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DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – Worldview and Cognitive Dissonance

NEWS

Native American tribes are suing because grizzly bear hunts violates their religious freedom
 http://www.ktvb.com/mb/news/local/regional/native-americans-say-grizzly-bear-decision-violates-religion/454718305

Utah’s Zion curtains will be a thing of the past
 http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/01/prices-rise-partitions-fall-under-new-utah-liquor-law/

Texas Supreme Court ruled same sex couples not entitled to marriage benefits
 http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-supreme-court-inherent-right-gay-marriage-benefits/YhIJSUN9u9Uy2d8n0exU2I/

Hobby Lobby fined for smuggled artifacts
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/05/hobby-lobby-fined-3-million-over-artifacts-smuggled-from-iraq/?utm_term=.0e79150f229d

Catholic bishops are asking policy makers for a national voucher program with no accountability
 http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-education/2017/07/06/catholic-church-eyes-game-changing-school-choice-plan-221189
http://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/catholic-bishops-push-for-federal-private-school-voucher-program-with-no

Florida law would allow anyone to complain about classes
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/07/01/new-florida-law-lets-any-resident-challenge-whats-taught-in-science-classes/?utm_term=.b17394e8db89

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Germany just legalized same sex marriage!
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40441712

A Republican blocked Texas’s bathroom bill
 http://www.newnownext.com/joe-straus-suicide-texas-bathroom-bill/07/2017/

Missouri’s new abortion bill is bad, but not as bad as initially reported
 http://www.newsweek.com/missouri-abortion-sb-5-crisis-pregnancy-centers-630165

Drug fuelled gay orgy at cardinal’s Rome apartment
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11886097

France to mandate all recommended vaccines
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-vaccination-mandatory-2018-next-year-children-health-measles-dying-anti-vaxxers-edouard-a7824246.html

Ken Ham now blames the town for his Ark park’s failure
 http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/creationist-blames-dreadful-attendance-at-ark-theme-park-on-tax-starved-city-not-supplying-tourist-services/

Facebook will not be adding a cross emoji
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/christian-facebook-cross-reaction_us_59556f9fe4b05c37bb7d19d0

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SCOTUS is allowing part of the travel ban to go into effect
 http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/politics/travel-ban-supreme-court/index.html

SCOTUS upholds gay parent’s birth certificate rights
 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/26/supreme-court-hear-challenge-same-sex-parents-birth-certificate/102427194/

SCOTUS sides with church in playground case
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-sides-with-religious-institutions-in-a-major-church-state-decision/2017/06/26/f6187a2a-5a13-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html

Kentucky has passed a law to allow schools to teach Bible classes
 http://www.wdrb.com/story/35761799/gov-matt-bevin-publicly-signs-bill-allowing-kentuckys-public-schools-to-teach-the-bible

Arkansas installed a Ten Commandments Monument…
 http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jun/27/ten-commandments-statue-erected-capitol-grounds-sm/

…And it’s been destroyed
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/28/a-christian-man-vandalized-the-ten-commandments-monument-at-the-arkansas-capitol/

A new report shows that right-wing extremists are committing more terrorism in the US than Islamists are
 http://www.newsweek.com/right-wing-extremism-islamist-terrorism-donald-trump-steve-bannon-628381

An Iraqi police officer hugged a suicide bomber to keep him from entering a Mosque
 https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/heroic-iraqi-officer-selflessly-hugs-suicide-bomber-save-countless-lives-babel/

Trump broke tradition and didn’t hold an Eid dinner to mark the close of Ramadan
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40402211

Pence told Focus on the Family that Trump is their unwavering ally
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pence-tells-focus-on-the-family-it-has-an-unwavering-ally-in-trump/

‘No Religion’ is now Australia’s top religion
 https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/no-religion-is-now-australias-number-one-religion

Israeli Holocaust survivor won suit against El Al
 https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/world/middleeast/israeli-woman-who-sued-el-al-for-sexism-wins-landmark-ruling.html

A 12 year old Mormon girl came out as a lesbian to her church and they cut off her mic and asked her to sit down
 

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NEWS

Noah the Gladiator fights a T-Rex wearing a party hat
 http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/new-creationist-book-features-gladiator-match-between-noah-and-a-tyrannosaurus-rex/

Side bit: Ken Ham vigorously denies the Ark is sinking – not literally – monetarily.
 http://religionnews.com/2017/06/19/ken-ham-disputes-reports-the-ark-encounter-is-sinking/

Woman arrested for knife attack at anti-sharia protest
 http://q13fox.com/2017/06/13/seattle-police-seek-id-of-suspect-in-mans-stabbing-after-anti-sharia-rally-in-seattle/

Juvenile arrested in Portland Pride Parade pepper spray attack
 http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/06/police_arrest_juvenile_after_p.html

17 year old Muslim girl murdered in DC suburb
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-loudoun-police-searching-for-missing-17-year-old-reported-to-have-been-assaulted/2017/06/18/02e379ac-5466-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html

