Friendly Atheist Podcast

571 - Alabama Wants to Punish Schools That Don't Pray

Feb 20, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min · Episode 571 · 71.8 MBExplicit
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Alabama schools could lose funding if they don't mandate daily Christian prayers. (0:22)

— Oklahoma lawmaker: I don't want "pink-haired" atheists teaching the Bible in schools. (11:56)

— Oklahoma lawmakers shoot down slew of Christian Nationalist bills. (21:48)

Tim Barton: We "arrest students that break the Ten Commandments," so we should put the list up in schools. (42:15)

— Australia will keep screwing up the religion question in its 2026 Census. (49:15)

— Survey finds low levels of "Religious Nationalism" in America. Why doesn't it feel that way? (1:07:35)

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