Pete Hegseth Destroys Military Religion List (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #639)

— Hemant will be speaking in Atlanta this weekend at the Revival of Reason conference sponsored by Black Nonbelievers. Come if you’re able!

— Pete Hegseth shrinks military’s recognized religions list, erasing atheists and Humanists. (0:50)

— Under guise of fighting anti-Catholic bias, Kash Patel fires FBI analysts who kept us safe. (31:11)

— Christian employee sues L.A. County over a Pride flag outside the office. (55:52)

— Connecticut GOP candidate’s anti-gay extremism sparks party meltdown. (1:10:04)

Interview: 

• Audio podcast: https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2026/06/10/pete-hegseth-destroys-military-religion-list/
• YouTube video: https://youtu.be/M8zpT9f2gDc?si=sgAWrybKxOTcuDz1

Christian Snowflake Sues Over Pride Flag

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXnS-2jRqr4

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New York City officials plan to reraise a pride flag at the federal monument at Stonewall in Manhattan, setting up a potential fight with the White House at the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement nearly 60 years ago…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/stonewall-pride-flag-trump-nyc-00774020 

 

California store owner, mother of nine, fatally shot over a Pride flag displayed in her shop

The suspect made "made several disparaging remarks" about the rainbow flag before shooting the owner, the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department said...

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/california-store-owner-mother-nine-shot-killed-pride-flag-displayed-sh-rcna100849

Attacks on Pride events embody the spirit of Jan. 6

…While these incidents may seem isolated, they can be threaded by a single needle: As the United States approaches its destiny of being a majority-minority country, those still clinging to the nation's "founding" — i.e., its elimination of Indigenous Americans to create a white, conservative ethnostate that uses the labor of enslaved Black people to build its wealth and global power — are willing to go to extreme lengths to preserve their warped view of America. In their dream world, every citizen is straight, every citizen with the ability to vote is white, and every woman is in a partnership with a man who strips her of her agency…

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/attacks-pride-events-embody-spirit-jan-6-n1296442

Idaho police near Pride event arrest Patriot Front extremists on riot charges | The far right | The Guardian

Police detained 31 members of the Patriot Front hate group after they were spotted piling into a U-Haul truck wearing riot gear…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/12/idaho-police-near-pride-event-arrest-patriot-front-extremists-on-riot-charges

Catholic bishop doubles down after his startlingly homophobic tweet goes viral - Raw Story

Providence, Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin found himself under fire this weekend after he posted an extremely homophobic tweet warning his fellow Catholics about LGBTQ Pride month and falsely claiming that gay pride and gay "culture" are "especially harmful for children." ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/catholic-bishop-doubles-down-after-his-startlingly-homophobic-tweet-goes-viral/