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Women’s rights & the judiciary — plus so much more

CAL 6005 1 Women’s rights & the judiciary — plus so much more

We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation came to grips with a variety of issues this week. The Religious Right’s assault on women’s rights has been increasingly concerning to us — aided and abetted by the reactionary Supreme Court. We agreed with Justice Sonia Sotomayor that the impact of the court’s failure to block the […]

Popes, misquotes, dogs and heaven

Last week Pope Francis was hailed worldwide merely for appearing to suggest that dogs can go to heaven. Then it turned out he never said it. For the record, this is the pope’s void-for-vagueness remark about heaven on Vatican Radio Nov. 26: “The Holy Scripture teaches us that the fulfillment of this wonderful design also […]