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Virginia GOP dumps leader who claimed only Christians are fit to run for office

Virginia’s Republican Party has booted a member of its leadership whose controversial remarks underscored divisions in the era of President Trump. Fredy Burgos, whose attacks against Muslims and immigrants reflected a new brand of in-your-face conservatism in Virginia’s historically button-down GOP, was voted off the State Central Committee over the weekend, a state party spokesman said Monday. …

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Mar 27 2018October 23, 2018

The Number of Americans with No Religious Affiliation Is Rising

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In recent years much has been written about the rise of the “nones”—people who check the box for “none” on surveys of religious affiliation. A 2013 Harris Poll of 2,250 American adults, for example, found that 23 percent of all Americans have forsaken religion altogether. A 2015 Pew Research Center poll reported that 34 to …

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Mar 27 2018October 22, 2018

No ‘atheist’ chaplains, lawmakers tell Navy

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Lawmakers are applauding a decision by Navy officials to reject the application of a secular humanist — called an atheist by many — to be a Navy chaplain. It’s the second time the sea service has declined to accept Jason Heap, who calls himself a “humanist” and and a “non-theist,” into the chaplain corps. A “humanist” …

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Mar 27 2018October 17, 2018

Parents convicted in faith healing death

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The parents of a 2-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died of pneumonia have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors said they declined to seek medical care for the child on religious grounds. Jonathan Foster, 35, and Grace Foster, 34, also were convicted Friday in Berks County court of child endangerment in the November 2016 death …

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Mar 26 2018November 5, 2018

Christian leaders say they aren’t fazed by atheists’ metro gathering

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Holy Week and Easter Sunday in the Oklahoma City metro area will not be tarnished by a national gathering of atheists, several Christian leaders said recently. “We ought not to be threatened by people who don’t believe,” said the Rev. A. Byron Coleman, senior pastor of Fifth Street Missionary Baptist Church, 801 NE 5. “It …

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Mar 26 2018October 23, 2018

Mike Pence & a hate group leader are behind Trump’s new trans military ban

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Multiple sources are saying that Mike Pence – along with some anti-LGBTQ activists – wrote the report behind Donald Trump‘s new transgender military ban. The White House released a plan on Friday night to purge transgender people from the military, which revoked the previous transgender military ban that was announced last year. Accompanying the new plan was a memo signed by Defense Secretary …

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Mar 26 2018October 23, 2018

Alabamans Will Decide if the Ten Commandments Can Go Up in Government Buildings

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Alabama is one step closer to amending its constitution to allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all government buildings, including public schools. Senate Bill 181 just passed in the House on Thursday. It had already passed in the Senate. And it doesn’t need the governor’s signature. It’ll go straight on the November ballot, where voters who …

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Mar 26 2018October 23, 2018

Secular Coalition Slams Navy For Rejecting Humanist Chaplain

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Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released a statement today in response to the United States Department of the Navy rejecting the application of a secular humanist to serve in the Chaplain Corps. The Navy’s decision comes after Republican Members of the House and Senate sent letters to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer urging him to reject the …

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Mar 23 2018October 31, 2018

Christian Group: Don’t Say We Support Gay Conversion Therapy (Even Though We Do)

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During John Oliver‘s fantastic segment on Last Week Tonight about Mike Pence, he noted Pence’s belief that sexual orientation is a choice. Pence is rumored to be a believer in “gay conversion therapy,” an ineffective and cruel way to supposedly turn gay people straight. Even though that’s not how being gay works, the method is still championed by many evangelical Christians. …

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Mar 23 2018October 16, 2018

Trump official says US is ‘pro-life country’ at closed-door UN meeting

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An official appointed by President Donald Trump said during a closed-door United Nations meeting that the “US is a pro-life country”, despite the fact both the law and public opinion support a woman’s right to access legal and safe abortion. ethany Kozma, a senior adviser in the office of Gender Equalityand Women’s Empowerment for US Agency for International Development (USAID), made …

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Mar 23 2018October 22, 2018

Virginia GOP dumps leader who claimed only Christians are fit to run for office

The Number of Americans with No Religious Affiliation Is Rising

No ‘atheist’ chaplains, lawmakers tell Navy

Parents convicted in faith healing death

Christian leaders say they aren’t fazed by atheists’ metro gathering

Mike Pence & a hate group leader are behind Trump’s new trans military ban

Alabamans Will Decide if the Ten Commandments Can Go Up in Government Buildings

Secular Coalition Slams Navy For Rejecting Humanist Chaplain

Christian Group: Don’t Say We Support Gay Conversion Therapy (Even Though We Do)

Trump official says US is ‘pro-life country’ at closed-door UN meeting

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