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Queer PoliFaith

Mychel Vandover

An educational podcast about the intersection of queerness, faith, and politics. If you have any questions or comments, please email queerpolifaith@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram or Threads (both are @queerpolifaith).

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All Episodes

31:55

LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/12/04

Welcome to this special episode of Queer PoliFaith. This special episode is based off of a Substack post by Julia Serano where she asked people with a platform to encourage people to contact politicians at all levels to tell them that we are keeping an eye on them and the queerphobic and transphobic laws they pass. I do have a concern where it comes to voting, so I spend a part of the episode detailing my concerns and thoughts. I'm not going to tell you what to do, but I did want to lay out my own

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UMC General Conference with Mae Forrest Barnes

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/11/28

Welcome to the season finale of Queer PoliFaith! And do we have a special episode for you! Our guest today is Mae Forrest Barnes, who you may remember from our conversation about Dignitas Infinita in July. As I promised then, she is back on to talk about the 2020/2024 General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC). Mae Forrest Barnes is a theologian and PhD candidate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Her area of focus is in disability studies, science, bioethics,

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45:20

Post-Election Thoughts and Reactions

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/11/07

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. I know I said I was going to do this episode next week, but given everything, I had to talk about this right away. Our next new episode will be, as previously announced, on Thanksgiving and will be my conversation with Mae about the UMC General Conference. In todays episode, I start off with the little bits of good news we have. Then I look at the numbers of people who voted for presidents in 2016, 2020, and 2024 and draw some conclusions. I also look

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46:52

Department of State v. Munoz and Pre-Election Thoughts

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/10/31

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today, we will start off by talking about the case Department of State v. Munoz, a case about whether or not a citizen has the right to have their non-citizen spouse become a citizen of the United States. Ultimately, this case is more about our broken immigration system and how the current majority is willing to curtail certain rights for disfavored groups. After the case, I give some pre-election thoughts. I talk about how awful the seditious traitor

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37:34

Grants Pass

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/10/17

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today, we are going to talk about the case City of Grants Pass v. Johnson et al. This case dealt with how cities or states deal with homeless people and whether barring them from camping in public spaces violated the Cruel and Unusual Puniushment Clause of the Constitution. Next week, we will be talking about the case Department of State v. Munoz. As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the

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50:13

SEC v. Jarkesy

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/10/03

Welcome to Queer PoliFaith! Today, we are talking about the Supreme Court case SEC v. Jarkesy (2024). This is the last case we will look at that is part of the assault on the administrative state. As a part of this case, we delve into what an adninistrative law judge (ALJ) is because that is an important part of this case. After I discuss the case, I return to a topic I've talked about before: making elections purity contests. I want to make clear how making this election into a purity exercise will

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44:02

Ohio v. EPA

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/09/19

Welcome to this week's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today, we'll be talking about the case Ohio v. EPA. This is actually a consolidation of 4 cases, but generally only the first is ever listed. This case was asking the Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay of an EPA rule. I talk about the rules surrounding the issuance of a stay, some background of the case, and how this case fits into the larger assault on the administrative state. I also refer to this newsletter from Steve Vladeck's Substack

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47:09

Corner Post and the Assault on the Administrative State

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/09/05

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today we are talking about the case Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. This case, when coupled with the Loper Bright case we talked about last episode, shows how the conservatives on the Supreme Court have decided to use the courts to launch an assault on the administrative state that has been brewing since at least Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. As a resulr, there is not a lot of time spent talking about the

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51:02

Loper Bright v. Raimondo

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/08/22

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today's episode focuses on the case Loper Bright v. Raimondo which overruled the 40-year old Chevron doctrine for the flimisest of reasons. Thae case has ramifications beyond just administrative law because the Court seized power from people who had been granted the power by Congress and I want to place this decision in the context of how the right-wing members of the Court are trying to give themselves and like-minded judges power to overturn the will

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50:09

Presidential Immunity Case

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/08/08

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today, we are starting our look at several SCOTUS decisions from their most recent session. Our first case has to do with Presidential Immunity. It was a doozy of a decision that really made no sense. Roberts tries to cloak his partisanship in high falutin and gauzy language about Consitutional principles. And Thomas writes a particularly bad concurrence. On the 22nd, we'll look at Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a case that overturned another

