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A New Year’s Greeting For The Ages: Jefferson’s Jan. 1 Letter To The Danbury Baptists Still Rings True

To the theocracy-minded, however, Jefferson’s wall is a never-ending source of sorrow. It stands between them and their goal of a government that imposes their religion on everyone by force of [...]

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/evolutionexampl.html

In preparation for Charles Darwin’s upcoming 200th birthday, the editors of Nature compiled a selection of especially elegant and enlightening examples of [...]

Wired News – AP News

A proposed Internet filter dubbed the “Great Aussie Firewall” is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries.

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No More Atheophobia

Atheophobia is an irrational fear or hatred of atheists that manifests as a strong prejudice against those who do not believe in a God. Put short, it leads to anti-atheist bigotry.

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Parental rejection of gay teens worsens health: Scientific American Blog

Parents’ intolerance of their gay and lesbian teens increases the chance that they will suffer health problems in young adulthood, including increased risk of suicide, depression, drug abuse and unsafe sex, new research shows.

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