Rep. Jared Huffman on the Health Share Transparency Act (Opening Arguments podcast OA615)

You may remember the ripoff scam that is Christian Health Share Ministries from such episodes as OA497: Christian Health Sharing Is a Scam and OA530: Andrew Testifies to Congress on Christian Healthshare Ministries! Well, as a direct result of Andrew’s House testimony, Rep. Jared Huffman has sponsored and introduced a new bill to fight back against this scam! It’s H.R.8324 – Health Share Transparency Act of 2022. Rep. Huffman is also a co-founder of the Congressional Freethought Caucus! He joins us today to explain the bill.

Before that, I grill Andrew on the Secret Service deleted texts, with such questions as “what the f?” and “how the h?” There’s a lot we can’t know yet, but Andrew explains what we do know. Finally, we go through the first gun control legislation passed in two decades. It’s good!

Interview:

https://openargs.com/oa615-rep-jared-huffman-on-the-health-share-transparency-act/

Condemning Bigotry Isn't Christian Persecution (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #435)

— Happy James Webb Telescope Images week for all who celebrate! (0:30)

— How seriously should we take the allegations against right-wing radio host Jesse Lee Peterson? (10:28)

— A Christian writer thinks she's being persecuted for her faith. Nope. It's just her bigotry. (27:02)

— A former Texas football star says he was definitely coerced into praying with his coaches despite what the Supreme Court now says. (45:35)

— The Christian hate-group Family Research Council is now technically a "church," a move that allows it to avoid being transparent about its finances. (55:16)

— A female pastor's progressive views on LGBTQ people were censored from a book celebrating female pastors. (1:03:52)

— A new bill in Congress would crack down on scammy Christian "health share" ministries. (1:14:38)
Interview: 

https://audioboom.com/posts/8121144-ep-435-condemning-bigotry-isn-t-christian-persecution