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 Discord server!\n\n-- Pope Francis says having pets instead of kids is selfish. (2:00)\n\n\n-- A proposed law in Oklahoma would put the KJV and fundamentalist preachers in certain classrooms. (7:00)\n\n\n-- Marriage is not about being happy, says one very misogynistic pastor. (22:15)\n\n\n-- A 14-year-old girl was impregnated by her youth pastor. She's finally telling her side of the story. (30:42)\n\n\n-- The phrase "unreligious cruelty" makes no sense, so why is a Washington Post columnist using it? (41:22)\n\n-- What would you do in this moral dilemma? (46:27)\n\n\n-- Should we feel bad about old churches dying out? (55:48)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices