This week on SarahTalk...
Jordan Allen joins us to talk about Run With Pride, an organization supporting LGBTQ Democratic candidates for Congress.

• RunWithPride.org
• Millennial Politics Podcast
• Brand New Congress Podcast

In The News:

• Utah Cult Leaders Sentenced for Child Bigamy and Sodomy
• 3-year-old Boy Dies During Religious Ritual to Remove Demons
• Grand Jury Report on Catholic Church Sex Crimes in Pennsylvania Dioceses
  • Read the Report
• Christine Hallquist, Running for Governor of Vermont Becomes First Transgender Candidate Nominated by Major Party
• Tucker Carlson, Robin Biro, and Chadwick Moore Argue About Trans Privilege and Whether Christians Are As Bad As Muslims to Gays
• Masterpiece Cakeshop Back in Court - Refused to Bake Birthday Cake for Transgender Person
• Oklahoma Middle School Parents Hurl Insults and Theats About 12-year-old Transgender Student
• Tennessee School Board Stuck Between New "In God We Trust" Law and 1988 Federal Court Injuction to Keep Religion Out Of Schools
• A Florida Man
  • Granny Get Your Gun
  • Two Floridians, One Cup

This week on SarahTalk...

In the news:

• • Follow-up on 3D Printable Gun Case
  • Judge in Oregon:  Trans Student Can Use Gendered Restroom; Parents Who Don't Like It Can Pull Their Kids
  • Indiana's Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Loses Initial Court Challenge; Judge Says Trans Student Likely Discriminated Against over Restroom Issue
  • Yvette Cormier v Planet Fitness (Michigan) Kicked Back to Lower Court To Determine If Contract Was Violated in Trans Changing Room Policy
  • Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Announces All-User/All-Gender Restroom in Orlando City Hall
  • NY Dem US Representative Kathleen Rice Files Bill to Compel TSA To Update Binary Gender Screening To Be More Inclusive of Trans/Non-Binary Bodies
  • Adorable Lesbian Couple Refused Housing at Sunset Hills Senior Living Facility for Being Gay
  • Bigot Hardy Billington, Missouri Republican Ran Unchallenged in Primary for State House, Likely to Win General Election
  • Jehovah's Witness Truck Driver Loses Court Case About Having to Work on Sunday... Twice!
  • New Jersey Pastor Harry L. Thomas, 74, Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Several Young Girls As Young as 7 Years Old
  • Nikolas Cruz, MSD Shooter, Transcripts Released:  Mentally Deranged?  Demons Told Him To Kill
  • Wisconsin County Supervisor Tries to Add to Ballot: "Should the Brown County Board of Supervisors Continue to Open Their Monthly Board Meeting With Christian Prayer?"
  • The Satanic Temple Will Be Hauling Giant Baphomet State to Arkansas State Capitol to Challenge 10 Commandments Monument; Establishment Clause

Packing up the kids for a trip to Arkansas pic.twitter.com/JOh43nANXw

— Lucien Greaves (@LucienGreaves) August 10, 2018

 

• Alabama's Voter Referendum: Should 117-Year-Old State Constitution Be Changed to Allow 10 Commandments on School Grounds, Despite US Constitution's Establishment Clause?
• A Florida Man
  • Gators at the Gas Station
  • Shark Week Shoplifters

  Meet Robby Stratton, the man who ran through a #Florida convenience store holding a live alligator. The incident is under FWC investigation. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews @CBSNews @FoxNews @cnnbrk @NBCNews @AP pic.twitter.com/U6tRb6pVmS

  — Ryan Nelson (@RyanANJax) July 29, 2018

SURPRISE!  It's a double-episode week!

Dr. Sheryl Cohn, who is running for office in Florida joined me in-studio this morning for what ended up to be a long enough interview to make its own episode.  We discussed education from salaries to safety, environmental issues including algae blooms, offshore oil and solar, LGBTQ and Women's rights and a wee bit about separation of church and state (it wouldn't be SarahTalk without it)!

Learn more, donate, etc at SherylCohnCandidate.com 

This week on SarahTalk... Kala Tedder is a unique candidate for the Polk County School Board.  She's a recent high school graduate, Accredited Legal Professional, and she want to bring the voice of the student experience to the local school board.  Tonight we discuss teacher pay, funding/taxes, school safety, transgender students, church-state separation and more! Learn more, donate and volunteer at KalaTedder.com and most importantly VOTE! (Primary Aug 28th, General Nov 6th)

This week on SarahTalk...

