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FEATURED ARTICLES Religious License Plate Banned in South Carolina Consumer Affairs ... vanity license plates inscribed with a cross and the words “I believe” violate the First Amendment's requirement of separation of church and state. ... http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/11/sc_plates.html Lodi makes good on prayer promise of inclusiveness Stockton Record He is an atheist who provided a secular message of service. Lodi leaders designed an invocation policy they hoped would foster diversity and inclusiveness ... http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091115/A_NEWS/911150336 ATHEISM Godless Billboard Appears In La Mesa SanDiego.com It's funded through the San Diego Coalition of Reason, an umbrella organization of nine local chapters of atheist, humanist and rational thought groups. ... http://www.sandiego.com/index.php?option=com_sdca&target=394f35ff-2ce2-49cf-9218-5ea091385f10 Atheist snubbed in attempt to join Sussex education board The Argus.co.uk By Richard Gurner » An atheist has been snubbed for a second time by a committee which discusses how religion is taught in schools. ... http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4738826.Atheist_snubbed_in_attempt_to_join_Sussex_education_board/ Friends gather to remember Sir John Mortimer, man of contradictions Times Online ... “the perpetually questioning but always devout unbeliever” (or as the priest put it at his funeral, “an atheist certainly... but an atheist for Jesus”). ... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6920867.ece The (officially) lapsed Catholics Irish Times Some of those who have opted out speak to KATE HOLMQUIST FOR ORLAITH FINNEGAN, a 29-year-old atheist from Cork, defecting from the Catholic church took only ... http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/1118/1224259040599.html John Humphrys favours an atheist version of Thought For The Day Times Online The BBC Trust rejected 12 complaints, led by the National Secular Society, against a decision by Mark Damazer, the controller of Radio 4, that atheists ... http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6920881.ece No 'godspeed' in atheist TriMet ads OregonLive.com And atheists? As of this week, they have an advertisement -- set against a blue sky and white clouds -- on the side of TriMet buses: “Are You Good without ... http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2009/11/no_godspeed_in_atheist_trimet.html Student gives reasons for not standing during pledge Youngstown Vindicator By Jon Moffett The teenager said she is an atheist and does not support the Pledge of Allegiance. HUBBARD — One day after the American Civil Liberties Union ... http://www.vindy.com/news/2009/nov/19/student-gives-reasons-for-not-standing-during/?newswatch Atheist group says they were bullied at Seal Beach tavern OCRegister By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER SEAL BEACH–Members of an atheist group that held a social meeting at a local tavern are expressing concerns about being told to take ... http://www.ocregister.com/news/group-220047-beach-weaver.html Atheists turn to billboard sites BBC News The group behind a controversial atheist bus-poster campaign is urging parents not to label their children with their own religious faith. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8366225.stm BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE The Making of Moo at the Orange Tree Theatre Times Online With Britain struggling to accommodate attitudes ranging from hardline zealotry to passionate atheism, the play is rich in relevance and analogy. ... http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article6920738.ece EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. Humans still evolving as our brains shrink msnbc.com By Charles Q. Choi Evolution in humans is commonly thought to have essentially stopped in recent times. But there are plenty of examples that the human race ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33916577/ns/technology_and_science-science/ The Evolution of the God Gene New York Times For believers, if one accepts that evolution has shaped the human body, why not the mind too? What evolution has done is to endow people with a genetic ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/12wade.html?_r=1 Evolution's classroom crisis guardian.co.uk Surveys show that, around the world, teachers and students are rejecting evolution. The results are likely to be dire Questions abound in the Bibliotheca ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/nov/15/evolution-islam-religion-creationism Future of evolution: What will we become? msnbc.com By Charles Q. Choi The past of human evolution is more and more coming to light as scientists uncover a trove of fossils and genetic knowledge. ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33968730/ns/technology_and_science-science/ Muslim scholars rejecting Darwin's theory of evolution as 'unproven' Telegraph.co.uk Muslim scholars around the world are increasingly rejecting Darwin's theory of evolution as an "unproven". Muslim students and academics also said they felt ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/6587642/Muslim-scholars-rejecting-Darwins-theory-of-evolution-as-unproven.html Creationists add to Darwin book Online Athens By Lee Shearer - lee.shearer@onlineathens.com A Christian group brought its anti-evolution campaign to the University of Georgia campus in an unusual way ... http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/111909/uga_523897895.shtml Creationist intro to Darwin book The Sheaf Students who get a free copy of Darwin's On the Origin of Species this month might be surprised to find an introduction by intelligent design proponent Ray ... http://thesheaf.com/2009/11/creationist-intro-to-darwin-book/ SCIENCE Thinking of a Loved One Can Reduce Your Pain ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2009) — Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain? Yes, according to a new study by UCLA psychologists that underscores the importance of social relationships and staying socially connected... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091113151037.htm New Way to Biopsy Brain Tumors in Real Time ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2009) — A new miniature, hand-held microscope may allow more precise removal of brain tumors and an easier recognition of tumor locations during surgery... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091111153804.htm Lightning Strike in Africa Helps Take Pulse of Sun ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2009) — Sunspots, which rotate around the Sun's surface, tell us a great deal about our own planet. Scientists rely on them, for instance, to measure the Sun's rotation or to prepare long-range forecasts of Earth's health... