FilthyMonkeyBrains11-Atheist World-FFRF Update-Rant with Regina and Monica-Superdebate: John, Monica, Beneil, Sam.

Blasphemy In The Bluegrass

This week: we give a final reminder about the picnic for non-believers on July 16th, we talk about Uri Geller, we discuss motives behind recent LGBTQA+ rights attacks, and we cover a petition from American Atheists’ to protect the free speech rights of non-believers. The FFRF update includes the impeached ex-President’s remarks about atheists. After a rant about a pastor's curious position on marital sex without consent, you can listen to a special conversation among four of our Filthy Monkey Brains. Don’t miss their humorous discussion on a cringeworthy Supreme Court decision about religious exemptions at work, the implications of the Defense Bill Amendment, and a misguided request about CRT.

Thanks to Ketsa, SuRRism, Redproductions, AlexGrohl, Lexin_Music, Tommy Mutiu, and lemonmusicstudio for the music tracks.

Here are the links we provide for more information about the episode:

https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/why-is-the-new-york-times-glorifying

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/business/uri-geller-magic-deep-fakes.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/why-is-the-gop-escalating-attacks-on-trans-rights-experts-say-the-goal-is-to-make-sure-evangelicals-vote

https://www.atheists.org/2023/07/lindke-v-freed-amicus-brief/

https://ffrf.org/news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2lakd2WUZg&feature=share

https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-marital-rape-states-ohio-minnesota.html

https://nypost.com/2023/03/05/ri-mom-says-teachers-union-treated-her-like-enemy-of-the-state/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/04/justices-look-for-common-ground-in-postal-workers-religious-liberty-case/

https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/gop-congressman-targets-churchstate

Monica also would like to recommend the following books about Black History:

The Warmth of Other Suns -The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson.

The Color of Law - A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein.

And the following book wasn’t referenced by name but it’s interesting to understand Rosa Parks' work as a field officer for the NAACP before the Civil Rights movement went national:

At the Dark End of the Street (Black Women, Hope & Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement - From Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power), by Danielle L. McGuire

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