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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 Atheists no longer have to swear an oath to God in order to vote in Alabama. (1:30)\\n\\u2014 An anti-LGBTQ official in Alabama dropped his future Senate bid after his mistress revealed their taped conversations. (8:19)\\n\\u2014 Tennessee Republicans are removing a ban on priests holding office\\u2026 but not the part banning atheists from the same thing. (16:54)\\n\\u2014 Tennessee\\u2019s Lt. Gov. found a clever way to block a bill making the Bible the Official State Book. (25:52)\\n\\u2014 Texas wants lawyers for fetuses. (29:05)\\n\\u2014 The Arkansas House passed a bill permitting the teaching of Creationism in science class. (32:56)\\n\\u2014 Jerry Falwell, Jr. told people to get vaccinated to own the libs. (37:05)\\n\\u2014 A New York GOP official resigned after claiming gay people on an island would die in a few decades. (40:36)\\n\\u2014 A Kentucky tax preparer is openly refusing to work with gay couples. (46:46)\\n\\u2014 Creationists are mad that \\u201chigher standards\\u201d in science education mean not teaching Creationism. (50:33)\\n\\u2014 This is a weird reason to not like Morgan Freeman. (1:05:20)\\n\\u2014 The president of the Mormon Church said people with religious doubts are \\u201clazy learners.\\u201d (1:13:09)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'