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The Moral Naturalists

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23brooks.html?_r=2&th&emc=th “people have a rudimentary sense of justice from a very early age. This doesn’t make people naturally good. If you give a 3-year-old two pieces of candy and ask him if he wants to share one of them, he will almost certainly say no. It’s not until age 7 or 8 that even half the children are willing toContinue readingThe Moral Naturalists

Grandmother, 86, Sues El Reno Police

http://www.koco.com/news/24046264/detail.html From the page: According to the lawsuit: Varner’s grandson had called 911 to request emergency medical technicians to stop by to help her with medication. He had stopped by to check on her in advance of an approaching winter storm, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit alleges that instead of EMTs, 10 police officers came to the apartment and “pushedContinue readingGrandmother, 86, Sues El Reno Police

Iranian Director Faces Death For LGBT Film

http://jezebel.com/5539059/iranian-director-faces-death-for-lbgt-film Kiana Firouz is at risk of being deported from the UK. (http://librarianchick.com/kiana-deported) to Iran, where homosexuality is considered a heinous crime punishable by hanging. Make your voice heard by writing to the British Home Office (public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk) requesting that Kiana receive refugee status.

“In Good We Trust,” Says New Humanist Billboard

http://americanhumanist.org/news/details/2010-04-in-good-we-trust-says-new-humanist-billboard From the page: “This billboard nicely sums up two of the main messages of the American Humanist Association,” said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the AHA. “First, that you don’t have to believe in God to be good–in fact, humanists and other nontheists see being good as one of the most important of responsibilities in our one and onlyContinue reading“In Good We Trust,” Says New Humanist Billboard

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