Court as they discussed the Bladensburg Cross. (1:27)\\n\\u2014 The \\u201cMy Pillow\\u201d guy, Mike Lindell, told CPAC Donald Trump was the best president ever because he was \\u201cchosen by God.\\u201d (12:45)\\n\\u2014 Cardinal George Pell\\u2018s lawyer tried to get him a more lenient sentence by referring to his actions as \\u201cplain vanilla\\u201d child rape. (15:36)\\n\\u2014 A Missouri bill would ban anonymity for anyone who files a church/state separation lawsuit. (20:00)\\n\\u2014 The United Methodist Church just voted for its own extinction by adopting an anti-LGBTQ stance. (26:56)\\n\\u2014 Skeptics came up with a clever way to expose psychic mediums. (33:22)\\n\\u2014 Richard Dawkins is giving away professionally translated versions of his books for free for readers in Muslim-majority nations. (41:22)\\n\\u2014 Pope Francis had no concrete suggestions for handling child sex abuse at a summit about handling child sex abuse. (44:18)\\n\\u2014 Portland (Oregon) now explicitly includes atheists in its non-discrimination ordinance. (46:33)\\n\\u2014 With a conservative government, Brazilian lawmakers are resurrecting old bills that promote Christian supremacy. (48:20)\\n\\u2014 In Argentina, an 11-year-old girl was forced to give birth to her rapist\\u2019s baby. Because that\\u2019s what the \\u201cpro-lifers\\u201d wanted. (51:37)\\n\\u2014 A Florida Democrat is skipping the first day of the legislative session so she can hang out with Pat Robertson. (54:06)\\n\\u2014 A Kansas lawmaker won\\u2019t endorse anti-gay \\u201cparody marriage\\u201d bill after daughter\\u2019s open letter, but he doesn\\u2019t go far enough. (56:50)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'