• GUEST: Adam Burns
  • Growing Up Gay in the South
  • Gay Conversion Ministry
  • Pride48.com
    • Streaming Weekend
    • In-Person Event: New Orleans
    • Geeky Gay

The News:

• Republican Uber Riders Kicked Out of Car: "Welcome to the Resistance"
• 3D Printed Guns Raise Major Concerns
• UPDATE: CVS Pharmacist Who Refused to Fill Trans Person's Rx - Fired
• Sasha Garden, 27-year-old Orlando Trans Woman Murdered
• Federal Court Rules in Favor of Drew Adams in Case Against School Board Over Trans Restroom Policy
• Legal to Breastfeed in all 50 States (Finally)
• Brother Adam Fannin of Steadfast Jacksonville Church: When You See Atheist Homos Waving Rainbow Flags, Think of Fire
• Mark Aderholt, Southern Baptist Leader, Finally Arrested 20 Years After Sexual Assault of 16-Year-Old Girl
• Utah Father Built Altar and Killed His Infant Son After Reading Bible and Watching Religious Programming
  • Bible Study:  Story of Abraham Nearly Killing His Son
• FFRF Stops La Harpe, Illinois Principal From Religious Messages on Fliers
• Federal Court Rules Chino Valley California School Board Meetings Cannot Include Prayer, Proselytizing or Citing of Christian Scripture
• A Florida Man
  • Downward-Facing Nude Dude
  • AmbuLYFT
  • Manna from Heaven?  NO!  Ganja From God!

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This week on SarahTalk...

• COLAGE:  People With an LGBTQ Parent
  • Kaley Fry, National Program Director and Heather Bryant
  • Family Week
  • COLAGE.org

The News:

• CVS Pharmacist in Arizona Refuses to Fill Trans Woman's Hormone Prescription
• Federal Judge Rules Philadelphia PA Adoption/Foster Providers Not Permitted to Refuse Gays on Religious Grounds
• Freedom From Religion Foundation Warns Melissa ISD in Texas to Investigate Possible Church/State Infractions
• Florida Pastor Caught Taking Up-Skirt Photo of Woman at Church
• Followers of Christ Church Members in Oregon Who Refuse Doctors and Medicine Plead Guilty to Homicide in Death of Premature Newborn
• A Florida Man
  • IF YOU EAT RAW OYSTERS, YOU'RE A MONSTER! (also, you might get real sick or die)
  • Hero of the Week, Georgia Woman Slams Florida Man Against Wall After He Grabbed Her Ass [VIDEO]

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This week on SarahTalk...

• Scarlett Johannson Withdraws From Trans Male Role
• Maine Legislature Passes Conversion Therapy Ban, Vetoed by Governor
• Rep. Joseph Kennedy & Sen. Edward Markey File "Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act"
• US House Appropriations Committee Passes Amendment Allowing Religious Objection in Adoption
• UK Christian Doctor Sacked For Refusing to Use Trans Patient's Pronouns
• Republican Snakes in the Grass
  • Mike Harris, North Carolina Baptist Pastor Running for Congress Preaches that Women Are Second-Class Citizens Because The Bible Tells Him So
  • Russell Walker, North Carolina House Candidate Says Jews are Satanic, US Soldiers Are Being Poisoned by the Government, and God is a White Supremacist
  • Mike Saari, Racist Christian State Senate Candidate (R) in Michigan Says It's "Normal" For Old Men to be Attracted to 12-Year-Old Girls Because The Bible
• EU Court Rules: Jehovah's Witnesses Must Comply With New GDPR Record-Keeping Laws
• A Florida Man
  • Hey! That's My (ex)Lacoochie
  • Bite of Pasketti
  • Red Light Liquor
• Update From The Blake Family
  • Listen Back to Episode 54
  • GoFundMe.com/BlakFamFund
  • Patreon

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This week we have a special bonus episode with our friend Evan! Evan's mom Morgan was a Guest on SarahTalk waaaaaay back at the beginning in Episode 9 (Jan 2016) where her then-identified daughter was starting to become more and more adamant that he didn't feel like a girl on the inside.  At the time, Morgan was preparing for all the various possibilities, including that Evan might be transgender. We checked back in with Morgan on Episode 73 (Sept 2017) by which time Evan had transitioned in most of his life (school, family, friends, etc) and picked his new name. In this Bonus Episode, Evan talks about being transgender in his own words.  He's also paying close attention to a lot of things going on in the United States politically and socially, and for a 7-year-old he's got a lot to say about it!  Here are some of the topics he chose to discuss:

• Being Transgender
• Family No Matter What
• President Trump Needs Some Training
• Children Separated at the Border / Empathy
• Women's March
• Pride!
• Evanversary
• Things That Make Evan Happy

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This week on SarahTalk...

  Mandy drops by to celebrate 3 Years of SarahTalk!   In the news...

• #SecondCivilWarLetters
• Sarah's Planned Parenthood Experience
• Ohio House Bill 658
• Christians With "I'm Sorry" Signs - Is that good enough?
  • Hemant Mehta Response: Don't Get Suckered In...
  • 7 Reasons Why LGBTQ People Don't Want To Go To Your LGBTQ-Inclusive Church
  • Recent News Stories of Young Children Abused or Murdered by Parents Who Were Afraid They Could be Gay
• Christian Broadcaster Rick Wiles: God is using 'brown invasion' to take America away from white people because abortion.
• Montana Effort to Put Trans Locker / Restroom Issue on Ballot Fails
• A Florida Man
  • Boy on the Hood
  • Deez Nuts
  • Sea Weed
  • Test my Meth

 

This week on SarahTalk… Joseph Richardson, local atheist activist, talks about challenges with local city officials accepting secular invocations and