Washington Closes Confession Admission Loophole (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #579)

— Washington bill ends clergy loophole: Confessions no longer shield child abusers. (0:30)

— Catholic hospital ditches “pro-life” rhetoric to avoid malpractice lawsuit payout. (16:25)

— Arkansas Republicans just fired the state’s Library Board to please one Christian Nationalist. (30:20)

— Tennessee’s “Success Sequence” law ignores what really makes kids successful. (48:08)

— Sen. James Lankford knows the IRS isn’t targeting churches—he just hopes you don’t. (1:00:23)

— See something, snitch something: The State Department’s “anti-Christian bias” witch hunt begins. (1:13:12)
Interview: 

https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2025/04/17/washington-closes-confession-admission-loophole/