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The Scathing Atheist

A weekly look at religion and the stupidity that breeds it. Hosts Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Eli Bosnick delve into theistic attempts to intrude on the secular world in an unflinching expose on just how juvenile the whole god thing is.

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533: Jedi or Not, Here I Come Edition May 04, 2023

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In this week’s episode, Satan comes for Beantown, we offer Tucker Carlson a very lucrative unpaid internship...working for exposure, and bullshit will rain down from the heavens.
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To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
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To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
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To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Headlines:
Christians freak out over SatanCon 2023: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/satancon-boston-massachusetts-satanic-temple-convention/
Satan fired Tucker Carlson according to Christian right prophets:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tucker-carlson-firing-right-wing-christians-1234724478/
SHS's real women of politics video is the funniest thing that's ever happened: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/sarah-huckabee-sanders-brutally-mocked-for-real-women-dont-have-to-fake-it-video/
Pornhub blocks all of Utah over age verification law: https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kbkv/pornhub-blocks-utah-age-verification
Christian minister to Ohio lawmakers: Trans rights supporters are "possessed by demons": https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/christian-minister-to-ohio-lawmakers

532: Pride Piper Edition Apr 27, 2023

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In this week’s episode, Christianity puts the “mass” in mass grave, we learn that Clarence Thomas is friends with a nazi...other than his wife...another one, and Don Ford will learn that he memorized that Pulp Fiction monologue for nothing.
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Come see us live in Detroit on July 22nd: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-detroit-tickets-617420751087
To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
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To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Link:
Check out Chloe’s (adorable) YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgiC3mhE_l5XOfz9DXDI8Mg
Headlines:
Kenyan Christians die after being told to starve themselves to meet Jesus: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenya-police-begin-exhuming-remains-suspected-christian-cult-graves-2023-04-21/
Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Benefactor Collects Hitler Artifacts: https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/04/07/clarence-thomass-billionaire-benefactor-collects-hitler-artifacts/
Missouri AG Removes Trans Health Care Tip Line After 'Hack': https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-ag-removes-trans-health-care-tip-line-after-hack-39907011
DeSantis threatens Disney with building a prison next door to them:
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/scott-maxwell-commentary/os-op-desantis-threatens-disney-prison-scott-maxwell-20230418-fkn5o5qa4bdjbfdjwrbbz4stji-story.html
Catholic Judge donated tens of thousands of dollars to archdiocese he kept ruling in favor of: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/catholic-bankruptcy-case-rulings-clouded-by-judges-donations
Documentarian issues $1 million challenge to British Museum to recreate Shroud of Turin:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/17/the-1m-challenge-if-the-turin-shroud-is-a-forgery-show-how-it-was-done
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This Week in Misogyny:
Ohio GOP changing rules about referendums to block abortion access (and democracy): https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ohio-republicans-try-to-change-rules-to-defeat-abortion-rights-amendment/ar-AA1acgPH
Iowa will no longer fund emergency contraception for rape victims: https://apnews.com/article/iowa-rape-victims-contraception-funding-41ad066f0831961eeec57a676b4a67d6
Report: More than half of SC abortions are from out of state: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article274553226.html

531: Higher Power Edition Apr 20, 2023

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In this week’s episode, Tennessee silences teachers in the name of unity, Mifepristone might become illegal nationwide thanks to one simple trick from 1873, and David Icke will tell us how racist he isn’t. Racistly.
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Come see us live in Detroit on July 22nd: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-detroit-tickets-617420751087
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To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Headlines:
SCOTUS set to create even more bonus rights for Christians: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-could-let-religious
TN passes bill that allows students to report professors who teach 'divisive concepts':
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/education/new-bill-would-strengthen-rules-over-what-can-be-taught-in-classrooms/51-ddd267e4-3d98-4de0-bb2e-3284740b4cb7
Arizona court upholds clergy privilege in child abuse case: https://journalrecord.com/2023/04/12/arizona-court-upholds-clergy-privilege-in-child-abuse-case/
150-Year-Old Comstock Act Could Ban Abortion Nationwide: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/abortion-pill-ban-comstock-act-history-mifepristone-kacsmaryk.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/
CA Judge fines COVID-restriction defying church over a million bucks: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/judge-orders-ca-church-that-ignored

530: Tongue in Cheek Edition Apr 13, 2023

Show notes

In this week’s episode, Christians get in a fight with yet another board game, Kid Rock demonstrates his nuanced palate by switching from Bud to Coors, and we’ll see if Noah can still do top ten convention memories when the con is in a weed legal state.
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To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Learn more about Recovering From Religion here: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/
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Headlines:
(Diatribe) CNN Contributor desperately convinces himself that Christians will continue to matter: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/08/us/christianity-decline-easter-blake-cec/index.html
The Dalai Lama asked a child to suck his tongue: https://www.thedailybeast.com/dalai-lama-apologizes-for-asking-young-boy-to-suck-my-tongue
MTG flees Trump protest after getting swarmed and then she compared Trump to Jesus: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-flees-trump-protest-after-getting-swarmed-then-she-compared-trump-to-jesus/
Florida Surgeon General underfire for misleading, doctored vaccine study: https://apnews.com/article/florida-ladapo-covid19-vaccines-c498ffcb2393a1fffd692e1687e62e4e
Congregants Left in Shock as Pastor Fails to Resurrect After a Year in Morgue: https://bestlifeonline.com/news-congregants-left/
Christians freak out over Holy Spirit Ouija Board: https://www.wfla.com/news/national/christian-themed-board-game-a-trap-from-the-devil-exorcist-says/
“Staggering” Baltimore sex abuse report may be incomplete: https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-archdiocese-sex-abuse-report-7d5d3af098da59a1c9313a246566638c and https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2023/04/10/715971.htm
Christian Right is in a panic about trans Bud Light: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-mocked-for-switching-to-coors-because-bud-light-is-too-trans/
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/bud-light-trans-ad-travis-tritt-kid-rock-history.html

529: Phoenix Rising Edition Apr 06, 2023

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In this week’s episode, the Catholic Church takes a firm stance against city planning, we learn how thoughts and prayers took down the Medellin cartel, and we’ll watch a video that was too conspiratorial for YouTube.
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To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Learn more about American Atheists’ convention here: https://convention.atheists.org/
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Headlines:
TX Bill would force all classrooms to contain 10 commandments display: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/texas-bills-would-force-classrooms and replace qualified counselors with chaplains: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/texas-lawmakers-want-to-replace-trained
The Catholic argument against 15-minute cities
https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-catholic-argument-against-15-minute-cities/
Chaz Stevens demanding a ban of ALL BOOKS in public schools of Broward County, Florida: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-ban-the-bible-in-florida-public-schools
Chaplain awarded £10k after NHS Trust said diversity 'takes precedence' over religious belief
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/31/catholic-chaplain-award-nhs-trust-equality-religious-belief/
Evangelical douche nozzle sneaks into Nebraska school cafeteria to preach to kids: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/nebraska-school-revamps-security
Colombia's national police chief says exorcism and prayer used to fight crime and cartels: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colombia-exorcism-prayer-used-fight-crime-cartels-general-henry-sanabria/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h

528: Banned Wagon Edition Mar 30, 2023

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In this week’s episode, book banning bites the butts of the city of Brigham, God visits a town in Connecticut to serve unlimited breadsticks made of his son, and Don Ford visits a podcast in Jersey, Michigan, and Georgia and doesn’t bring any breadsticks at all.
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To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Learn more about AACon here: https://convention.atheists.org/
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Headlines:
Utah parent moves to have the Bible banned from schools for sexuality and violence: https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/03/22/utah-parent-says-bible-contains/
Church leaders says he regrew a woman's toes: https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2023/03/22/james-river-church-leader-say
s-woman-regrew-toes-during-a-service/70028744007/
Also: Showmethetoes.com
Citing his faith, Texas university president cancels drag show fundraiser: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/citing-his-faith-texas-university
Petition to save the drag show at WTAMU: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-wtamu-drag-show
Lauren Boebert asks Democrats to declare human fetuses an endangered species: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/lauren-boebert-asks-democrats-to-declare-human-fetuses-an-endangered-species/
He Gets Us is feeding personal info to right wing political groups: https://baptistnews.com/article/he-gets-us-is-feeding-massive-amounts-of-data-to-cambridge-analytica-and-conservative-political-groups/
Possible eucharistic "miracle" happened at Saint Thomas Church in Thomaston, CT: https://www.wfsb.com/2023/03/24/possible-eucharistic-miracle-happened-saint-thomas-church-thomaston/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Christian Post hosts forum on the dangers of trans people: https://www.christianpost.com/news/unmasking-gender-ideology-panel-warns-women-lose-rights-if-trans-ideologues-win.html
Idaho Republicans block tampons for being “too woke”: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-republicans-woke-liberal-tampons-menstrual-products-schoolsbill_n_641cd6efe4b0a3902d3602b6

