Ep. 264 - The Mormon Church Is Slightly Less Anti - Gay Now

Published: April 6, 2019, 3:52 a.m.

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\n\u2014 Hemant is speaking near Chapel Hill, North Carolina next Sunday! Come watch! (0:24)\n\u2014 The Mormon Church has changed its rules to be a little less anti-gay. (0:56)\n\u2014 Atheists are calling on Mississippi to offer a free alternative to the default \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d license plate. (7:54)\n\u2014 This is the worst Christian take on the election of Lori Lightfoot to mayor of Chicago. (14:09)\n\u2014 Texas will ban all chaplains from execution chambers instead of allowing a Buddhist priest to enter the room with an inmate. (17:01)\n\u2014 House Republicans voted against the Violence Against Women Act. (21:03)\n\u2014 A North Dakota legislator was very upset by a Hindu invocation because the man didn\u2019t pray to the \u201cOne True God.\u201d (23:21)\n\u2014 We finally have an openly Humanist member of Congress. It\u2019s official! (26:30)\n\u2014 An Arizona information hotline may lose funding because 0.0003% of calls last year asked about abortion services. (29:39)\n\u2014 An unvaccinated kid may have exposed hundreds of people to measles in California. (35:30)\n\u2014 Liberty University\u2019s Title IX violation form shows you how little they care. (40:45)\n\u2014 A guest of FOX News\u2019 Laura Ingraham said transgender people are trying to \u201ccreate a new species.\u201d (43:20)\n\u2014 The HPV vaccine has been linked to a serious drop in cervical disease. (46:29)\n\u2014 Donald Trump doesn\u2019t understand windmills. (47:35)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices