Friday Link Dump 5/24/13

Good one Andy

GIVE

• CRISIS RESPONSE: OKLAHOMA | Foundation Beyond Belief
• Atheists Giving Aid – Oklahoma Tornado Relief | We Are Atheism
• How Can Atheists Help in the Aftermath of the Oklahoma Tornado?

RELIGION

• The Supreme Court Agreed To Hear A Case Today That Will Probably Nuke Separation Of Church And State
• Pope at Mass: Culture of encounter is the foundation of peace Stop being reasonable Pope!  Can’t you see that I am trying to hate you?
• Atheist State Lawmaker Quotes Carl Sagan Instead of Doing Prayer Before House Session
• Pastor Punches Girl in the Face Relax, it was his daughter and I’m sure she deserved it.
• Rightwing Tory rebels call on peers to reject gay marriage bill
• GOP Lawmaker Botches Bible to Punish Poor  
• Campus Crusade For Christ ‘Pamoja 3′ Conference Incites Hatred Against LGBT Community In Africa
• Faith healing or foul play? 2008 cliff fall victim sues Bethel students This makes me ill.

SCIENCE

• Black-hole powered jets plow into galaxy
• Scientists Able To Slow Aging In Mice By Modifying The Brain’s Hypothalam​us Bow to your immortal rodent masters.
• Planck Space Data Yields Evidence of Universes Beyond Our Own
• Is the Brain No Different From a Light Switch? The Uncomforta​ble Ideas of the Philosophe​r Daniel Dennett There’s a Fox news joke in here somewhere.
• Groundwate​r isolated for eons
• “Overview” – A Short Film by Planetary Collective

CULTURE

• Boy Scouts to allow gay youths to join Still no gay scout masters.  Or atheists.  I’m expecting tons of Christian love to pour out about this decision.
• Stemberger: Gay Boy Scouts Are 'Not Going To Be Equal, They’re Going To Be Segregated' This took all of two seconds to find.
• Dentsply given "Wake-up Call" by Community, Faith-base​d, Environmen​tal & Internatio​nal Groups: Phase Out Mfg. Mercury Fillings
• Gay Rights Rally Is Attacked in Georgia This refers to the Georgia below Russia not the Georgia below Tennessee.  But it could have gone either way.
• Big-cat sightings: is Britain suffering from mass hysteria?
• Facebook’s hate speech problem
• The IRS Asked a Pro-Life Group to Explain Its Prayers Outside Planned Parenthood, Which is Now a Scandal  
• Topless Women in Public Not Breaking the Law, Says NYPD  Freeeeeedom!
• eck: CNN Interview With Atheist Tornado Survivor Was a Set-Up Because a liberal conspiracy is much more plausible than an actual atheist.

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