Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! In this penultimate episode of season 4, we'll be talking about the case Medina v. Planned Parenthood in which the Supreme Court decided to cut off one avenue people have of protecting their rights and allowed states to cut Planned Parenthood off from Medicaid funding.

Our other case is McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson Corp where SCOTUS continued its assault on the administrative state by stating that, in certain circumstances, the courts do not have to follow an agency's interpretation of the law.

Our next episode will be in 3 weeks on December 11th and will be my interview with Billie and Paul Hoard about bullshit. After that, we'll be on break until February 2026.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today we are talking about the case Kennedy v. Braidwood. We will also be looking at Gutierrez v. Saenz and Hewitt v. US. Kennedy v. Braidwood is another attack on the ACA, this time via the preventative services mandate.

I don't spend as much time on the case itself as I normally do because the issues at play are ones we've seen before. Instead, I spend time analyzing the impact that getting rid of this mandate would have via my own personal experiences.

Our next episode will be on November 20 and will be about the case Medina v. Planned Parenthood. After that, the last episode of the season will come out on December 11th and will be my interview with Billie and Paul about bulllshit.

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Welcome to today's episode fo Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are talking about 2 different cases: FDA v. RJ Reynolds and Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. Both are important enough that I decided that they both deserved to be talked about. We take a brief look at Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA.

FDA v. RJ Reynolds is a case about whether or not retailers who sell tobacco products can take part in a lawsuit denying a company the ability to manufacture a product (in this case e-cigarettes). At its base, this case truly is about the conservatives on the Supreme Court taking apart the administrative state, a mission they have been on for decades.

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton has to do with age verification on websites that deal primarily in pornographic images. At its base, this case is dealing with the puritanical nature of the US and our obsession with stigmatizing sex and nudity. My comments on this may be controversial.

Our next episode will be on November 6 and will be about the case Kennedy v. Braidwood. If something changes, I will announce it on the podcast's social media channels.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today, we will be talking about the case Glossip v. Oklahoma, a case involving capital punishment that has been bouncing around in the courts for a couple of decades.

I start the episode by talking about the case Chiles v. Salazar, a case about so-called "conversion therapy", which is really a form of torture.

The other cases we talk about are Bouarfa v. Mayorkas and City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency.

Our next episode will be on October 23 and will be about FDA v. RJ Reynolds.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are talking about the case US v. Skrmetti, in which the Supreme Court decided that states are allowed to outlaw or restrict gender affirming care for transgender children. The decision rested on sophistry, which is something we spend a lot of time going over.

The other cases are Riley v. Bondi (an immigration case) and Stanley v. Sanford (a disability rights case that gets really complicated). I don't spend as much time on either of these as usual because both cases are more complex than most of the other cases we look at briefly.

Our next episode will be on October 9 and will be about Glossip v. Oklahoma.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today, we are talking about the case Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission et al. This was a unanimous decision with 2 concurrences about religious non-profits and unemployment insurance.

Partway through the episode, I go on an 8-9 minute rant about the unemployment decision and the US's paltry social safety net.

Our next episode will be on September 25 and will be about US v. Skrmetti.

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Welcome to a very special episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today, I am interviewing Billie and Paul Hoard about the book Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life which came out on August 1.

We start off by discussing what eucontamination is and why it is important in our current political situation. This episode is more explicitly religious and philosophical than most other episodes. It was a lot of fun and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.

I am also hoping that Paul and Billie will come back for another episode about bullshitting. Keep an eye on social media for more information.

To buy the book, you can go directly to the publisher's website and buy it. If you buy it directly from the publisher, you can use the discount code "disgustpod" to get 20% off the book. You can also get it from bookshop.org.

You can follow Billie on most social media platforms @billieiswriting. She also has a Substack that you can subscribe to. Paul also has a Substack that you can subscribe to. You can listen to my converstaions with Billie here, here, and here.

Our next episode will be about that case Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin and will come out on September 11.

As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerpolifaith). You can also follow the new Bluesky account (@queerpolifaith.bsky.social) or my Substack. You can also send questions or comments to [email protected].

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Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today we are talking about the case Mahmoud v. Taylor. We are also looking at the petition for a writ of certiorari from Kim Davis asking the Supreme Court to overrule Obergefell.

Mahmoud v. Taylor is a case about Montgomery County Public Schools (my home school district) allowing books about queer characters to be read in classrooms.

In two weeks, I will present an interview I had with Billie and Paul Hoard about their book which came out on August 1st. It was all sorts of fun and I think you'll love it!

As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerpolifaith). You can also follow the new Bluesky account (@queerpolifaith.bsky.social) or my Substack. You can also send questions or comments to [email protected].

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Welcome back to Queer PoliFaith! We are beginning the second half of the fourth season of the show.

I decided that the fall of every season will be about Supreme Court cases. This year, there were too many cases to devote an episode to each case. So each week, I will look at one case in depth and then one or two other cases at a very high level. The case named in the title each week will be the main case and at the beginning of each episode I will let you know which other cases we will be looking at.

This week, we will focus on Trump v. Casas, the case where the Supreme Court severely limited how universal injunctions can be used. We will also look at AJT v. Osseo Area Schools and Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services.

In our next episode on August 15, we will look at the case Mahmoud v. Taylor.

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Welcome to our final episode for the first half of season 4 of Queer PoliFaith. Today, I am reading reactions from religious leaders to the seditious traitors EOs and actions. Below, you will find each of the reactions in the order I read them. I don't do any commentary, just an introduction to each one. I do stop reading Pope Francis' letter at a couple of points to define words that may be unfamiliar to people.

Sermon by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde | 1.21.25

As dawn broke over D.C. - Reflecting on Bishop Budde's Sermon

Presiding Bishop Eaton Issues Pastoral Message on Executive Orders

Presiding Bishop Eaton Issues Statement on Immigration Executive Orders

Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the Bishops of the United States of America

Letter to the church on non-binary safety; asking all to join in prayer, learning, speaking out

We will be back in mid-August with new episodes about important cases from the Supreme Court from this most recent Supreme Court year. Please pay attention to social media for dates and topics.

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