Ep. 401 - The Magdalene Laundries of Texas

Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 10:17 p.m.

b'Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode.\\n\\n\\nJessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Please join our new Discord server! \\n\\n\\u2014 This Christian \\u201cmaternity ranch\\u201d in Texas meant to help new mothers is horrifying for so many reasons. (0:41)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 \\u201cWe have to have one religion,\\u201d says MAGA cultist Michael Flynn. (27:39)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Pastor Mark Burns, who\\u2019s running for Congress, is calling for all laws that contradict his interpretation of the Bible to be declared illegal. (29:49)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A Christian news editor is resigning over the rightward shift of his parent company. (34:44)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A conservative writer who thinks FFRF is a \\u201chate group\\u201d seems to agree with everything they\\u2019re saying. (45:08)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A pastor who created a COVID outbreak says he was just doing \\u201cwhat God wanted.\\u201d (52:40)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Catholic bishop. Satanic erotica. Pig semen. (54:57)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 The New Orleans Archdiocese is paying over $1 million to settle a case involving lies they told FEMA after Hurricane Katrina. (57:55)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 One of the Republicans trying to win the party\\u2019s nomination for Ohio\\u2019s U.S. Senate seat is a guy who literally said of his opponent, \\u201cBut he\\u2019s Jewish!\\u201d (1:02:53)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Two Christian groups are suing over the Biden administration\\u2019s vaccine mandate because it\\u2019s a \\u201csin against God\\u2019s holy word.\\u201d (1:08:40)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 The Supreme Court doesn\\u2019t seem to care about \\u201creligious freedom\\u201d when it involves a death row inmate. (1:10:45)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 SPONSOR: Check out Paint Your Life and get 20% off by texting FRIENDLY to 64-000.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'