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		<title>The Persecuted Christian Meme and Religious Toleration</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/09/the-persecuted-christian-meme-and-religious-toleration.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religious divisions are rife in the United States, a country founded on the idea of religious tolerance and more than ever inter-faith efforts are needed to smooth these divisions against a rising tide of xenophobia, fear, and hate.]]></description>
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		<title>Islamophobia and an American Heathen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new post, Islamophobia and an American Heathen, is up at Pagan + Politics. You can also find a recent post on this subject by me at PoliticusUSA, here]]></description>
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		<title>A Little While Longer</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/04/a-little-while-longer.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been asked how I&#8217;m doing since I came home from heart surgery. I haven&#8217;t been able to do any writing since I got home. Between how worn down surgery left me and the medications they have me on to make me better, it&#8217;s been very difficult to concentrate my thoughts. And I lost so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nithing of the Week</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/03/nithing-of-the-week-4.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post reported this week that "the American Family Association, a religious right group, is urging that Tillikum (Tilly), the killer whale that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando, be put down, preferably by stoning. Citing Tilly's history of violent altercations, the group is slamming SeaWorld for not listening to Scripture in how to deal with the animal."]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives Argue Against the Constitution When They Oppose Gay Marriage</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/02/conservatives-argue-against-the-constitution-when-they-oppose-gay-marriage.html</link>
		<comments>http://aheathensday.com/2010/02/conservatives-argue-against-the-constitution-when-they-oppose-gay-marriage.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Granting everybody the same rights – to serve in the military, to get married, to have the same rights before the law – these are not “special rights” but the very basic rights guaranteed to every individual in the United States – by law.]]></description>
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		<title>Being Vomited Forth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Especially since the election of Barack Obama, Republicans who do not object to every proposal the president makes are accused of not really being Republican. This once unofficial trend has become doctrinaire (the ranting of Limbaugh, Coulter, Beck, Hannity and others) and has now been codified as of Friday, January 29, 2010: A proposal for a “litmus test” which would have required candidates to affirm ten core conservative positions (Ten Commandments anyone?) did not materialize but what did still amounts to a creed:  GOP candidates must support the party's platform if they want gold for their war chests.]]></description>
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		<title>Are Yule Logs Unethical?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the day come when across the fifty states we are barred from burning a Yule log? And should a religious waver be possible?  A spokesman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District does not offer an encouraging answer: "We know a lot of people like to burn on this holiday, but it's our duty to protect public health," said Ralph Borrmann, the spokesman.]]></description>
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		<title>Is There a Refuge From Superstition?</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/01/is-there-a-refuge-from-superstition.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Why," I thought, "am I forced to sit here and listen to all this crap about what their god would or would not do?" You cannot escape it. This is a debate we would not even be having, we would not be forced to listen to and to endure, if it were not for monotheism. There was no Satan in the days of polytheism for people so sell their souls to. This was an accusation that could not have been made. And therefore, a debate which could not have taken place.]]></description>
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		<title>The Myopic Christian: Religion and Public Discourse</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/01/the-myopic-christian-religion-and-public-discourse.html</link>
		<comments>http://aheathensday.com/2010/01/the-myopic-christian-religion-and-public-discourse.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrafnkell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Douthat believes that “the debate that Brit Hume kicked off a week ago is still worth having. Indeed, it’s the most important one there is.” I disagree. How is what one person’s religion might be of such profound importance? It’s his religion – not yours. It’s his business – not yours. It’s one thing to say: “This is my religion: this is what we believe.” Fine. Do it. It’s another entirely to say, as Hume did, “Tiger Woods needs access to a superior religion in answer to his problems.”]]></description>
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		<title>FOX&#8217;s Brit Hume &#8220;invites&#8221; Tiger Woods to Become a Christian</title>
		<link>http://aheathensday.com/2010/01/foxs-brit-hume-invites-tiger-woods-to-become-a-christian.html</link>
		<comments>http://aheathensday.com/2010/01/foxs-brit-hume-invites-tiger-woods-to-become-a-christian.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOX's Brit Hume "invites" Tiger Woods to Become a Christian for "redemption and forgiveness".]]></description>
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