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b'Please support the show at\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode.\\nJessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 I\\u2019ve shifted to Substack. (0:48)\\n\\u2014 Saddleback Church was kicked out of the Southern Baptist Convention for having a woman pastor. (1:56)\\n\\u2014 Arizona House Republicans passed a bill forcing kids to say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. (14:13)\\n\\u2014 Nikki Haley, who wants to present herself as a sane Republican, got an extremist pastor to kick off her presidential campaign. (23:50)\\n\\u2014 A former member of Westboro Baptist Church is now whitewashing a different kind of hate. (30:53)\\n\\u2014 Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt called out her Christian colleagues for ignoring Jesus in how they vote. (40:03)\\n\\u2014 A Christian school canceled a concert after learning one of the singers is gay. (46:35)\\xa0\\n\\u2014 The Feds fined the Mormon Church and its investment division for trying to hide its assets. (59:15)\\n\\u2014 A victim of the Satanic Panic, Melvin Quinney, has finally been exonerated. (1:10:59)\\n\\u2014 Don\\u2019t automatically trust stories about pastors who die for bizarre religion-related reasons in Africa. (1:17:19)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'