Posted on March 17th, 2008 by armineh
Religious liberty means freedom for all: freedom to peacefully affirm and practice a faith, freedom from religious coercion, and freedom to peacefully leave or reject a faith. Such religious liberty is and always has been a central tenet of Humanism (http://www.americanhumanist.org/press/IslamStatement.php).
To read more on this subject go to:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
America’s […]
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Posted on March 17th, 2008 by armineh
With an estimated one in three Americans suffering chronic disease or disability, research to bring hope to suffering millions is a high priority, as well as the ethical and moral position for Humanists. We believe that every family deserves access to the best medical treatments available, and such treatments (and the research leading to it), […]
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Posted on March 12th, 2008 by Alex
Chuck Darrah presents results of a study done to help design services sensitive to local needs, laying the foundation for comparative studies of how youth in the region interact with institutional environments, implications for life courses, and how institutions may be made more responsive.
Chuck Darrah, MA, MPH, PhD, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, SJSU, […]
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Posted on March 10th, 2008 by armineh
Over the past seven years we’ve watched as the president and congress have repeatedly breached Thomas Jefferson’s wall of separation between church and state. But now you can act to prevent a continuation of this process.
At every opportunity you have, ask the candidates pointed questions on this issue. Read more…
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Posted on March 9th, 2008 by armineh
A message from Gerry Gras:
On March 13-16 there will be “Winter Soldier Hearings” about U.S. soldiers’ experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Video and photographic evidence will also be presented, and the Winter Soldier testimony and panels will be broadcast live on nationally Pacifica Radio and satellite television station Free Speech TV Channel 9415. Streaming video on […]
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Posted on February 20th, 2008 by armineh
‘It’s red meat for pundits,’ concedes Harvard chaplain Greg Epstein, who prefers the word ‘humanist.’
Read more…
(Newsweek article by Lisa Miller)
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Posted on February 7th, 2008 by armineh
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The future of Pakistan, and how it balances the need for Muslim symbols with the secularism needed to run a modern state, will be important for the future of the world, according to historian and theologian Karen Armstrong. Read more…
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Posted on February 7th, 2008 by armineh
The blogosphere has erupted in anger over the past week, since the Students’ Union at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario, rejected club status for a group of atheists and freethinkers. But both union officials and club members told the local newspaper that it was all a misunderstanding.
See “Canadian University Says Atheists Are Welcome to […]
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Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Alex
Half of all Americans, including three of the Republican candidates for President, reject the theory of evolution, believing instead in Creationism or its thinly disguised clone, Intelligent Design. The theory of evolution has been under attack since On the Origin of Species was published in 1859 because it changed the world and our place in […]
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Posted on February 6th, 2008 by armineh
Guns vs. Healthcare
How should progressives talk about health in America?
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