Ep. 482 - Shiny Happy People: The Duggar Docuseries

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

— What we learned from watching “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets.” (1:57)

— Christians are furious over a tiny Pride flag on the set of “The Chosen,” a show about Jesus. (29:12)

— Oklahoma just approved a taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school. (41:03)

— The L.A. Dodgers never should've caved after honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. (51:38)

— Richard Dawkins has a new analogy to describe people who are transgender. (1:03:17)

— If Louisiana forces every classroom to display “In God We Trust” signs, atheist Chaz Stevens is preparing to send them Arabic ones. (1:10:00)

— What does it mean that “non-churchgoers now rule the GOP”? (1:16:35)

— To comply with Utah's book banning law, a school district removed the KJV Bible. (1:28:00)

— Two Christian schools sue Minnesota for cutting them out of a taxpayer-funded program. (1:33:00)

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