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Need to know: Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Athena Salman, atheist legislator, on secular values and godless invocations
The Arizona native may be the only openly atheist woman legislator in the country, but she hopes more will join her soon.
50 people injured in deck collapse at Presbyterian camp
At least six of the injured were airlifted to hospitals after a second story deck collapsed at Glacier Presbyterian Camp, 100 miles north of Missoula, Mont., where the crowd gathered for a memorial service.
It’s Eid — Start your engines
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will keep its doors open and its rides rolling for 24-hours straight during Eid al-Fitr, which begins this week and marks the end of the Ramadan fast.
Mormon girl stopped from speaking as she comes out as gay to church
A 12-year-old girl who came out as a lesbian in front of her Mormon church congregation in Utah was told to sit down halfway through a speech in which she said she was not a “horrible sinner.”
Ken Ham disputes reports the Ark Encounter is sinking
The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky., hasn’t seen bad attendance, Ham blogged on Answers in Genesis’ website, just bad press.
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Virginia police probe Muslim girl’s killing as ‘road rage’ incident
A 17-year-old American Muslim girl was beaten and abducted after leaving a mosque in Virginia by a man who police later arrested on suspicion of murder after her body was found dumped in a pond.
Nice guy or tough guy? The two faces of Pope Francis
To the vast majority, Pope Francis is the compassionate face of Catholicism today. But there is another streak to the Argentine pontiff that has been on display in recent days: A willingness to flex papal muscle and lay down the law.
Van rams worshippers leaving London mosque; Prime minister calls it a ‘sickening’ terrorist attack
A van plowed into worshippers near a London mosque, injuring 10 people in what police said was a deliberate attack on Muslims.
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Who is pro-life — really?
Why do we "need" semiautomatic assault rifles? Isn't "dead" enough?
Does Judaism = liberalism?
Whether or not Judaism is liberalism, it still must speak to the world.
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