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This week we celebrate the historic 162nd anniversary of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention by speaking with the daughter of the authors of Bloomer Girls, an atheist hit. Dan and Annie Laurie also examine some “unfriendly” friend-of-the-court briefs filed in appeal to the National Day of Prayer ruling.
News clips include excerpts of Sen. Diane Feinstein’s quizzing of Supreme Court nominee (now justice) Elena Kagin over the Hein v. FFRF Supreme Court decision, a clip on the National Day of Prayer issue from the Keith Olbermann Show, and news excerpts about the outcry over Iran’s plan to stone an “adulteress” to death (now in abeyance). The cohosts also debunk U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert’s portrayal of July 4 as a religious event!
The show includes clips of Australia’s new atheist prime minister. Guests include: Prof. Mark Silk, an expert on the topic of religion in America, who questions a new Gallup poll on church attendence, and lighthearted filmmaker Roger Nygard, whose new documentary takes on the “Nature of Existence.”
The estrange son of notorious anti-homosexual pastor Fred Phelps explains why he left his dad’s church and religion. Dan and Annie Laurie discuss reasons to “Sleep in on Sundays,” the ad campaign that hit Chicago.
Legal scholar Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California-Irvine School of Law, will be the special guest. Prof. Chemerinsky will discuss his role in exposing the unconstitutionality of the IRS parish exemption benefiting clergy, which FFRF is now challenging in federal court.
Dannel McCollum, author of The Lord Was Not on Trial: The Inside Story of the Supreme Court’s Precedent-Setting McCollum ruling
Barbara G. Walker looks at the harm religion has done to women, past and present. Hosts discuss a movie about Hypatia.
Co-hosts Dan and Annie Laurie discuss developments in Parson’s exemption lawsuit filed against Timothy Geithner. Prof. Hector Avalos shares why he thinks Yahweh is a moral monster.
Guest Betty Brogaard joins Freethought Radio!
