Glass City Humanist
Yes it’s July and we have a special announcement about our Winter Solstice event in December. Then we take a long look at Project 2025 a political agenda chock full of bigotry and Christian Nationalism that if implemented will end Democracy as we have known it and hurt many of our friends and loved ones.
Genetics can do good like develop cures for infectious diseases and it can be used for evil like justifying the Holocaust. In this episode we hear about two Humanists, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped us out of the COVID pandemic, who retired from government service almost two years ago, but still needs a security detail then we hear a segment of a lecture given by Adam Rutherford about the dark history of genetics that was used to justify the Holocaust.
Christian Nationalists have targeted public schools. They ban books and discrimnate against trans kids. LifeWise Academy a well funded evangelical group based in Columbus is trying to install their model religious class in all Ohio schools without being truthful or transparent about their activities. We talk to Molly Gaines and Zachary Parrish two parents who are fighting back with their group Parents Against LifeWise.
One of the basic benefits we enjoy as citizens of a democracy like the United States is our right to address grievances to our elected officials if we feel they are not making appropriate decisions. The I-475 Neighborhoods Coalition is made up of citizens wanting to stop a planned widening of the freeway in Toledo. We talk to the coordinator Peggy Daly-Masternak.
We talk to Megan Sheldon co-founder and CEO of Be Ceremonial, the world’s first guided ritual and ceremony app. She believes even the non-religious have a need for ritual and ceremony and her app guides people to appropriate and hopefully meaningful activities.
In this episode we focus on White Christian Nationalism and why it’s an existential threat not only to religious freedom for all but also a to democracy then we hear a keynote speech given by DR. ANTHEA BUTLER at the recent Summit for Religious Freedom
We update a school busing dispute with implications regarding church and state separation. We also look into the expansion of school vouchers in Ohio, revealing that the program primarily benefits higher-income families already in private schools rather than helping low-income students in struggling public schools.
In this episode, Douglas discusses one of his pet peeves of organized Humanism. Some think that only way to increase our numbers is to be a church or church like and avoid any labels. Find out why Douglas thinks that’s hogwash.
In this episode we take a deep dive on diversity, equity, and inclusion better known by bigoted people as DEI then we look at how In vitro fertilization is causing some ironic responses from the anti-abortion crowd.
Pastor Chris Avell was criminally charged for housing the homeless in his church. Where do we draw the legal line especially when the lives of those struggling is in the balance?