297: Trans Substantiation Edition

In this week’s episode, the Trump administration decides trans people aren’t, Megyn Kelly stomps around her house in a snit trying to find the receipt for an Al Jolson costume, and the “Make You Own Dead Sea Scroll Replica” section of Hobby Lobby turns out to have a sinister purpose.

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Guest Links:

Check out Heath on the latest episode of InKredulous: http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2018/10/inkredulous-episode-045/

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Headlines:

Trump is gonna undo trans people:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/politics/transgender-trump-administration-sex-definition.html http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/21/trump-admin-may-treat-trans-people-as-non-existent-revoking-legal-protections/

GOP Rep. Urges Christians to Vote in Midterms to “Block Any of Satan’s Work”

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/20/gop-rep-urges-christians-to-vote-in-midterms-to-block-any-of-satans-work/

South Carolina would like to discriminate against Jews:

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/20/s-carolina-let-our-taxpayer-funded-foster-care-agencies-exclude-non-christians/

Museum of the Bible discovers that 5 of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake: http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/23/bible-museum-discovers-5-dead-sea-scrolls-are-fake-doesnt-realize-the-irony/

There are more witches than presbyterians

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/16/by-one-measure-witches-outnumber-presbyterians-in-the-united-states/

Burzinski is getting a tv show because the world is hell

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/16/quack-doctor-gets-reality-show-to-promote-fake-and-dangerous-cancer-cure/

There’s a certification exam for astrologers seeking fake credibility: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/style/astrology-exam.html http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/18/theres-a-grueling-certification-exam-for-astrologers-seeking-fake-credibility/

Pat Robertson: Dead Journalist Not Worth Risking “$100B Worth of Arms Sales”

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/18/pat-robertson-dead-journalist-not-worth-risking-100b-worth-of-arms-sales/ also, JD should investigate George Soros for putting together migrant caravan: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pat-robertson-the-justice-department-must-investigate-george-soros-for-orchestrating-the-migrant-caravan/

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This Week in Misogyny:

Man gropes woman on Southwest flight; invokes Trump’s “Grab her by the pussy” line in defense: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/23/president-says-its-ok-grab-women-by-their-private-parts-man-accused-groping-woman-flight-invokes-trump/?utm_term=.a44a7b4a4f8b

Protesters Block Menstruating-Age Females from Hindu Temple Despite Court Ruling

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/18/protesters-block-menstruating-age-females-from-hindu-temple-despite-court-ruling/

A Male Catholic Pharmacist Refused Medicine to a Woman Having a Miscarriage

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/17/a-male-catholic-pharmacist-refused-medicine-to-a-woman-having-a-miscarriage/