373: Fight for Your Right to Petri Edition

Published: April 9, 2020, 11 a.m.

In this week\u2019s episode, the missionary position gets a LOT less boring, we learn that blood plasma is a sacred bond between one man and one woman, and we\u2019ve now spent one sixteenth as long in lockdown as Cardinal Pell ever will.\n---\nTo make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist\n\nTo buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1\n\nTo check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat\n\nTo check out our sister show\u2019s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies\n\nTo check out out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/\n\nTo hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/\n\n---\nAppearances:\nCheck out Noah on Inkredulous here: http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2020/04/inkredulous-episode-047/\n\n---\nHeadlines:\nVolunteers for Franklin Graham\u2019s NYC COVID-19 tent hospital must be anti-LGBTQ:\nhttps://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/31/volunteers-for-franklin-grahams-nyc-covid-19-tent-hospital-must-be-anti-lgbtq/\nDoctors need COVID-19 blood antibodies but still have to turn away gay donors: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/02/doctors-need-covid-19-blood-antibodies-but-still-have-to-turn-away-gay-donors/\n\nIIndia\u2019s infection made way worse by Muslim missionaries: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/04/in-india-some-suspect-that-muslim-missionaries-spread-covid-19-intentionally/\n\nAnd\nA Third of All COVID-19 Cases in one CA County Can Be Traced Back to Churches\xa0\nhttps://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/03/a-third-of-all-covid-19-cases-in-one-ca-county-can-be-traced-back-to-churches/\nCardinal Pell conviction overturned: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/australia/australia-cardinal-pell-high-court-hnk-intl/index.html\n\nReligious people filing lawsuits that stay-at-home orders are anti-Christian persecution: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/03/colorado-man-sues-state-for-forcing-his-church-to-close-during-the-pandemic/\n\nhttps://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/31/texas-pastors-sue-judge-over-stay-at-home-order-that-closed-their-churches/\nCoronavirus relief plan to shuffle enormous amounts of tax money to churches: https://www.atheists.org/2020/04/churches-preference-small-business-aid-package/?fbclid=IwAR3zPOBjHK2Zp5PRZgk_3lPkYvNl8WxMonl3le3k5R27NnCzTweawViUC8I and https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/06/828462517/another-break-from-the-past-government-will-help-churches-pay-pastor-salaries?fbclid=IwAR1kb4EgjlapjOrCHeYo3d7mLIVTO-w9nMBtA0Pn8F7aSXKtEw_EsLnIv5Y\n\nFresh from White House, MyPillow guy retweets post connecting company to QAnon:\nhttps://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/fresh-from-white-house-mypillow-guy-retweets-post-connecting-company-to-qanon/\nPastor Checks-His-Phone Warns Atheists to Stop Dragging People to Hell: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/02/pastor-checks-his-phone-warns-atheists-stop-dragging-people-to-hell/\n\nTony Spell, Louisiana\u2019s COVID-19-Defying Pastor, Is Charged With Six Misdemeanors: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/01/tony-spell-louisianas-covid-19-defying-pastor-is-charged-with-six-misdemeanors/\n\nAnd he hired Roy Moore: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/02/tony-spell-hires-al-judge-roy-moore-to-defend-him-holds-another-church-service/\n