The issue of abortion is one that I have, for the most part, ignored; but it appears that it is not an issue that is going to go away easily. Having given thought on this matter I would like to propose a solution that should address the claims on both sides and come up with...
Many Texans mistakenly view sexual education, and moreover, teaching it to public school children, as a threat to family values and the idea of abstinence. However, this view is erroneous. As with all information-based education,...
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Peter Stark, the only avowed atheist in Congress, lost his bid for re-election. He's no longer in Congress, because his term just ended. Ironically, another progressive beat him, and beat him in part by attacking Stark's vote against re-affirming "One Nation, under God" in...
Peter Stark, the only avowed atheist in Congress, lost his bid for re-election. Ironically, another progressive beat him, and beat him in part by attacking Stark's vote against re-affirming "One Nation, under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance. This shouldn't be in the Pledge...
About Ten Thousand People Attended A Rally In Dublin In Memory Of Savita HalappanavarToday a large number of protesters took to the streets of Dublin in response to the unfortunate death of an Indian woman who was...
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Savita Halappanavar's Death: Woman dies after being denied abortionThe death of an Indian dentist in Ireland, whose life could have been saved through an abortion on Thursday sparked outrage in India with...
Paul Kurtz, who has been called the father of secular humanism, died recently He helped jumpstart the modern humanist movement. A movement that I can proudly say I am a part. A movement that works to ensure that society and public policy is reason based, and not...
Radcliffe Haughton, the shooter who killed three women, including his wife Zina Haughton at a Brookfield spa, seems to have bought the gun he used to commit the massacre, online. He bought the gun only days after a judge ordered him to turn in all the firearms he possessed....
Republican Indiana Rep. Richard Mourdock, who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, believes that rape is something intended and planned by the god that he believes in. He literally said it. He stated in a debate with Democratic candidate Joe Donnelly that, "I think that...
Paul Kurtz, who has been called the father of secular humanism, died this Sunday. He helped jumpstart the modern humanist movement. A movement that I can proudly say I am a part. A movement that works to ensure that society and public policy is reason based, and not...
Alexis Wright is a zumba instructor in Kennebunk, Maine. She is accused of prostitution with a list of men. A list, she herself created. All acts were consensual. Sex of course between consenting adults is purely legal. Prostitution is the only offense though that is...
"Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), who has backed anti-abortion legislation, reportedly pressured his mistress to have an abortion. Rep. DesJarlais had an affair with an unidentified patient whom he pressured to terminate her pregnancy in September 2000."
What on earth was Jeremy Hunt, the extremely green Health Secretary, thinking when he casually revealed in a newspaper article this weekend that he would like the abortion limit halved to 12 weeks? Did...
You might remember Republican Missouri Congressman Todd Akin. The man running for the U.S. Senate from that state, who believes that women who suffer "legitmate rape" don't get pregant, even though there are about 30,000 pregnancies per year to women who have been raped....
Stories in the News: I. A man named Tracy Thorne-Begland’s was blocked from becoming a judge in Virginia, beause he is gay. Supposedly, anti-gay legislators were worried that he would not be impartial enough if he ruled on anti-gay unconstitutional legislation that might...