ScathingAtheist 214: Flat Earth Edition

Mar 23, 2017, 11:00 AM

In this week’s episode, Pakistan wants a “stone to death” option on Facebook, Texas considers a cap and trade system to discourage sperm waste, and Alabama joins the fight against the fight against child abuse.

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Headlines: Pakistan wants Twitter and Facebook to identify blasphemers: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/17/pakistan-asks-facebook-twitter-help-identify-blasphemers Engaged couple faces jail in UAE for premarital sex: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/03/09/an-engaged-couple-may-end-up-in-a-united-arab-emirates-jail-for-having-sex-before-marriage/ Gohmert: If Hillary had won, Christians like me would be in jail: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/louie-gohmert-says-that-if-clinton-had-won-hed-probably-have-been-in-jail-within-four-years/ Pope real sorry about complicity in Rwandan genocide: http://religionnews.com/2017/03/20/pope-asks-forgiveness-for-church-role-in-rwanda-genocide/ Oklahoma “Family Values” legislator caught in hotel room with underage boy: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/03/16/hypocrisy-alert-oklahoma-family-values-gop-legislator-caught-in-hotel-room-with-underage-boy/ Former Trump Advisor: God warned me about the wiretapping: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/former-trump-campaign-adviser-says-god-warned-him-about-bugging-of-the-white-house/ Parents delay reporting their son missing because “god said he was fine” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/03/18/when-their-son-went-missing-these-parents-delayed-calling-the-police-because-god-said-he-was-fine/ Alabama Christians fighting against law that would protect kids at daycare from being abused: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/03/15/conservative-christians-are-fighting-an-alabama-bill-that-would-protect-kids-at-childcare-centers/ Texas lawmaker wants men fined for masturbating: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39251655

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/03/13/texas-democrat-trolls-anti-abortion-colleagues-with-bill-fining-men-100-each-time-they-masturbate/

This Week in Misogyny: Saudi women’s panel has no women: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/03/saudi-arabia-launches-girls-council-without-girls/ Mike Pence gets “Working Women” award: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/mike-pence-to-receive-working-for-women-award-from-kellyanne-conways-conservative-womens-group/ “Trumpcare” seeks to defund Planned Parenthood: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/cbo-predicts-trumpcare-would-cause-thousands-women-lose-contraceptive-care-and-get-