Episode 120 – Show Notes
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Headline Links:
Bigots protest Islam at Phoenix mosque, then fail spectacularly to raise $10 million for security: http://www.religionnews.com/2015/05/30/crowds-gather-for-anti-islam-demonstration-outside-phoenix-mosque/ and http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/phoenix-mosque-protest-organizer-launches-10-million-fundraising-bid-fails-miserably/
Christian website denies existence of marital rape: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/there-is-no-such-thing-as-marital-rape-christian-website-says-wives-must-yield-for-sex-no-questions-asked/
Woman calls out pastor who says he resurrected her brother: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/woman-calls-bullsht-on-pastors-claims-that-he-raised-her-brother-from-the-dead-during-church-service/
Alabama Minister gets fine and probation for marrying a gay couple: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/05/28/3663548/alabama-minister-fined-sentenced-probation-tries-marry-sex-couple/
Christian moms pissed at Fox series for making Satan too likeable: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/thousands-of-right-wing-moms-protest-fantasy-tv-series-on-fox-for-making-satan-too-likeable/
GA Science teacher accused of openly evangelizing to atheist students: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/28/georgia-science-teacher-reportedly-proselytized-to-atheist-student-and-showed-class-preaching-videos/
Australian J. Dubs fight to murder their child: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2015/05/jehovahs-witness-parents-refuse-life-saving-treatment-for-son/
DC bans all issue ads rather than let an anti-Muslim one run: http://www.religionnews.com/2015/05/29/no-images-of-prophet-muhammad-or-any-other-issue-ads-will-run-on-d-c-transit/
Forget killing Christ, it’s the Jews fault you can have bacon in Ben & Jerry’s: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/28/ben-and-jerrys-bacon-ice-cream_n_7464364.html?utm_hp_ref=religion&ir=Religion
Gay children in India made to have sex with family members in “corrective rape”: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/documentary-filmmaker-family-used-corrective-rape-on-gay-son-forced-him-to-have-sex-with-mother/
This Week in Misogyny:
2 girls sit out of soccer game so Muslim boys don’t have to play against them: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/30/two-girls-sat-out-part-of-a-soccer-tournament-because-muslim-players-refused-to-compete-again
UK Hasidic school expels kids whose mom’s drive: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/30/uk-hasidic-leaders-ban-women-at-the-wheel-kids-whose-mothers-drive-will-be-expelled-from-school/
Megachurch punishes wife for seeking to divorce child-porn watching husband: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/06/01/christian-megachurch-punishes-woman-for-seeking-divorce-from-her-child-porn-watching-husband
Lame duck Nigerian president bans FGM: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/06/01/outgoing-nigerian-president-bans-female-genital-mutilation-in-one-of-his-last-acts-in-office/
FYI: Death rattle is actually a thing. Of course it’s not proof that someone died, just that they were probably dying. Hopefully the doctor who did nothing is having his license revoked and will be facing criminal charges.
Wilders H, Menten J. Death rattle: prevalence, prevention and treatment. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002; 23:310-317
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