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

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

b'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'