The aunt of one of the women found alive after having been kidnapped in Cleveland 10 years ago says "If you don’t believe in miracles, I suggest you think again."Uhm ….. seriously ( Read more... )

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Enough is enough! It's time to draw the line against the Republican war on women's rights. Forced vaginal ultrasounds, "forcible rape" legislation (Paul Ryan and Rep. Todd Akin were 2 of the 227 Republican co-sponsors of House Bill H.R. 3: "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" that re-defined the word "rape"), H.R. 358: "The Let Women Die Act" ( Read more... )

According to CNN.


Survey: One in five Americans has no religionWashington (CNN) - The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion ( Read more... )

Hello! We are Nikki Jones, Ph.D.  (Assistant Professor of Psychology, Colorado Mesa University) and Melanie Brewster, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University).  We are conducting a study about allies for LGBTQ groups and especially interested in the experiences of both atheist and religious individuals.

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According to this guy, anyway.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Friday that the shootings that took place in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater hours earlier were a result of "ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs" and questioned why nobody else in the theater had a gun to take down the shooter.During a radio interview on The Heritage Foundation ( Read more... )

Just explained the Higgs boson to my friend even tho I don't understand it. He was very convinced. I bet this is how religions get started.
- Rob DenBleyker (@RobDenBleyker) July 5, 2012

Religious leaders furious over Norway’s proposed circumcision ban

by Barry Duke

JENNY Klinge,  Norway’s Centre Party justice policy spokeswoman, has angered religious leaders by condemning the ritual circumcision of infant boys. Calling it “outdated” and “dangerous”, she called for its ban. She said:

In my view, this is a custom that we cannot accept ( Read more... )