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• Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd reverses anti-marriage equality stance

  
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  The former Prime Minister of Australia and self-described ‘god-botherer’, Kevin Rudd, has stated that after a “re-think” on same-sex marriage he has decided to support it, reversing his previous staunch opposition. During his time as Prime Minister Mr Rudd opposed same-sex marriage, but said he welcomed ...
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• A New Level of Conversation – the Crisis of Beauty

  
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    I am excited by the opportunity to have this conversation with Kevin Allen on Ancient Faith Radio. He does a masterful job of researching and guiding a conversation within the world of Orthodox thought. This is a topic that has been greatly on my heart and in my thoughts lately (no surprise to readers). “Tune ...
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• Religion, the Decline of Magic, and the Rise of Rationalism

  
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  5/19/2013 – – In today’s New York Times book review section, Hilary Mantel, the author of Wolf Hall, says that the book she most presses on other people is Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas. I have not read Thomas’s book but you can get a pretty good idea apparently of its content, though not ...
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• Vice Travel: Ground Zero: Mali – Insurgents vs. The Malian Army

  
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  H/T Oz-Rita
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• Stephen C. Meyer and Peter Atkins debate intelligent design

  
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  This dialog occurred in 2010 on the Unbelievable radio show. I made a rough transcript, so please see below for that. The MP3 file is here . (60 minutes) Details: The documentary film “Expelled” is presented by US Actor Ben Stein and makes the case that scientists who question Darwinian orthodoxy and support ...
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• Tunisia police clash with Salafists in Tunis

  
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  I wonder if this is how they invented the Tuna Salad H/T M Al Arabiya: Sunday, 12 May 2013 Tunisian police forces stand guard in Tunis. (AFP) AFP, Tunis - Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse Salafist Muslims in a residential area in southwest Tunis on Saturday, after they tried to set up tents to ...
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• Some Good News and Some Bad News

  
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  Another late night, thanks to Miss Pink dragging me out of the house to Sauvie Island .  The downside is that we didn’t really find much in the way of beaches or little hiking trails this time around.  The upside is that we found a great little public house with really tasty sandwiches after heading back. ...
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• Latest controversy on the national song Vande Mataram

  
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  Recently we were greeted by the news of a member of parliament walking out from the Lok Sabha while the national song Vande Mataram was being played. The speaker of the house has expressed her disagreement with what the MP did. The MP has justified her walking out for "religious" reasons. This issue keeps ...
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• Douglas Wilsons Letter From America

  
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  Not Whether But Which, As I Keep Saying  Culture and Politics - Sex and Culture Written by Douglas Wilson Monday, 06 May 2013 It is not hard to understand the chaos and pandemonium going down around us if you keep certain inescapable realities in the forefront of your mind. Cornelius Van Til called it ...
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• Secular Discomfort at Shaming

  
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  5/9/2013 – – Yesterday, Judge Lester Nauhaus sentenced former Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin to 3 years house arrest to be followed by 2 years probation and a $55,000 fine. In addition, Judge Nauhaus required that the defendant apologize to former staff members and colleagues through a letter of apology to ...
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• But This One Goes to … Eleven.

  
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  I know, I’m late in writing about this, but I can only complain or cheer about one thing on a given day, so things might get backed up.  Actually, today there are two.  First, the Delaware State Senate passed a bill to allow same sex marriage , making it the eleventh state to do so. “It’s a great day in ...
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• GODLESS WEDNESDAY: There Is No God: Atheists in America

  
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  I am known as something of a "closet sociologist" (and an out atheist) and so news that a new book about atheists in America from two sociologist professors  is coming out soon is exciting. The book is There is no God: Atheists in America  by David A. Williamson  and George Yancey . Here is the blurb for the ...
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• Let a hundred flowers blossom

  
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  The surreal sight of Margaret Downey and Jessica Ahlquist dueling with bananas in the foreground, while evangelist Ray Comfort interviews P.Z. Myers in the background “ Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences” ...
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• Bahrain’s Parliament Criticizes US Ambassador for Internal Interference

  
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  Photo Credit: AFP Bahraini lawmakers are urging their government to stop the U.S. ambassador from “interfering in domestic affairs,” and attending “repeated meetings with those who inspire sedition.” The government has agreed to the proposal and said they would take diplomatic measures, but it is not yet ...
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• Ex-Muslim becomes ‘Cultural Muslim’

  
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  What’s a ‘Cultural Muslim’? Above: Muslims for Secular Democracy demonstrate against fundamentalists For years Saif Rahman has been an agnostic and an ex-Muslim activist. So why is he thinking of calling himself a ‘cultural Muslim’? –   By Saif Rahman   – reblogged from the ...
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• Excommunicado!

  
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  Let’s rewind a little bit back to November of last year, when Savita Halappanavar died from sepsis because the Irish Catholic hospital she was in refused to terminate her pregnancy because they detected a heartbeat … even though there was no chance for it to survive.  As a result, their adherence to their ...
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• What Turn Would Extremism In Bangladesh Take?

  
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  In Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, riots resulted in at least 3 deaths and over 100 injured when at least 200,000 protesters belonging mostly to right wing ‘Hefajat-e-Islam’ marched and clashed causing wide scale destruction. Read More: What Turn Would Extremism In Bangladesh Take?
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• Bangladesh May 5 2013

  
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  Just look at all that peace. We need that kind of peace in Canada. I say we bring them all here and pay them to do this. Oh wait we already…
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• Death toll in Bangladesh clashes rises to 20 – police

  
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  H/T M Trust.Org DHAKA, May 6 (Reuters) – The death toll on Monday from clashes in Bangladesh between police and hardline Islamists has risen to 20, police said, as violence spread from the capital Dhaka to other parts of the country. Of the total, 13 people died on the outskirts of Dhaka, five were killed in ...
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• I Think Louisiana Just Won the Race to the Bottom

  
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  Ah, Louisiana … home of the taxpayer-funded Accelerated Christian “Education” program , which tells children that the Loch Ness Monster exists, dinosaurs were fire-breathing dragons, and that there is “serious debate” among scientists as to whether evolution is real.  I weep for your children. As if ...
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