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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 Hemant will be on Jeopardy on Wednesday! (0:20)\n\u2014 Yes, the government can force churches to close down in the pandemic. (3:48)\n\u2014 Liberty University is open for business\u2026 for some reason. (7:45)\n\u2014 A Pennsylvania lawmaker proposed a resolution blaming COVID-19 on our sins. (13:30)\n\u2014 A boy drowned at a low-budget Creation Museum and Kent Hovind doesn\u2019t seem to care. (18:16)\n\u2014 Is abortion an essential health service during a pandemic? (25:13)\n\u2014 A Texas lawmaker praised COVID-19 for saving lives by shutting down abortion clinics. (26:45)\n\u2014 A pastor who said our COVID-19 response was \u201cmass hysteria\u201d died of you know what. (34:49)\n\u2014 A Louisiana pastor brought in 26 busloads of people for Sunday services. He\u2019s not planning to stop. (38:01)\n\u2014 An IL church held services on March 15, Now most of the people who attended are sick. (39:45)\n\u2014 Oklahoma\u2019s governor led a televised Christian prayer rally while Mississippi\u2019s read from the Bible during a livestream. (42:57)\n\u2014 The White House\u2019s Bible study leader is blaming COVID-19 on gay people and atheists. (54:30)\n\u2014 A Romanian priest gave communion to people with the same spoon. (57:00)\n\u2014 A GOP leader in Nebraska said the virus wouldn\u2019t affect them because there aren\u2019t a lot of Chinese people there. (57:38)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices