Blasphemy In The Bluegrass

Here's where all of KY Gov. Andy Beshear's 2022 vetoes stand https://news.yahoo.com/gov-beshear-vetoes-unemployment-benefit-193407567.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Tennessee deputy groped woman, forced her into ‘baptism’ in frigid lake waters, lawsuit claims https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2019/10/03/tennessee-deputy-forces-womans-baptism-chattanooga-lake-lawsuit/3850537002/?fbclid=IwAR1LguUdHUJaDQtN5gbpLWLmsvm6vlXsp5ObM5jrvoDU-EO726S8HYiv95E

Deputy who witnessed 'skyvvies' clad colleague baptize woman after traffic stop can't escape suit, federal judge rules  https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/deputy-who-witnessed-skivvies-clad-colleague-baptize-woman-after-traffic-stop-cant-escape-suit-federal-judge-rules

Soddy-Daisy woman at center of deputy baptism lawsuit found dead in home  https://newschannel9.com/news/local/soddy-daisy-woman-at-center-of-deputy-baptism-lawsuit-found-dead-in-home-wednesday

The story behind one of Pastor Greg Locke's witch accusations. Spoiler: she's not actually a witch.

Former Mississippi GOP lawmaker Robert Foster says those who support trans rights should be executed by firing squad.

The nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the SCOTUS, and her wonderful answers when GOP senators attempt to trip her up on religion and critical race theory.  (Update: since the recording of this episode, she has been confirmed by the Senate!)

Our intro and outro music is Crescents by Ketsa, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Raising_Frequecy/Crescents

For this episode, Dan Canon has joined our Reasonable Living group to discuss his new book Pleading Out. 

Also, apologies for the uneven release schedule. We are all volunteers doing this in our free time after taking care of our families and jobs, and that can be a bit messy at times. But we will do our best to keep the episodes coming!

Our intro and outro music is Crescents by Ketsa, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Raising_Frequecy/Crescents

We'll be discussing KY House Bill 149 and the right to assisted suicide for the terminally ill and we'll talk about Greg Locke, pastor at Global Vision Bible Church and his rant on witches in his congregation. We'll briefly discuss the Missouri bill being debated regarding ectopic pregnancies. 

Apologies to our listeners: There was a mixup with the audio files in the last upload, and we ended up uploading an old episode. Now the audio has been updated with the correct podcast for this week.

List of historic documents for SB 83:  https://local12.com/news/local/kentucky-bill-would-require-24-historical-texts-be-taught-as-part-of-history-courses-sb-138

Help for Ukraine: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help

American Atheists Convention: https://convention.atheists.org/

Our intro and outro music is Crescents by Ketsa, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Raising_Frequecy/Crescents

Topics:

Kentucky House Bill HB43, which proposes exceptions for "houses of worship" from being prevented from having mass gatherings by the government due to a  emergency (such as for a pandemic) and to treat them as an "essential service." https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb43.html

Biden's pick for Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Students walk out of Huntington High School in West Virginia in protest of a Christian revival service that they were required to attend. https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1079712717/religion-public-school-protest

Contact information for Michael Stark and all of the American Atheists Kentucky Assistant State Directors can be found at https://www.atheists.org/group/kentucky/

Our intro and outro music is Crescents by Ketsa, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Raising_Frequecy/Crescents

Topics:

Cults, religious and political

Kentucky Senator Max Wise has sponsored a bill to probit critical race theory in schools.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-general-assembly/2022/02/04/anti-critical-race-theory-fervor-triggers-new-kentucky-legislation/6662013001/

Black Folks in American History: Mary Bowser, freed slave who became a spy for the Union within the Confererate White House. https://www.history.com/news/female-spies-civil-war-mary-bowser-elizabeth-van-lew

Our intro and outro music is Crescents by Ketsa, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Raising_Frequecy/Crescents

Today's Topics

Lebanon Schools response to After School Satan Club 

Newt Gingrich floats idea of jailtime for January 6 Committee members

Sixth mass extinction in progress

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Our intro and outro music is Crescents by Ketsa, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Raising_Frequecy/Crescents

Topics:

Book banning and "cancel culture"

Sexual abuse in the churches (other than the Catholic church)

New After School Satan Club in Illinois

"Meet a Podcaster" episode: John Kiel interviews Michael Stark.

Show notes:

Alberta Jones Documentary: https://www.leoweekly.com/2021/08/documentary-being-made-about-alberta-jones-louisville-attorney-and-activist-that-was-murdered-in-1965/

Team Kentucky Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund: https://secure.kentucky.gov/formservices/Finance/WKYRelief

LBGTQ+ Equality at the Fairness Campaign: https://www.fairness.org/

Kentucky 2022 Legislative Session Pre-filed Bills: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22rs/prefiled/prefiled.html

Community of Reason
- https://www.meetup.com/CommunityOfReason/
- https://www.communityofreason.org/Home

Louisville Atheists & Freethinkers
- https://www.meetup.com/louisvilleatheists/

Support this podcast at: https://kysecularsociety.org/

The "lizard sex lady"

The rise of astrology

How trolling became the new governing for Trumpist Republicans like Lauren Boebert
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/lauren-boebert-tom-massie-christmas-card/index.html

Ms. Lauren Boebert and her Christmas photo
https://news.yahoo.com/lauren-boebert-poses-her-children-150023917.html

Topics:

Two evangelical seminaries sue to block vaccine mandates, citing religious freedom
https://religionnews.com/2021/11/05/two-prominent-evangelical-seminaries-sue-to-block-vaccine-mandates-southern-baptist-seminary-asbury/

Kentucky college president fired after sexual assault report
https://apnews.com/article/religion-education-kentucky-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-sexual-assault-309c163cff9f10e40ef840cb5334a45b

GOP Senator Rand Paul's religious litmus test for public service should alarm us all
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2021/11/02/kentucky-rand-paul-violates-us-principle-religious-freedom/6238841001/

Special guest: Brett Parker, State Policy Director for American Atheists, bparker@atheists.org

Redistricting Map Information: League of Women Voters Kentucky - https://www.lwvky.org/

Voter Registration Information: elect.ky.gov

Interview with Heather Gatnarek of ACLU KY. Ken Ham tries to raise money off of Tom Flynn's death.

https://www.wdrb.com/news/aclu-argues-kentucky-state-fair-board-violated-first-amendment-with-removal-of-billboard/article_66dccfd2-314b-11ec-a179-238c4f4bf6d1.html

https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/creationist-ken-ham-raises-money-off-death-of-secular-humanist-icon-tom-flynn/

https://answersingenesis.org/culture/never-giving-up/

Topics and links:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/10/20/pastor-who-denounced-godless-immorality-arrested-for-grooming-underage-girl/

https://twitter.com/kyoag/status/1437026455171575813?s=21&fbclid=IwAR1WP_EQ5kjZEyi-KwIrF_9yzMLa4TOVsk92W2vLky1IHMmOnI7YtgZzem8

https://arkencounter.com/blog/2020/09/10/worlds-largest-christian-music-festival-coming-in-2021/

https://www.nkytribune.com/2021/07/ark-encounter-marks-fifth-anniversary-with-record-crowds-announcement-of-new-attractions-to-come/

From Daniel Phelps The Ark had its lowest number of September ticket sales, except last year when the coronavirus pandemic was more rampant, than since records have been available. My open records request revealed the Ark sold 64,301 tickets last month. Note that this time period includes the last portion of the heavily touted “40 Days and 40 Nights” gospel music concert series at the Ark. Moreover, Ken Ham has recently bragged in social media about “record attendance” at the Ark. Of course these numbers do not include small children and lifetime pass holders, as Ham would be quick to point out. Still, the numbers indicate the Ark is not having, and has never had, anywhere the 1.4 to 2.2 million visitors per year that were projected when the tax break incentives were given to the Ark Encounter by Kentucky’s government.
2017:
September: 83,330 ($41,665.00)
2018:
September: 69,207 ($34,603.50)
2019:
September 2019: 73,541 ($36,770.50)
2020:
September 2020: 44,571 ($22,285.50)
2021
September 2021: 64,301 ($32,150.50)

Apologies for last week's missed podcast! We had some delays in publishing the episode. The recording from last week is this week's show. 

This week's topics:

• Kentucky Schools: https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2021/09/15/kentucky-school-board-association-mask-requirements
• New York Recovery Legislation:  https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2021/09/24/lawmakers-want-to-strengthen-access-to-non-religious-addiction-treatment
• Tennessee School's:  https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/09/27/right-wing-moms-whine-about-childrens-book-featuring-mating-sea-horses/
• Texas Reproductive Rights Lawsuit:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/us/texas-abortion-lawsuit-alan-braid.html
• Women's Health Protection Act:  https://actforwomen.org/