Talking Santorum, Secularism, and the 2012 Presidential Primaries on the Radio
A few days ago, I had the privilege of making my third appearance on State of Belief radio (if you're curious, you can click here and here to check out my previous appearances). It aired yesterday, and now it's online!
I always enjoy being on the show, and this time was no different (though I was all stuffed up with a terrible cold at the time, ha). To kick things off, host Welton Gaddy asked me what I thought about extremist language and religion in the 2012 Republican Presidential primaries. We ended up discussing how nonreligious folks are being dehumanized and used as a political wedge issue by Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and others, threats to the separation of church and state and Santorum's confusion about it, fear-mongering around Islam and sharia law, and more — as well as the overall relevance of these issues to the cultural divide between the religious and the nonreligious, atheist and Humanist communities, and interfaith work. And, as a bonus, he invited me to talk briefly about the alternative spring break trip I'm facilitating next week for our graduate students, to work with LGBT youth in crisis in Los Angeles. It's a relatively short segment, so click here* and give it a listen if you'd like!
Many thanks to the folks at State of Belief for inviting me on the show again!
*You can either listen to the full program, or just my segment. However, at the moment the segments appear to be mislabeled. Mine is entitled "Americans of no faith in the 2012 election," but it seems you need to play to the segment labeled "The Origins of the Language of War" to hear it.
