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b'Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast\\n\\n\\n\\nJessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\n\\u2014 Come to our in-person meetup in Chicago on August 28!\\n\\n\\u2014 The new president of the chaplains at Harvard is an atheist. (4:07)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A Mormon apostle chastised Brigham Young University for not being sufficiently anti-gay. (10:49)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A \\u201cCatholic\\u201d anti-vaxxer said he didn\\u2019t care what Pope Francis said about the shots because \\u201cYou have to be Catholic to be pope.\\u201d (20:42)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 When it comes to morality you can measure, atheists do better on just about every mark. (28:00)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 There\\u2019s been a rise in the acceptance of evolution in America. It\\u2019s still very low, though. (33:57)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Christian mommy-shamer Lori Alexander says mothers should work from home or else their kids will have sex. Who wants to tell her\\u2026? (42:53)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 In Sydney, police fined churchgoers and their church for violating COVID lockdown orders. (47:10)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Most atheists believe in intelligent life on other planets. (51:24)\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'