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Atheist Lowdown - Weekly Secular News Brief 01.14


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Clinton failed to energize secular voters, Trump makes troubling cabinet appointments, an Indonesian governor faces charges of blasphemy, New Zealand atheists march to celebrate our ancestors, and I interview John S about We Agnostics, Atheists, & Freethinkers International AA Convention. Those are the headlines for the week of Saturday, December 10th, 2016.

Sources:
Secular Turn-out for Clinton Down:
Mark Brockway, David Campbell, & Geoffrey Layman, “Secular voters didn’t turn out for Clinton the way white evangelicals did for Trump.” Accessed November 25, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...
Trump Taps Anti-Secularists for Cabinet Positions:
Deidre Fulton, “Trump Nominates ‘True Enemy’ of Public Schools for Education Secretary.“ Accessed December 1, 2016. http://churchandstate.org.uk/2016/11/...
Stephanie Mencimer, “Mike Pence's Voucher Program in Indiana Was a Windfall for Religious Schools.” Accessed December 2, 2016. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2...
Rob Boston, “Jeff Sessions Is No Fan Of Separation Of Church And State.” Accessed December 1, 2016. https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-sepa...
The Intellectualists, “Trump’s New Policy Adviser Said: There Is “Nothing More Christian” Than Cutting Food Stamps.” Accessed December 7, 2016. http://theintellectualist.co/trumps-n...
Indonesian Blasphemy Case:
John McBeth, “Blasphemy probe rocks Indonesia’s secular foundations.” Accessed November 29, 2016. http://www.thenational.ae/world/south...
Kate Lamb, “Jakarta's Christian governor to face blasphemy trial over Islam insult claim.” Accessed December 3, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
WAAFT AA Convention:
We Agnostics, Atheists, & Freethinkers in AA: waaft.org
New Zealand Atheist Pride March:
Shawn McAvinue, “Atheist Pride march, rain, hail or shine.” Accessed November 29, 2016. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/at...
Roger Grauwmeijer & Bruce Mahalski, “Photos of the Atheist Pride March in Dunedin.” Accessed November 29, 2016. http://www.vice.com/en_nz/read/photos...
News Ticker:
Ekathimerini, “Archbishop Ieronymos against separation of Church & state.” Accessed November 29, 2016. http://www.ekathimerini.com/213628/ar...
Gregory Tomlin, “Atheist group loses hometown radio station to 24-hour Christmas music.” Accessed November 28, 2016. http://christianexaminer.com/article/...
Heather Clark, “Atheist Activist Group Objects to Weekly Bible Study at Wisconsin State Capitol.” Accessed November 29, 2016. http://christiannews.net/2016/11/18/a...
Anita Cates, “Jack T. Chick, Cartoonist Whose Tracts Preached Salvation, Dies at 92.” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/art...
BBC. “US atheist sues after Kentucky refuses 'IM GOD' number plate.” Accessed December 2, 2016. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-cana...
Colin Perkel, “Minister asks to be defrocked over treatment of atheist colleague.” Accessed November 29, 2016.
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