Cochran lawsuit against City of Atlanta to proceed
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“In its lawsuit, the ADF … alleges that the city terminated Cochran ‘in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech.’ The lawsuit states, ‘a public employer may not terminate a public employee in retaliation for speech protected by the First Amendment.’”
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Burial for Aborted Babies? Planned Parenthood's Landfill Use Spurs Action in Ohio
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“After a months-long investigation by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine revealed that Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in that state were dumping aborted babies in landfills, a state lawmaker is now pushing to have those children’s remains buried or cremated.” CPost
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Texas faith leaders support Planned Parenthood funding
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“Ensuring that everyone has access to comprehensive reproductive health care services, including affordable family planning and safe, legal abortion care, is a moral and social good” BNG
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Climate change accord draws concern for poor
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“[E]ven if carbon emissions did increase the global temperature slightly, measures to reduce emissions would not be worth the sacrifice.”
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For evangelicals in Iowa, it’s ‘anybody but Trump’
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“There are lots of reasons for evangelicals to dislike Trump – his multiple divorces, his casinos, his crude language and his attack on religious liberty, to name just a few.”
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Why Poverty Figures Can Be Misleading
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“[W]hen we hear reports that between 14 and 16 percent of Americans are living in poverty, few people bother to ask, “Are they talking about consumption or income?”
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