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55:42

Dignitas Infinita with Mae

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/07/25

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith! Today, I am talking with Mae Forrest Barnes about Dignitas Infinita, the document that the Catholic Church put out a few months ago. I talked about it here. Mae Forrest Barnes is a theologian and PhD candidate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Her area of focus is in disability studies, science, bioethics, and gender studies. She is a former United Methodist pastor, now laity in the Episcopal Church, and is looking forward to

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45:45

Election Updates

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/07/18

Welcome back to Queer PoliFaith! Today we are talking about the Biden debate debacle and the assassination attempt on the seditious traitor. I start by talking about my plans for the rest of the season. Then we talk about the assassination attempt on the seditious traitor and the reactions to it. Then I spend most of the episode focused on Biden's dismal debate performance. I talk about some online critiques and what I think he should do. I also critique the media's obsessive coverage with this and

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39:41

Redistricting

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/06/13

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today, we are talking about 2 redistricting cases: Cooper v Harris (2017) and Alexander v NAACP (2024). Although only a few years apart, these cases show how important Supreme Court nominations can be because a change of 3 seats allowed Alito to turn his 2017 dissent into a majority opinion in 2024. I also talk a little about corruption on the Supreme Court and a few justices who should be impeached due to their corruption and lack of judicial ethics. I

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32:10

Ideological Purity and Voting

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/05/30

Welcome to Queer PoliFaith. Today, I am going to talk about ideological purity and voting. I was inspired by a friend's Twitter post (which I read without naming them) as well as my own feelings about the subject. I talk about how ideology has damaged the Republican party and why we cannot let it damage the Democratic party and the nation as a whole. We look at a little history and at Senate rules as well. There is strong language and if that upset you, too bad. I ain't gonna apologize, but I will

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37:34

About My Voting Process

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/05/16

Today's episode is on the shorter side. I decided to illuminate my process of choosing who I vote for in the primaries. I talk about how I winnow down my options, words or phrases I look out for, and how I make my final choice. I also talk about my vote in the presidential primary and why I made the choice I did. I also talk about anti-Semitism on the left and how it is somewhere where the far left and far right meet in absolutely disgusting ways. F bombs are dropped, so if that offends you, be

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50:40

Dignitas Infinita

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/05/02

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today we are talking about the recently released document Dignitas Infinita (On Infinite Dignity) which is about the Catholic Church's view on human dignity and some current threats to that dignity. I start off explaining why I talk about documents from the Catholic Church and then look at the document section by section. We spend a good amount of time talking about different types of dignity and how they are defined. And then we look at some of the

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51:40

Christian Hegemony and Political Tactics

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/04/18

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today, we are going to talk about Christian hegemony and political tactics of the right using 2 recent pieces from Aaron Rupar's Substack, entitled Public Notice. The articles are from April 2nd and April 3rd. I've talked extensively in the past about how right-wing religion has affected the GOP and here we continue to look at that. We also look at how "white rage" has been used to get people to oppose policies that will help them, among other things

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44:35

14th Amendment and the 2024 Election

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/03/21

In today's episode, we are going to look at the 14th Amendment and how it is affecting the 2024 election via the case Trump v. Anderson. In addition to briefly looking at the 14th Amendment itself, we break down the decision with the help of Steve Vladeck, or more specifically, an article he published on his Substack page entitled: "70. The Shoddy Politics of Trump v. Anderson". In addition to examining the reasoning in the per curiam decision, we also look at how the Court's previous actions have

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51:09

IVF and Surrogacy

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/03/07

Welcome to today's episode of Queer Polifaith! Today, we are looking at the Alabama Supreme Court decision saying that eggs which have been fertilized for IVF implantation are children even if not implanted in a woman's uterus and the pope's statement regarding surrogacy that was a part of a larger speech to ambassadors to the Holy See. I place these in the larger context of the right's restrictions on reproductive rights and the attacks on queer people. I am not a bioethicist, so these opinions are

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42:20

My Thoughts

Queer PoliFaith ·

2024/02/22

Welcome to today's episode of Queer PoliFaith. Today, I decided to just talk about some things I have seen that disturb me that we need to deal with, particularly on the political left. To sum it up, I make three points: Words mean things Obsession with ideological purity is a very bad thing We need to be willing to take what we can get now and come back for more later I reference the episodes with Billie about Facism and Christian Nationalism, so if you haven't listened to them, or if it's been a

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