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Indiana GOP votes to keep definition of marriage as ‘between a man and a woman’

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The Indiana Republican Party voted to keep language defining marriage as being “between a man and a woman” in its platform, rejecting language meant to be more inclusive of same-sex couples. Members at the GOP state party’s convention on Saturday overwhelmingly voted to keep the language first adopted under then-Gov. Mike Pence (R) in 2014, the Times …

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Is Your Hospital Catholic? Many Women Don’t Know.

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About one in six women in the United States name a Catholic facility as their go-to hospital for reproductive health care. But more than a third of these women are unaware that their hospital is Catholic, according to a survey revealing an “information gap” about Catholic hospitals, where religious rules dictate access to contraception, sterilization, and abortion services. …

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Atheist Poet and Publisher Shahzahan Bachchu Shot Dead in Bangladesh

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According to disturbing reports out of Bangladesh, atheist poet and publisher Shahzahan Bachchu was shot to death today in the town of Kakaldi. There were five assailants on two motorcycles, the [Superintendent of Police Jayedul Alam] said. Shahzahan had gone to meet friends at a pharmacy near his home before iftar, when the assailants came into the area. They blasted a crude …

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Once climate change skeptic, new NASA chief Bridenstine wants Earth science to remain key agency mission

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Newly installed NASA Administrator James Bridenstine said the agency will — and should — continue to monitor the Earth’s carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, marking another break from many of the conservative lawmakers with whom he once served. Two weeks after telling a Senate panel he now believes human activity is the primary source of …

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Schools Without Rules: Private schools' curriculum downplays slavery, says humans and dinosaurs lived together

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Some private schools in Florida that rely on public funding teach students that dinosaurs and humans lived together, that God’s intervention prevented Catholics from dominating North America and that slaves who “knew Christ” were better off than free men who did not. The lessons taught at these schools come from three Christian publishing companies whose …

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The American Medical Association has long opposed assisted suicide. Is that about to change?

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During his three decades as an emergency-room doctor, Bob Uslander had never written a prescription for a lethal dose of medication. But then he shifted to geriatric and palliative care, and in 2016, a patient suffering from the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) wanted to use California’s new physician-assisted death law. Uslander was apprehensive. …

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Mississippi Mayor Delivers Christian Prayer at Local High School Awards Ceremony

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When Long Beach High School in Mississippi held its “22nd Annual Superintendent’s Academic Awards” this spring, the schedule included a speaking slot for Mayor George Bass. Specifically, Bass was scheduled to deliver a prayer, which is exactly what he did. Bass led the assembled group of parents, students and staff in a prayer addressed to “our Father” …

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Michigan’s marriage law unfair to non-religious, lawsuit says

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A secular organization is challenging the state’s requirement that marriages be solemnized by clergy or elected officials. The Center for Inquiry Inc. and two Grand Rapids residents trained as secular celebrants are suing Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons. They say non-religious couples are left to having marriages solemnized either by clergy, or a small …

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PA Tax Credit Program Will Help Christian Schools That Discriminate in Hiring

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In Pennsylvania, the proposed law regarding what kind of schools could benefit from tax credits said any beneficiaries couldn’t discriminate against employees on account of their “gender, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.” But after a group of Christian schools whined about how it was their religious right to discriminate against homosexuals, the …

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NC lawmakers back ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools. They say it’s not promoting religion.

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After a debate about whether it’s promoting religion, the state House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to require North Carolina’s public schools to display in a prominent place the words “In God We Trust.” Supporters of House Bill 965, which passed 94-15, said that the legislation would promote the nation’s history and identity because “In God We Trust” …

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