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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Christian influencer brags that she had six kids to "help the white race." (0:41)
— Lindsey Graham was an opponent of church/state separation. (16:28)
— Pastor files discrimination lawsuit after losing library job over pronouns. (21:51)
— A pro-Trump activist is raising money to install a giant Christian cross on the moon. (33:45)
— Indiana's Lt. Gov. says Muslims shouldn't be allowed to have "public calls to prayer." (45:35)
— Evangelical GOP candidate Rod Joseph: "You cannot be born gay. That’s impossible." (53:27)
— Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Monty Fritts is trying to out-Christian Marsha Blackburn. (1:03:59)
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— The pastor going viral for rejecting Christian Nationalism isn't what he seems. (0:45)
— Chuck Schumer's favorite Founding Fathers quote is completely made up. (16:25)
— Ken Ham is furious that a reporter didn't pretend Creationism is science. (25:17)
— A Catholic hospital was sold. Reproductive care returned immediately. (44:35)
— Even the "Great American State Fair" can't escape Christian preachers making it worse. (53:27)
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Viral video shows church staging fake execution during Vacation Bible School. (0:26)
— A Christian school that tried to shame a gay student just admitted defeat. (12:32)
— Texas just made Bible reading mandatory in public schools. (32:16)
— Trump's "Religious Liberty" report is really a blueprint to end church-state separation. (45:49)
— Trump has now made over $1.5 million from his MAGA Bible grift. (54:45)
— Texas judge who refused to perform same-sex weddings wins $640,000 reward for her bigotry. (1:02:17)
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— SCOTUS says Rastafarian can't sue prison guards who violated his faith and cut off his dreadlocks. (1:07)
— Trump-backed pastor Jackson Lahmeyer drops out of congressional race after sexting scandal. (14:30)
— MLB warns San Francisco Giants players after anti-LGBTQ protest on "Pride Night." (34:50)
— Conservatives claim a trans wrestler assaulted her opponent. The video tells a different story. (48:48)
— The Mormon Church is trying to sue a critic into silence. Now he's fighting back. (1:16:39)
— Christian adoption giant reverses course, shutting out prospective LGBTQ parents. (1:31:54)
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Warren Throckmorton is an author and speaker specializing in psychology and history. Now retired, he worked as a psychology professor at a Christian college and produced, wrote, and hosted the critically acclaimed podcast series Telling Jefferson Lies. Throckmorton is the coauthor with Michael Coulter of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson. His latest book is called "The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History." In it, he investigates a series of Christian Nationalist myths and why they're wrong.
I spoke with Throckmorton about his new book ad Christian Nationalism in general.
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