Southern Baptist Ethics Leader Resigns (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #595)

— Ryan Walters may not have watched nude women at work. But he still slandered his colleagues. (0:40)

— Southern Baptist ethics leader resigns, likely due to pressure from MAGA extremists. (27:55)

— Arizona Appeals Court reopens case against Mormon Church involving child abuse cover-up. (47:32)

— Federal judge blocks Arkansas law forcing the Ten Commandments in schools from taking full effect. (1:06:28)

— Bowing to religious pressure, West Point will rebrand bibles with academy’s crest. (1:22:00)
Interview: 

https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2025/08/07/southern-baptist-ethics-leader-resigns/

‘Pure evil’: Southern Baptist leaders condemn decades of sexual abuse revealed in investigation - The Washington Post

“20 years, 700 victims”    So reads part of the headline of a sweeping investigation that has found years of sexual abuse perpetrated by hundreds of Southern Baptist church leaders against an even larger number of victims.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/02/10/pure-evil-southern-baptist-leaders-condemn-decades-sexual-abuse-revealed-investigation/

Evangelicalism has had a race, gender and age problem for years. Pence’s appearance before Southern Baptists highlighted it. - The Washington Post: Analysis

The choice of Pence as a speaker was tone deaf, given concerns about the SBC's treatment of women and minorities, critics say. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/13/evangelicalism-has-had-a-race-gender-and-age-problem-for-years-pences-appearance-before-southern-baptists-highlighted-it/

Politicians preach Christian nationalism at the Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptists invited discord by hosting Vice President Pence and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as speakers at their annual gathering....
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/politicians-preach-christian-nationalism-southern-baptist-convention/

As Mike Pence praises Trump, Southern Baptists affirm support for immigrants - Vox

The vice president caused controversy speaking at the evangelical group's annual meeting. ....
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/6/13/17460398/mike-pence-trump-southern-baptist-convention-immigrant-resolution-sbc18

Southern Baptist leader encouraged a woman not to report alleged rape to police and told her to forgive assailant, she says - The Washington Post

The woman said she was put on probation after the alleged incident. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/05/22/southern-baptist-leader-encouraged-a-woman-not-to-report-alleged-rape-to-police-and-told-her-to-forgive-assailant-she-says/