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Today is the day you are supposed to explicitly express your irreverence.
Bill Donohue will probably turn purple and foam…

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Says it all, really.

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You think so? Think again:
Tegan Leach gets pregnant at the age of 18, she and her boyfriend Sergie Brennan sensibly realize they are too young to be having children, and she obtains some RU486 to induce an abortion.
However, doctors refuse to perform abortions of any kind in Queensland, and the laws are hopelessly muddled. The [...]

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The government of the UK has officially apologized for its past abuse of Alan Turing.
Finally.

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Apparently, God does work in mysterious ways.
A very devout Catholic was trapped on an elevator for a while, and after it was working again, rushed to church to thank God. He should have rushed off to thank the elevator repairman, because something unfortunate happened:
He seems to have embraced a stone pillar on which the stone [...]

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The Catholic church has instructions for you before you get down to business with your honey: You’re supposed to… pray.
I kid you not:
Father, send your Holy Spirit into our hearts. Place within us love that  truly gives, tenderness that truly unites, self-offering that tells the  truth and does not deceive, forgiveness that truly receives, loving [...]

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Instead of nagging on the US creationists, maybe it’s time to focus on the British creepazoids.
Although they seem much less unpleasant than Ken Ham.

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Kristin Maguire, chair of the South Carolina State Board of Education, has resigned from her position. For all the wrong reasons.
She has been a shill for the religious right, and has opposed the teaching of evolution in the public schools; she has also promoted that worthless ‘abstinence only’ sex education. She should have been fired [...]

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