The trans agenda- politicians, pundits and um * checks notes * children’s authors seem to have a lot to say about it. But what is it these uniquely beautiful people seem to want, other than a safe place to pee? What if, and I’m just spitballing here, we actually listen to a couple of trans folx? This week I’m joined by both Fan Favorite Serafina Smith™ and former Atheist Vanguardian Rachel Watson to find some guidance.
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It’s only been 5 years since Obergefell v Hodges extended marriage equality to include same sex couples and yet the idea of traveling to another state for a marriage license already sounds remarkably quaint. Flashy news stories about baker’s conscientiously objecting gay wedding cakes have all but dropped out of the news cycle, if not reality. And yet only a week after the Supreme Court extends Civil Rights Act Title VII protections to millions of queer Americans it’s kind of hard to feel like these protections are doing much to drive public opinion. Atheist Experience Network host Rachel Watson makes her long overdue Secular Sexuality debut to help us revisit that classic question, can you legislate morality? Catch the episode below and come back afterwards for some footNOTES!
From Justice Kennedy’s majority decision in Obergefell v Hodges 6/25/2015
Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees by Nina Totenberg for NPR
5 Years after landmark gay marriage ruling by SCOTUS. lawyer in the case says it’s ‘gone swimmingly well’ by Randy Maniloff for American Bar Association Journal
This Is What LGBTQ Customers Actually Want to See During Pride Month by Nick Wolny for San Antonio Express News
Sorry Mike Pence, but support for same-sex marriage in the US is at a record high – even among Republicans by Lily Wakefield for PinkNews
After Bostock, We’re All Textualists Now by Ilya Shapiro
How to Understand Your Gender by Alex Iantaffi
COVID-19 Mail Bag
In this time of disconnect and social distancing we thought we’d take advantage of the extra downtime many of our favorite speakers are currently experiencing by having them join us on this week’s Secular Sexuality. Vi and I are all set to sit back and let friends of the show, new and old, answer your questions on air.
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