EPISODE 29 | Sep, 09, 2025

The Religious War on America’s Kids

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Summary

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for Senate so he’s hitting the Christian Nationalism. Hard. Andrew breaks down his prayer push and the law it’s based on. Hemant Mehta at the Friendly Atheist took PragerU’s anti-woke teacher test for Oklahoma, Florida bans vaccine mandates, and more.

Episode Resources:

Ken Paxton’s Christian Nationalist press release.
Text of the TX law Paxton was ranting about.
Updated Axios story about DOJ leaving Dems and Liberals in Epstein docs.
Hemant Mehta at the Friendly Atheist takes PragerU’s Oklahoma teacher “test” and reports on it.
BBC reports on FL vaccine mandate ban.

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