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EGAN: How to Break the Republican Lock on God

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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Debate on changing Colorado’s vaccine exemption process stretches into the night

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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Arizona health officials fear measles outbreak due to higher vaccine exemption rates

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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Freethought Society: Nontheists Join in ‘The Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania’

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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Huckabee Claims LGBTQ Rights Are The ‘Greatest Threat’ To America’s Morality

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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Is it child neglect to refuse medical care based on religious beliefs?

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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Beinart: “Secular Democrats Are the New Normal”

Peter Beinart, Professor of journalism at the City University of New York, argues that Beto O’Rourke’s presidential-announcement video marks a paradigm shift in democratic politics, since it did not close with any mention of God. “Today’s white liberals don’t only talk about faith less than their predecessors did. They talk about it in a strikingly …

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Missouri Bill Banning Anonymity of Atheist Plaintiffs in Lawsuits Passes House

A bill that will paint a giant target on atheists’ backs for any Christian vigilante who wants to attack them has just passed the Missouri State House. A little background here: Whenever a church/state separation lawsuit lists the plaintiffs, it’s not unusual to see initials in place of their real names, if not a pseudonym …

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