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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 Mike Pence is handling the spread of coronavirus and that\u2019s horrifying. (4:27)\n\u2014 Once again, Attorney General William Barr said we have to believe in his Christian God. (10:32)\n\u2014 Catholics are debating whether they can eat plant-based \u201cmeat\u201d on Fridays during Lent. (15:10)\n\u2014 Some Christians can\u2019t handle how Pete Buttigieg gave good advice to a gay boy. (19:33)\n\u2014 A third of Poland is now an \u201cLGBT-Free\u201d zone. (26:40)\n\u2014 An effigy of a kissing gay couple was burned in Croatia. (27:42)\n\u2014 BYU changed its honor code, but the Mormon school insists it\u2019s still anti-gay. (28:55)\n\u2014 Flat Earther Mike Hughes died while flying in his homemade rocket. (33:22)\n\u2014 A prominent Canadian Catholic leader, who died years ago, has been exposed as a predator. (38:20)\n\u2014 A Christian mail carrier is suing the US Postal Service because he has to work on Sundays. (42:00)\n\u2014 With the Supreme Court now on their side, an appeals court ruled that a giant Christian cross in a public park in Florida is legal. (47:58)\n\u2014 A Hindu priest says menstruating women who cook food for their husbands will be reincarnated as dogs. Because logic. (53:45)\n\u2014 Most Americans don\u2019t think the Democratic presidential candidates are religious. They\u2019re wrong. (57:33)\n\u2014 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reminds us that this administration uses religion to hurt people. (1:05:50)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices