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Featured guest is Fred Karger, founder of Californians Against Hate, who allegations of unreported Mormon activity to help pass Prop 8, banning same-sex marriage in California, are being investigated by the Fair Political Practices Commission, which oversees state campaign finance laws. Also interviewed will be Southern California FFRF member Mark Monninger, to discuss the uproar over FFRF’s Imagine No Religion” billboard in Cucamonga. The paid-for, contracted-for message was removed after only a week by the billboard company amid allegations that the City had recommended its removal. FFRF’s new lawsuit in federal court suing the City of Rancho Cucamonga will also be discussed!”
Author of Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity
John W. Loftus, a seminary-trained minister in the Restoration Movement of Churches, will talk about why, after earning a Master of Divinity degree and other theological degrees, he realized he could no longer believe in biblical claims. The hosts will also discuss the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s newest lawsuit, filed this week in state court in Denver, suing Colorado Gov. Jim Ritter over his National Day of Prayer proclamations.
Topics: Post-Election: State of the Supreme Court & Judiciary & Postmortems on religious referenda
Nan Aron, expert head of the judicial watchdog, Alliance for Justice, will be this week’s guest, to talk about what Nov. 4 will mean for the judiciary. Dan & Annie Laurie will comment on the Nov. 4 fate of religious-right sponsored referenda. Photo credit: Brent Nicastro
Topic: Prop 8 & the Religious War Against Gay Rights The show will be devoted to an expose of the religious backing of Proposition 8, to deny same-sex marriage to California residents via a Nov. 4 ballot initiative. Listen for clips of religious ads, and of religious leaders inveighing against gay marriage. FFRF Lifetime Member and Gay Atheist founder Dick Hewetson will be interviewed about Proposition 8 and the religious war against gay rights. Photo credit: Brent Nicastro
Topic: 50 Reasons Not to Believe in a God
Guy P. Harrison, author of the new book, 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God,” will gently debunk some of those reasons. The latest twists in the epidemic of religion in politics and church politicking will be discussed. As an antidote to all that religion, the hosts will air the 2008 “Moment of Bedlam” from FFRF’s annual national NonPrayer Breakfast!”
Topic: Society Without God
Prof. Phil Zuckerman talks about his hot-off-the-press book, Society Without God, which refutes the myth that religion is necessary for happy citizens and moral societies. Zuckerman, an FFRF member, cites statistical evidence showing the happiness index” tends to be much higher in godless societies, and offers Scandinavia as a prime example. The broadcast also looks at the contributions of famous freethinkers born in October.”
Featured guest is Larry Beinhart, best-known for his book, Wag the Dog” which became a movie with Dustin Hoffman. An atheist, talks about his new mystery, “Salvation Boulevard,” in which atheism, fundamentalist Christianity and Judaism intersect. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s latest litigation, suing Pres. Bush and Shirley Dobson over National Day of Prayer proclamations, is discussed in the news portion of the program.”
This week’s show previews Bill Maher’s irreverent film on religion, Religulous,” and play audios of the infamous “witchcraft” prayer by Gov. Sarah Palin’s Kenyan minister-friend and her response. For a change of pace, “Women Without Superstition” is showcased in an interview featuring Annie Laurie Gaylor, as editor of the first anthology of women freethinkers.”
