Queer PoliFaith

Welcome to the mid-season finale of Queer PoliFaith . Today, I have my interview with Bill and Mae from the Anarchodox podcast about Christian anarchy and anarchy in general. We do make a few detours, but it's all worth it. If you haven't listened to their podcast, I highly recommend it. Mae's Substack - Why is Anarchy Scary? Bill's Substack After today, we'll be back in August with the second hal...

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith ! Today we are talking with Vicar Krystal about what she does as a vicar, classes she took in seminary, and more. And you'll get to hear Vicar Krystal's glorious voice! Our next episode will be in on June 11th and will be my interview with Bill Eldridge and Mae Forrest Barnes of the Anarchodox podcast about Christian anarchy and anarchy in general.  As...

Welcome back to Queer PoliFaith! Today's episode is my interview with Vicar Jenny about the same sit in I talked with Pastor Kari about last episode. We also talk a little about what a vicar is and the difference between a deacon and a pastor. I do want to mention that there are mentions of transphobia and other potentially traumatic behaviors. Please be careful if you are sensitive or if this cou...

Welcome back to Queer PoliFaith! Today's episode is an interview with Pastor Kari Parsons about a sit in in a Senate office building in January. We talk about how everything was organized, how the sit in went down, how the Capitol police reacted, and what it was like to be detained as well as why it was important that this sit in happened. You can find out more about the sit-in here . To find out...

Welcome back to Queer PoliFaith! Today, we have my interview with Mae about her dissertation. The episode is a little longer than normal, but it is well worth listening to. I hope you will enjoy this episode and have been enjoying the last several episodes about her dissertation. In the interview, we talk about the dissertation, she explains a few concepts better than I did, and we go over a few t...

Welcome back to Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are going to continue going over Mae's dissertation  An Accessible Image: Reconstructing the Imago Dei for a More Inclusive Anthropology . Today we are going over Chapters 6 ("An Accessible Difference") which is about how the ideas presented in the dissertation will affect various areas of philosophy and 7 ("Concluding Remarks") which will finish our look...

Welcome back to Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are going to continue going over Mae's dissertation An Accessible Image: Reconstructing the Imago Dei for a More Inclusive Anthropology . Today we are going over Chapters 4 ("The Image of God, Disabled") and 5 ("A Transcendent Community"). Due to the complexity of the topic, we will need a third episode to complete our review of the dissertation. In our n...

Welcome back to Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are going to start our look into Mae's doctoral dissertation called An Accessible Image: Reconstructing the Imago Dei for a More Inclusive Anthropology . I was originally planning on taking 2 episodes to look at the dissertation, but I realized it may take 3 episodes.  So be prepared for that, I'll know by the end of next episode. The dissertation takes a...

Welcome to season 5 of Queer PoliFaith! In today's episode, we are doing a few things. First, I talk about the first part of the season including the schedule, the theme, and other odds and ends. Then, I get to the meat of the episode. Today, we are going to talk about the Supreme Court case Hosanna Tabor v. EEOC . It's a case about churches, disability, and who is a minister. It is a difficult ca...

Welcome to the season finale of Queer PoliFaith! Today's episode is a conversation I had with Billie and Paul Hoard about bullshit. It is part 2 of our conversation about their book Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life from August 28th. It is a really fun conversation that is quite important. The word "bullshit" is (unsurprisingly) used quite a bit. It is being used in a academ...

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...

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...

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 l...

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 Bouar...

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...

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 socia...

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...

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 week...

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 ma...

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 unfam...

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are going to look at EOs that did not fit in any other category. I speed through the first few, mainly because they are short and incredibly straight forward. I wanted to leave myself time to go more in depth on the rest, which I do. I make a mistake, which I didn't realize when I was recording. In the episode, I say I have an uncle who work...

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are going to be talking about executive orders related to energy and the environment. As always, I want to remind you to take anything the seditious traitor says with as massive a piece of salt as possible. What he says is almost always the exact opposite of the truth. So his grand sounding titles are the opposite of the truth. Also, there i...

Hello and welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are talking about EOs related to reproductive health (I give a different name verbally in the beginning, but explain the change near the end of the episode!) and the military. There are a total of 5 EOs to go over, so we also look at a House Resolution as well as 2 EOs that were rescinded by one of the new EOs. I also go on a tange...

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today we are going to talk about two topics. First, I have a few thoughts about the election of Pope Leo XIV, how he compares to Pope Francis, and a few other things. I also talk more about this here . If you want to read Rerum Novarum , click here . After that, we turn to executive orders related to racism and education. There is a lot of overlap bet...

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are going to talk about EOs related to queer and trans people. As I mention in the episode, I highly recommend the Erin in the Morning Substack if you want to keep up to date on the latest news. Erin and her team do an excellent job getting the news we need to know out to us. You can also follow her on Bluesky and Threads (@erininthemorning)...