A U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with Father Patrick Conroy, the House chaplain, in ruling that he could not be ordered to allow a self-described atheist to offer a secular prayer to the House of Representatives. The case was brought Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation and a […]
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Opinion writer Julia Bowes highlights some of the motives that drive the anti-vaccine movement. “While much of the public debate on the anti-vaxxers centers on their skepticism about the science and safety of vaccination, a deep-seated resentment of state power also courses through the movement,” writes Bowes. “Indeed, it is critical to recognize that much
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Washington lawmakers went into overtime recently to vote on a bill that would limit the options for parents to exempt their children from the Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine. The change would eliminate the philosophical or personal expemption. Religious or medical exemption options would remain in place. Read the full article at KXLY News.
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Opinion writer Timothy Egan wrote recently on the contrasting approaches leading Democrats and Republicans are taking when citing faith in their politics. “Buttigieg goes much further than mere Bible-citing,” says Egan. “He’s taking it directly to Trump and to Vice President Mike Pence, who flashes his piety like a seven-carat diamond on his pinkie finger.
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Moms and their children paced the halls of Colorado’s Capitol for hours on Monday as they waited to testify about whether the state should change the way it gives vaccine exemptions to parents who claim a personal or religious objection. House Bill 1312 would require parents to visit Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment
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More Arizona parents are opting out of vaccinating their children because of personal beliefs, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. AZDHS director Dr. Cara Christ, M.D. said she’s seeing an increase in the number of parents submitting vaccine exemption forms. This includes child care, preschool age students and K-12 graders. Dr. Christ called
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Death is a given, but not the time-honored rituals. An increasingly secular, nomadic and casual America is shredding the rules about how to commemorate death, and it’s not just among the wealthy and famous. Somber, embalmed-body funerals, with their $9,000 industry average price tag, are, for many families, a relic. Instead, end-of-life ceremonies are being
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The Freethought Society recently shared their participation in “The Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania,” which is scheduled each year March 1st to May 31st and is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Department of Environmental Protection, and Keep America Beautiful. The Society’s volunteers will gather at the Ludington Library in Bryn Mawr,
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Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, is claiming that the movement for LGBTQ equality is the “greatest threat” to America’s moral fiber. The former presidential candidate and father of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders voiced his anti-LGBTQ views in an interview published Friday on The Christian Post, a conservative Christian news website. “The
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A Lansing couple facing involuntary manslaughter charges after failing to seek medical treatment for their newborn daughter will go before the Supreme Court Wednesday in an attempt to regain custody of their two older sons. The boys were removed from Rachel and Joshua Piland’s custody seven weeks after Abigail Piland’s February 2017 death. Abigail was
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