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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— A new damning report examined sexual abuse) in the Catholic Church in Illinois. (0:55)
— Even the most dedicated Catholics are walking away) from Church services. (21:23)
— A new Florida law allows four minutes of loudspeaker prayers) at high school playoff games. (32:13)
— The Jehovah’s Witnesses are trying to pretend they didn’t create two videos) promoting disfellowshipping/shunning. (41:32)
— A Christian school fired two staffers) for including their pronouns in emails. (1:00:08)
— A Satanist is suing Chicago for ignoring his “Hail Satan” invocation request). (1:14:50)
— Why did a Florida county honor conspiracy theorist and preacher) Rodney Howard-Browne? (1:22:00)
— Why did the Texas Ten Commandments bill fail)? Not because) Republicans opposed it)... (1:29:45)
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