{"id":962,"date":"2011-08-05T11:40:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T15:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=962"},"modified":"2011-08-05T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T15:40:22","slug":"fun-friday-tds-tackles-no-copay-birth-control-atheist-protest-of-ground-zero-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/08\/fun-friday-tds-tackles-no-copay-birth-control-atheist-protest-of-ground-zero-cross.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: TDS Tackles No-Copay Birth Control, Atheist Protest of Ground Zero Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m still washing out my eyeballs after last night’s “Daily Show With Jon Stewart” uncensored segment on Jason Jones’ vasectomy — good thing I didn’t go into medicine!\u00a0Fortunately, the “Culture War Update: The Dividening of America” segment aired earlier in the program, poking fun at two faith-related newsmakers:<\/p>\n

Dana Perino vs. Free Birth Control<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\nMon – Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Culture War Update – The Dividening of America – Dana Perino vs. Free Birth Control<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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American Atheists vs. the Ground Zero Cross<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\nMon – Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Culture War Update – The Dividening of America – American Atheists vs. The Ground Zero Cross<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Also, a belated Happy Birthday, Mr. President.<\/a> (Let’s hope the Dow doesn’t drop 600 points when you turn 60!)<\/p>\n

What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n

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I’m still washing out my eyeballs after last night’s “Daily Show With Jon Stewart” uncensored segment on Jason Jones’ vasectomy — good thing I didn’t go into medicine!\u00a0Fortunately, the “Culture War Update: The Dividening of America” segment aired earlier in the program, poking fun at two faith-related newsmakers: Dana Perino vs. Free Birth Control The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,2],"tags":[392,389,305,388,304,14,390,391,393,394,363],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news","category-politics","tag-392","tag-agnostic","tag-atheism","tag-atheist","tag-atheists","tag-christianity","tag-cutlure-war","tag-ground-zero","tag-health-care-reform","tag-obamacare","tag-president-barack-obama"],"yoast_head":"\nFun Friday: TDS Tackles No-Copay Birth Control, Atheist Protest of Ground Zero Cross - 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