527: Marshtacular Edition Mar 23, 2023

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On this week’s episode: Virginia gives a whole new meaning to periodic investigation ... The religious zealots of the Taliban will find they’re not cut out for clerical work ... And Gwyneth Paltrow experiments with putting noxious gas INTO her butthole.
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To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Headlines:
Virginia governor blocks bill banning police from seeking menstrual histories: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/16/virginia-governor-glenn-youngkin-extreme-bill-police-menstrual-histories
Mike Pence targets Pete Buttigieg with homophobic insults: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/mike-pence-targets-pete-buttigieg-with-homophobic-insults/
Daycare owner calls couple at 3 am and speaks in tongues while encouraging them to break up: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/moms-receive-disturbing-message-from-daycare-director-telling-them-to-break-up/
Christian version of ChatGPT based on the Bible has some bad news for Republicans: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-christian-chatbot-has-some-bad-news-for-republicans
Vivek Ramaswamy reveals the 'dirty little secret' of climate religion:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vivek-ramaswamy-reveals-dirty-little-secret-climate-religion-power-control
Petition asks Canada to grant asylum to trans people from the US: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/this-petition-asks-canada-to-grant-asylum-to-transgender-people-from-the-us-could-it-work/ar-AA18LHBJ
Gwyneth Paltrow reveals that she's doing "rectal ozone therapy": https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/gwyneth-paltrows-ozone-therapy-fad-reckless-rcna75799

526: Elevated Edition Mar 16, 2023

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In this week’s episode, we head to Seattle, so we leave you with a whole bunch of headlines we recorded over the last six weeks so you wouldn’t miss us.
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To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Learn more about Secular Recovery here: https://secularrecoverygroup.org/
Hear more from Tom and Cecil here: https://www.dissonancepod.com/

525: Lord Only Knowles Edition Mar 09, 2023

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In this week’s episode, Florida challenges the rest of the country to a “Taken-off”, Texas gets mad about all the outside data that's misceginating THEIR internet, and we’ll learn the difference between ignoring you and paying attention to you in mysterious ways.
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Come see us live in Seattle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-seattle-tickets-477540836497
To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Come see Noah at Freeflo: https://www.freeflo.org/
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Headlines:
CPAC Speaker calls for the eradication of trans people: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cpac-speaker-calls-transgender-people-213112725.html
Florida courts could allow 'emergency' custody of kids with trans parents or siblings: https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-anti-trans-bill-court-custody-kids-gender-affirming-care-2023-3
Texas is trying to scrub the concept of abortion from its internet: https://gizmodo.com/texas-abortion-websites-bill-internet-service-providers-1850178991
SCOTUS won’t hear city-sponsored prayer vigil case: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/breaking-the-supreme-court-wont-weigh
A pastor compared honeymoon sex to how "Christ penetrates his church": https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/a-christian-pastor-compared-honeymoon
TX lawmaker proposes bill to lower property taxes for people with a fuckton of kids: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/be-fruitful-and-multiply-tx-bill

524: Moons Over My Grammy Edition Mar 02, 2023

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In this week’s episode, a book cover will have legally injurable feelings, we'll teach you to find inner peace with the soothing dulcet tones of Marky Mark to guide you, and we’ll take a look back at 2022 just so we can be glad we don’t live there anymore.
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To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/
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Guest Links:
Find out more about FreeFlo here: https://www.freeflo.org/
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Headlines:
Christians could sue people who call them homophobic if this GOP bill passes: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/christians-could-sue-people-who-call-them-homophobic-if-this-gop-bill-passes/
Those accused of discrimination would have new protections under Florida bill: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/02/23/defamation-andrade-sexuality-race-gender-desantis-libel/
Four Wakefield pupils suspended after Quran damaged at school: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-64757799
OK AG withdraws support for Catholic charter school for fear of Muslim schools: https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-ag-gentner-drummond-catholic-charter-school/43051882 and Education leader wants to know just how much Jesus he can get away with: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/oklahoma-education-leader-takes-steps
Mark Wahlberg says Hollywood hates religion but he will NOT deny his faith: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/mark-wahlberg-hollywood-hates-religion-deny-faith-1235533272/amp/

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