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b'Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast\\n\\nJessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 Hemant\\u2019s new podcast has hit its Kickstarter goal! But it\\u2019s not too late to donate! (0:41)\\n\\u2014 Alabama\\u2019s near-complete ban on abortion may backfire and even conservatives seem to understand it. (2:03)\\n\\u2014 Conservative blogger Matt Walsh says it\\u2019s good to force rape victims to have babies because it\\u2019s proof of the rape. (8:28)\\n\\u2014 In Michigan, an anti-abortion lawmaker said abortions should be painful because that\\u2019s what God wants. (16:13)\\n\\u2014 A Christian broadcaster says pro-choice people will be repeatedly aborted in Hell. (27:30)\\n\\u2014 The Catholic Church\\u2019s lobbying arm in Pennsylvania called a sexual abuse victim a \\u201ctroll.\\u201d (31:22)\\n\\u2014 A cartoon rat from \\u201cArthur\\u201d got gay-married and conservatives were furious. (37:09)\\n\\u2014 Non-religious Americans are more reliably Democratic than nearly every other group. Why don\\u2019t candidates care? (41:35)\\n\\u2014 A pastor who raped his 14-year-old adopted daughter got a more lenient prison sentence because he\\u2019s a Christian. (47:44)\\n\\u2014 Hate-preacher Steven Anderson has been banned from just about every country. (50:40)\\n\\u2014 A Christian school turned Hemant into a personal project. (53:12)\\n\\u2014 This is a horrible reason for why kids should say \\u201cGod Bless America\\u201d after the Pledge of Allegiance. (1:00:32)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'