London Mosque Van Attack
 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/suspect-arrested-after-colliding-pedestrians-london-n773906

Hindu extremist calls for execution for eating beef
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/15/extremist-hindu-calls-for-public-executions-of-people-who-eat-beef/

Mother arrested for trying to beat demons out of her 11yo daughter…
 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mother-exorcism-california-beach-20170619-story.html

Black Baptist Pastor Surprised Baptist Convention wasn’t really willing to deny the ‘Alt Right’
 http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/southern-baptist-convention-alt-right/index.html

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UPDATE – San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor lost reelection
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/11/san-antonio-mayor-who-blamed-generational-poverty-on-atheism-loses-runoff-election/

UPDATE – Texas passed bill requiring cremation or burial of abortion remains
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/10/texas-will-now-require-women-to-bury-or-cremate-abortion-remains/

Falwell is being appointed to a White House task force
 http://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Task-Force-With-Falwell-Is/240315/

Norway is considering banning full face veils in nurseries and schools
 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40251760

The IDF has an incoming new chief rabbi who thinks soldiers should be free to rape gentile women during war time
 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4827240,00.html

Superstitious killers are hunting down bald men in Mozambique because they believe their heads are full of gold
 http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/06/09/532264284/bald-men-are-being-hunted-down-in-mozambique

Jim Bakker thinks Pat Robertson can pray away hurricanes
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jim-bakker-pat-robertson-has-the-power-to-pray-hurricanes-away/

The 9th Circuit has decided Trump’s second travel ban is a no go and they even cited his tweets in the ruling
 http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/9th-circuit-court-strikes-down-trumps-renewed-travel-ban/

Humanist celebrants can now officiate weddings in Northern Ireland
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/09/humanists-win-lawsuit-to-have-their-marriage-recognized-by-law-in-n-ireland/

Canada is repealing its blasphemy law
 http://globalnews.ca/news/3512946/commentary-at-long-last-canadas-blasphemy-law-is-dead/

A Filipino Muslim saved 64 Christians from being executed by Islamic rebels
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/philippines-muslim-saves-64-christians-islamic-militants-marawi-rodrigo-duterte-abu-sayyaf-a7777351.html

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Manchester Arena Bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Manchester_Arena_bombing

London Attack
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2017_London_attack

Notre Dame Attack
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/06/parisians-told-avoid-notre-dame-amid-reports-explosion/

Theresa May calls for internet regulation
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-internet-regulated-london-bridge-terror-attack-google-facebook-whatsapp-borough-security-a7771896.html

Melbourn siege is being treated as a “Terrorist Incident”
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40168085

Congressman declares holy war against Islamic terrorism
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/06/05/kill-them-kill-them-all-gop-congressman-calls-for-holy-war-against-radical-islam/

Trump administration has asked SCOTUS to lift the stay on travel ban
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-turns-to-supreme-court-to-move-forward-on-travel-ban/2017/06/01/f2be9456-46d9-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html

Trump announced a US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord
 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/white-house-tells-supporters-it-will-exit-paris-deal-239029?cmpid=sf

But he can’t…
 http://secondnexus.com/politics-and-economics/trump-cant-just-pull-out-paris-accord/

Businesses and local governments will still honor it
 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paris-climate-agreement-tech-giants-apple-amazon-google-cities-states/
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Trump plans to lift birth control mandate
 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/31/15716778/trump-birth-control-regulation

Trump siphoned son’s charity money that should have went to kids with cancer
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#230ca98b6b4a

Mike Pence doesn’t get why liberals care about climate change
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mike-pence-for-some-reason-liberals-care-about-climate-change/

Denmark lifts blasphemy law
 http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/denmark-abolishes-blasphemy-freer-discussion-religion/

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A juror has been dismissed because a “higher power” told him the defendant was not guilty
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/05/17/juror-dismissed-from-corruption-trial-after-saying-god-told-him-suspect-is-not-guilty/

A Missouri school superintendent basically gave a sermon for his public high school graduation address
 http://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/a-mo-superintendent-decided-to-preach-during-graduation-and-students-are

Florida has an annual faith symposium sponsored by several state government departments
 https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/29498-ffrf-aclu-urge-cancellation-of-official-fla-religious-event

Montreal is now taxing churches…sometimes
 http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/no-more-religious-exemptions-montreal-is-taxing-churches-1.3415164

The Patriarch and other leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church are blessing the government’s computers with holy water to protect against Wannacry
 https://heatst.com/tech/russias-secret-weapon-against-ransomware-virus-holy-water/

There are 40 gay men who have escaped Chechnya to other parts of Russia and have been denied visas by the US and EU countries
 https://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/us-denies-visas-to-gay-russians-fleeing-kidnapping-and

Austria has banned face coverings
 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/18/528948967/austria-becomes-latest-country-in-europe-to-ban-full-face-veil

