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Catholic Bishops Decry Potentially Life-Saving Stem Cell Research. To read more …

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Jeb Bush And His Cronies Have Provoked A Church-State Showdown In Florida With National Ramifications
President Bush Urges Repeal Of State Constitutional Provisions Barring Aid To Religious Schools

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Our President Arthur Jackson claims that most people of the world would answer the title question with their own question, “Why would you want to?” He further asserts that the beliefs underlying their question have trapped us in a blind alley where we see impossible problems in every direction we look rather than magnificent possibilities. […]

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There is something deeply amiss when we send soldiers on a mission to engender peaceful coexistence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, yet our military doesn’t seem able to offer religious tolerance to its own.
See article by by Robyn Blumner published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Common Dreams.

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By Arthur Jackson (4/18/08)
Some Humanists have difficulty thinking of Humanism as a religion. Part of this results from their concern that many individuals understand the term to require belief in a supreme being, or other supernatural concepts. However, this interpretation is outdated, and sometimes provides a self-serving value to those who do this.
The courts have […]

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The International Humanist and Ethical Union – of which the NSS is an affiliate – has warned that Islamic governments are trying to use the United Nations to shut down free speech. The warning comes as a bloc of Islamic states held a summit to discuss how supposed widespread “Islamophobia” can be legally challenged in […]

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‘It’s red meat for pundits,’ concedes Harvard chaplain Greg Epstein, who prefers the word ‘humanist.’
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(Newsweek article by Lisa Miller)

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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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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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Lipman concluded “Recent studies reveal that environmental cues have a measurable effect on electoral results. Therefore, the government must provide a neutral setting for voters, free from religious or other influences.“

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