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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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Apr 24 2019

The funeral as we know it is becoming a relic

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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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Apr 24 2019

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

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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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Apr 23 2019

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

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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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Apr 23 2019

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

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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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Apr 22 2019

How do you persuade people to vaccinate?

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One of the biggest challenges in public health right now isn’t about medicine. It’s about messaging. As the recent measles outbreak in Clark County has shown, a disease being preventable doesn’t mean people will do what they can to prevent it. A disease once thought eradicated can come roaring back if not enough people are

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Apr 20 2019

Beinart: “Secular Democrats Are the New Normal”

Do Presidential Candidates Share our Values?, News

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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Apr 18 2019

Missouri Bill Banning Anonymity of Atheist Plaintiffs in Lawsuits Passes House

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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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Apr 18 2019

More Couples Are Getting Married by a Friend

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The exact proportion of couples being married by a friend varies depending on the data you look at, but the numbers are clearly growing. The wedding site The Knot has been conducting a survey on wedding trends for the past 11 years. The site’s editor told The New York Times that friend officiants weren’t even

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Apr 16 2019

California city approves adding ‘In God We Trust’ decals to police cars

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The national motto “In God We Trust” can be seen in city and county chambers across America. Soon the motto will also been seen on police cars in Kern County. The Delano City Council voted 3-1 on Tuesday to allow “In God We Trust” decals to be placed on Delano Police Department vehicles. Councilman Bryan

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Apr 16 2019

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

The funeral as we know it is becoming a relic

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

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

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

How do you persuade people to vaccinate?

Beinart: “Secular Democrats Are the New Normal”

Missouri Bill Banning Anonymity of Atheist Plaintiffs in Lawsuits Passes House

More Couples Are Getting Married by a Friend

California city approves adding ‘In God We Trust’ decals to police cars

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