Gay rights, climate change could disappear from Michigan social studies

Potential changes to Michigan’s school social studies standards are stirring controversy because they remove references to Roe v. Wade, gay rights and climate change while trimming references to the role of the NAACP. The revisions also eliminate the word “democratic” from the phrase “core democratic values.” Much of the controversy has centered on Republican state Sen. …

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Atheists Win Final Judgment Against TX Gov. Who Censored Their Holiday Display

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has officially won a major lawsuit against the state of Texas. They actually won the case back in October, but additional challenges came up. The new decision marks an official end to the case… at least at this level. To understand what’s going on, you have to know that the Texas State …

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More Than 600 Members Of Jeff Sessions’ Church Have Filed A Formal Complaint Against Him Over Immigrant Family Separations

In a letter Monday, United Methodist Church clergy and lay leaders accused the attorney general — a member of their denomination — of violating church laws. More than 600 clergy and lay leaders from the United Methodist Church have accused Attorney General Jeff Sessions of violating church law in connection to his role in enforcing …

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Canada Supreme Court: Legal Groups Can Deny Accreditation to Anti-Gay Law School

After a legal battle lasting nearly five years, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that it was legal to deny accreditation to Trinity Western University’s proposed law school in British Columbia. That means graduates of the Christian law school may not have the paperwork needed to practice law in certain provinces, making their diplomas effectively useless. …

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Evolution, climate change skeptics lose battle over Collier science textbooks

The Collier County School Board voted 3-2 on Monday to adopt a new batch of science textbooks after residents filed objections to more than a dozen of them. Four Collier residents opposed some of the textbooks, making arguments ranging from unbalanced views of evolution and climate change to inaccurate racial depictions of science experts. Board Chairman …

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The White House Bible Study group that influenced Trump’s family separation policy

Attorney General Jeff Sessions ignited a public theological debate last week when he used the Bible, specifically Romans 13, to justify the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S. border. He likely took his cues from the White House Bible Study (WHBS), a weekly Bible study for members of the president’s cabinet organized …

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City Discontinues Prayers at School Graduation After Parent Speaks Up

It rarely ever turns out this way, so it’s something to celebrate. A Massachusetts parent whose daughter just graduated high school complained to city and district officials about a policy allowing commencement speakers to lead prayers when addressing the audience, explaining that it’s against the law to do that. As a result, the city will …

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Anti-Vaccine Hotspots are Getting Hotter

More parents are seeking to avoid childhood vaccinations in states that allow nonmedical exemptions. These “hotspots” of decreasing vaccination rates, some of which include large urban cities, are likely locations for future outbreaks of preventable disease. I recently cared for a child with a bloodstream infection caused by a nontypable Haemophilus influenza, one of the more …

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Next in Irish Voters’ Cross Hairs? A Law Banning Blasphemy

For eight decades, the blasphemous of Ireland have risked the wrath not just of their maker and of the Roman Catholic Church, but of the government itself. “The publication or utterance of blasphemous, seditious, or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law,” says Article 40 of the Irish Constitution. …

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