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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‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’ just totally blew up in the face of the hate group that argued it

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An Arizona court just ruled that ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’ protects LGBTQ people from discrimination. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the anti-LGBTQ hate group that defended the Colorado baker Jack Phillips in the U.S. Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop, was just handed a big defeat for one of their other clients. And the decision cited Masterpiece Cakeshop throughout to actually …

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Trump’s New Head of Family Planning Was a Major Anti-Abortion Leader

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On this episode, we chat about Diane Foley, who formally ran crisis pregnancy centers created to convince women not to have abortions. It’s hardly a shock that President Trump and his right-wing administration would tap a strident anti-abortion leader to handle Title X, the nation’s only dedicated source of funding for affordable birth control and life-saving reproductive …

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