Ep. 500 - Footloose at a Louisiana High School

Friendly Atheist Podcast

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible

— Citing the Bible, a Louisiana principal punished a student for dancing inappropriately… then came the backlash. (5:42)

— A new Arkansas voucher program gives millions of public dollars to private Christian schools. (29:40)

— When it comes to climate change, white evangelical Christians are least likely to accept reality. (39:22)

— A candidate for public office is suing New Jersey over the phrase "So help me God" in its oath. (55:10)

— Poland's census just revealed a massive drop in Catholicism. (1:03:10)

— Asian Americans are drifting away from organized religion. (1:11:20)

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