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Milwaukee proves that private school vouchers don’t make much of a difference: report

Private school voucher programs have been a controversial topic for years, and the concept is traditionally most popular amongst conservatives. Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul the nation’s education system to push school-choice programs. But a recent analysis shows that “vouchers worked best when enrollment from voucher students was kept low.” WSJ elaborated: A Wall […]

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Jan 30 2018

Nearly 700,000 Americans Have Been Subjected To Conversion Therapy, Report Finds

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Despite widespread opposition from medical and mental health organizations, tens of thousands of LGBTQ youth in the U.S. will be subjected to anti-gay “conversion therapy” during their lifetime, a new report estimates. Released this month by the Williams Institute at University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, the report estimates that 698,000 LGBTQ Americans between the ages of

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Jan 30 2018

GOP goes on offense with 20-week abortion vote

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Anti-abortion activists celebrated when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced that a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks would be brought to the floor for a vote next week. Activists think the 20-week abortion ban is a potent election issue for 2018, particularly against Democrats hailing from red-leaning states who are expected to vote against the

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Jan 29 2018

Faith-based healing bill drafted, awaiting consideration

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A bill that would make faith-based healing a criminal offense in Idaho has been drafted and is awaiting consideration for a committee hearing. Rep. John Gannon, D-Boise, drafted legislation that would remove the exemption from prosecution for parents who don’t seek medical attention for their children due to conflicting religious or spiritual practices. Statutes currently

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Jan 29 2018

IN District Says Religious Program That Atheists Want to Shut Down Doesn’t Exist

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Earlier this month, the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to an Indiana school district concerning a problem at Kouts Middle/High School. They claimed that two pastors from Heartland Christian Church were allowed to proselytize to students during their lunch period as part of a program called “Elevate” that used to occur after school. FFRF wanted

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Jan 29 2018

The White House Puts the Bible Before the Hippocratic Oath

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In 2010 Tamesha Means, who was just 18 weeks pregnant, was rushed to a Catholic hospital near her house in Michigan after he water broke, however the doctors there failed to inform her that continuing her pregnancy could threaten her health and that abortion was her safest option. Instead they sent her home. When she returned

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Jan 29 2018

Atheism Doubles Among Generation Z

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It may come as no surprise that the influence of Christianity in the United States is waning. Rates of church attendance, religious affiliation, belief in God, prayer and Bible-reading have been dropping for decades. Americans’ beliefs are becoming more post-Christian and, concurrently, religious identity is changing. Enter Generation Z: Born between 1999 and 2015, they

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Jan 28 2018

Understanding the fake historian behind America’s religious right

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With a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President Mike Pence, the Senate confirmed longtime religious-right figurehead and outgoing (and unpopular) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to be the US’s ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom on Wednesday. The outgoing governor’s association with Barton is longstanding. Brownback has frequently referred to Barton as “one of my big heroes” for his preservation

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Jan 26 2018

These Christians Have No Idea What’s Wrong With Their Football Pregame Prayers

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An employee of the Bradley County School District in Tennessee recently took cellphone video of a student leading a prayer over the loudspeaker before a football game. That video was then sent to the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The school system’s attorney would not say what will change, but he gave Channel 3 the following

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Jan 26 2018

I Was Tortured in Gay Conversion Therapy. And It’s Still Legal in 41 States.

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In the early 2000s, when I was a middle schooler in Florida, I was subjected to a trauma that was meant to erase my existence as a newly out bisexual. My parents were Southern Baptist missionaries who believed that the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy could “cure” my sexuality. For over two years,

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Jan 26 2018

Milwaukee proves that private school vouchers don’t make much of a difference: report

Nearly 700,000 Americans Have Been Subjected To Conversion Therapy, Report Finds

GOP goes on offense with 20-week abortion vote

Faith-based healing bill drafted, awaiting consideration

IN District Says Religious Program That Atheists Want to Shut Down Doesn’t Exist

The White House Puts the Bible Before the Hippocratic Oath

Atheism Doubles Among Generation Z

Understanding the fake historian behind America’s religious right

These Christians Have No Idea What’s Wrong With Their Football Pregame Prayers

I Was Tortured in Gay Conversion Therapy. And It’s Still Legal in 41 States.

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