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Our mission is to support scientific education and critical thinking to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and suffering Delete the scoop?
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BY MARK SHERMAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits... Delete the scoop?
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WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval. Delete the scoop?
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation, along with 19 other plaintiffs, is suing the U.S. Treasury for stamping "In God We Trust" on currency. Honorary... Delete the scoop?
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Follow religion in the news, read commentary from top spiritual leaders and grow spiritually thru scripture, prayers and rituals from world religions. Delete the scoop?
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Urge President Obama to speak up for nonbelievers and gays in BSA - Freedom From Religion Foundation
Email or phone the President today urging him as honorary president of Boy Scouts of America to support inclusion of gay and nonreligious members, vol... Delete the scoop?
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sending Mormons to the inauguration, but the guest list doesn't include Mitt Romney. Delete the scoop?
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Today we are here to protest against homophobia, said Inna Shevchenko Sunday, as she and three other women were escorted out of St. Peters Square on... Delete the scoop?
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The religious neutrality in our schools is, I would argue, one of our strengths. Teachers cannot inhibit or deride religion. But this does not mean that we've taken God out of public schools. Delete the scoop?
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Glenn Beck has reiterated his surprisingly lenient stance on same-sex marriage in a new interview. Delete the scoop?
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Conservative media watchdog group One Million Moms is angry about Ellen DeGeneres' new Christmas ad for J.C. Penney, NBC's "Today Show" reports. Delete the scoop?
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Pat Robertson recently attempted to explain why more miracles seem to happen for "simple, humble" foreigners than for Americans, and he said it has to do with evolution.
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It would be a miracle if this simple idiot could ever shut his mouth.
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By MARK SHERMAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow... Delete the scoop?
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who very well may have been a Michigan primary win away from being the Republican nominee, gave a rousing defense of social values here at the Conservative Political Action... Delete the scoop?
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Regardless of whether one is a literalist or a relativist, it seems to me that the true abomination lies in centuries of vilifying, criminalizing and persecuting a group of human beings in the name of religion. Delete the scoop?
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Even the most universal “to-whom-it-may-concern” prayers leave out the millions of Americans who don’t pray at all. Delete the scoop?
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Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God. Delete the scoop?
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible but on two – one owned by Martin Luther King Jr. Delete the scoop?
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Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) weighed in on the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. on Friday, saying the crime was no surprise because we have "systematically removed God" from public schools. Delete the scoop?
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday found himself defending his legal writings that some find offensive and anti-gay. Delete the scoop?
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