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091111142518.htm Bubbling Ball of Gas: SUNRISE Telescope Delivers Spectacular Pictures of Sun's Surface ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2009) — The Sun is a bubbling mass. Packages of gas rise and sink, lending the sun its grainy surface structure, its granulation. Dark spots appear and disappear, clouds of matter dart up -- and behind the whole thing are the magnetic fields, the engines of it all... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091111123608.htm Africa's Rarest Monkey Had an Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2009) — The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past. Of the last two remaining populations of the recently discovered kipunji, one population shows evidence of past mating with baboons while the other does not, says a new study in Biology Letters... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091111123606.htm Squeezing Light Into Much Tighter Spaces Than Previously Believed Possible ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Scientists at the University of Adelaide have made a breakthrough that could change the world's thinking on what light is capable of... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091112103409.htm Rosetta Bound for Outer Solar System After Final Earth Swingby ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — On the morning of November 13, mission controllers confirmed that ESA's comet chaser Rosetta had swung by Earth at 8:45 CET as planned, skimming past our planet to pick up a gravitational boost for an epic journey to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091113101417.htm New Experiment Could Reveal Make-Up of the Universe ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Scientists at the University of Liverpool are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the universe... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112353.htm When Preschoolers Ask Questions, They Want Explanations ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Curiosity plays a big part in preschoolers' lives. A new study that explored why young children ask so many "why" questions concludes that children are motivated by a desire for explanation... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091113083254.htm To Make Memories, New Neurons Must Erase Older Ones ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Short-term memory may depend in a surprising way on the ability of newly formed neurons to erase older connections. That's the conclusion of a report in the November 13th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091112121601.htm Nanotech in Space: New Experiment to Weather the Trials of Orbit ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091112171411.htm Invisibility Visualized: New Software for Rendering Cloaked Objects ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Scientists and curiosity seekers who want to know what a partially or completely cloaked object would look like in real life can now get their wish -- virtually. A team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany has created a new visualization tool that can render a room containing such an object... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091112171409.htm New Nanowires May Contribute to Highly Efficient Solar Cells ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research -- nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly efficient solar cells... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091111122320.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE Opinions vary on decision to nix tag Orangeburg Times Democrat Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, said the state has already been sliding down a "slippery slope" in dealing with the issue of separation of church and state ... http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2009/11/13/features/14142892.txt Yes to gay marriage means no social services, Catholic Church warns 365Gay.com Whatever happened to the separation of church and state? It is not right for the Catholic church to dictate about our rights. Good riddance to a Church that ... http://www.365gay.com/news/yes-to-gay-marriage-means-no-social-services-catholic-church-warns/ Faith-Based Programs Still Popular, Less Visible The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Roughly half see interference with the separation between church and state (52%) as an important concern, and nearly as many say the same about the ... http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=483 US lawmakers rally for 'In God We Trust' AFP "While the First Amendment affords atheists complete freedom to disbelieve, it does not compel the federal judiciary to redact religious references in every ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5imWEEvz3T5DSzBSNRAj6Wi55yF0A Dem claims he has enough pro-life votes to defeat health bill Raw Story DeGette argued that the Catholic church's involvement in health reform is an encroachment on the separation of church and state. ... http://www.rawstory.com/about.html Johnson says Iredell board unfazed by Forsyth prayers lawsuit Mooresville Tribune "If anyone can find the phrase 'separation of church and state' in the US Constitution, I'll make a $1000 donation to the Democratic National Convention or ... http://www2.mooresvilletribune.com/content/2009/nov/17/johnson-says-iredell-board-unfazed-forsyth-prayers/ Conn. ACLU demands end to graduations at church Hartford Courant The ACLU, the national ACLU's Freedom of Religion and Belief Project, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, sent a letter Wednesday to ... http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-ap-ct-churchgraduationnov18,0,2566767.story Atheists Say 'Christian' Prison Can't Receive Public Funds Opposing Views By Americans United - 12 Minutes Ago Americans United for Separation of Church and State today warned Oklahoma corrections officials that a proposed ... http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-non-sectarian-group-no-public-funds-for-christian-prison Walmart beer, wine permit approved Baxter Bulletin Davis said the board rejected opposing petitions that originated from local churches based on separation of church and state political and legal doctrines. ... http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190332/1002 MISCELLANEOUS Atheists Announce Santa Alternative. Godless Joe Will "Amuse and Delight." The Spoof (satire) San Fransisco, CA: Prominent atheist groups met this week to announce the formulation of a positive promotional icon to represent their cause to children ... http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i63262 BibleThumper iPhone App Finds Cool Bible Verses for Atheists prMac (press release) [prMac.com] Konstanz, Germany - BibleThumper allows atheists to keep the most funny and irrational bible verses right in their pocket. ... http://prmac.com/release-id-8636.htm ===================================
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