The arctic seed vault was flooded by melting permafrost. Fortunately the seeds are safe.
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts

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For the first time more Americans believe that the Bible is a book of fables than that it is the literal word of God
 http://www.gallup.com/poll/210704/record-few-americans-believe-bible-literal-word-god.aspx

Trump will be speaking to Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia about Islam
 http://time.com/4781153/donald-trump-islam-speech-saudi-arabia/

Trump used his US Coast Guard Academy address to whine about how the media is treating him
 http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/he-is-our-disgrace-internet-disgusted-after-trump-whines-about-media-treatment-in-coast-guard-speech/

A special counsel has been appointed to investigate Russian interference with the 2016 election and possible collusion with Trump’s campaign
 http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/special-counsel-robert-mueller/index.html

Trump’s first education budget will remove $10 billion from public education and increase spending on vouchers and charter schools
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trumps-first-full-education-budget-deep-cuts-to-public-school-programs-in-pursuit-of-school-choice/2017/05/17/2a25a2cc-3a41-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html

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DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Rapture

NEWS

Pence said that Christianity is the most persecuted religion
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/pence-the-christian-faith-is-under-siege/2017/05/11/bd9d6dd6-3650-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_video.html

Pence had a private meeting with a top Russian cleric
 http://time.com/4776717/mike-pence-russian-cleric-hilarion-alfeyev/

Trump promoted Christian nationalism in Liberty University Commencement address
 https://thinkprogress.org/trump-invokes-christian-nationalism-at-liberty-university-8f72c8f13b21
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000005096821/trump-commencement-speech-liberty-university.html

Trump Official Warned That ‘Satanic’ Elites Run The World, ‘Islamic Invasion’ Creating ‘Mongrel Culture’
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-official-warned-that-satanic-elites-run-the-world-islamic-invasion-creating-mongrel-culture/

Gordon Klingenschmitt: The Democratic Party Requires Its Members To Be Demon-Possessed And ‘Serve The Devil’
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gordon-klingenschmitt-the-democratic-party-requires-its-members-to-be-demon-possessed-and-serve-the-devil/

Christie conditionally vetoed a NJ bill that would have unconditionally banned underage marriage
 https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/11/chris-christie-rejects-measure-to-ban-child-marriage/22082430/

Sexual Abuse By a Former Catholic Priest Trial Starts
 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/10/guam-priest-sex-abuse-lawsuit-61-mannetta/316544001/

11th priest accused in 58th Guam clergy sex abuse suit
 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/01/11th-priest-accused-58th-guam-clergy-sex-abuse-suit/101177652/

A crowd of white nationalists carrying torches held a protest of a Virginia city’s plan to remove a Robert E. Lee statue
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-nationalist-statue-protest_us_5918a2d9e4b0031e737e63f1

Dawkins is speaking in Ireland soon and had challenged the police to arrest him
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/stephen-fry-blasphemy-ireland-probe-investigation-richard-dawkins-arrest-a7728321.html

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The SDA Church may be facing a ban on Russia
 http://fox-news24.com/moscow-court-considers-a-ban-on-adventist-church-as-over-12-million-sign-petition/

Jakarta’s governor sentenced to two years for blasphemy
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39853280

Texas has a proposed bill to allow publicly funded adoption agencies to discriminate
 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-proposes-law-that-would-allow-adoption-agencies-to-ban-jews-muslims-gays/

Tennessee and Alabama have passed inherently discriminatory bills
 http://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/5/05/tennessee-alabama-write-discrimination-law

Chechen police are telling parents to kill their gay sons
 http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/news/71116/chechnyas-police-telling-parents-kill-gay-sons-theyll/

Saudi Arabia is finally giving women a few more rights
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-male-guardianship-relax-women-work-study-gender-equality-a7721641.html

Scientologist psychiatric “facilities” in Tennessee have been closed and staff jailed for kidnapping and false imprisonment
 http://globalnews.ca/news/3426629/scientology-facility-closed-tennessee/

Anti-vaxers have caused the largest measles outbreak in Minnesota in 30 years in the state’s Somali population
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/anti-vaccine-activists-spark-a-states-worst-measles-outbreak-in-decades/2017/05/04/a1fac952-2f39-11e7-9dec-764dc781686f_story.html

Who doesn’t love a good conspiracy theory? Texas Mayor
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/sharia-law-conspiracy-theorist-gets-trump-administration-job

FFRF is suing Trump over his order to not enforce the Johnson amendment
 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/wisconsin-based-atheist-group-sues-trump-church-order-47234358

Oh the Things We’ll do… Public school turns kids commie and trans
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kevin-swanson-the-goal-of-public-schools-is-to-turn-kids-into-transgender-communists/

Assistant principal placed on leave after arguing with abortion protesters outside his school
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/05/05/you-and-trump-can-go-to-hell-asst-principal-on-leave-after-argument-with-teen-abortion-protes

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