A Japanese cowboy who is also a mummy or a psychic leech or a leprechaun or something, right?

I've seen this movie, and you're being far, far too kind to it.

It's not that weird. People tie themselves into knots in order to deny that they're attempting to oppress others. In this case, modern American fundamentalist Christians want nothing more than forced proselytization through legislation - that is, they'd like to outlaw "un-Christian" behavior -but in order to allow…

"It weirdly fetishizes persecution"

Exactly 45 days is not necessarily May 9, 2013, in show time, because I believe that at the beginning of the episode, Ted states that the episode takes place in "April 2013."