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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— Hemant will be on Jeopardy on Wednesday! (0:20)— Yes, the government can force churches to close down in the pandemic. (3:48)— Liberty University is open for business… for some reason. (7:45)— A Pennsylvania lawmaker proposed a resolution blaming COVID-19 on our sins. (13:30)— A boy drowned at a low-budget Creation Museum and Kent Hovind doesn’t seem to care. (18:16)— Is abortion an essential health service during a pandemic? (25:13)— A Texas lawmaker praised COVID-19 for saving lives by shutting down abortion clinics. (26:45)— A pastor who said our COVID-19 response was “mass hysteria” died of you know what. (34:49)— A Louisiana pastor brought in 26 busloads of people for Sunday services. He’s not planning to stop. (38:01)— An IL church held services on March 15, Now most of the people who attended are sick. (39:45)— Oklahoma’s governor led a televised Christian prayer rally while Mississippi’s read from the Bible during a livestream. (42:57)— The White House’s Bible study leader is blaming COVID-19 on gay people and atheists. (54:30)— A Romanian priest gave communion to people with the same spoon. (57:00)— A GOP leader in Nebraska said the virus wouldn’t affect them because there aren’t a lot of Chinese people there. (57:38)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices