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The demonization of atheists

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After former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gave his speech on the role of religion in public life, more than a few pundits and columnists criticized it for not including atheists and agnostics in the “symphony of faith.” But while the chattering class chattered, I didn’t see too much in the mainstream media. Truth is that atheists have a much more difficult voting audience than Mormons. Here’s how Jacob Sullum put it in Reason magazine:


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GetReligion wants your local religion news

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As a detour from our usual fare here at GetReligion, I wanted to drop this personal note and give you all an update on life in the Midwest and my life as a law student. Needless to say, the first semester of law school was quite a challenge. The most peculiar aspect of the experience was the Darwinian grading system we all knew we were up against. It mattered less how well you learned the material and more whether you knew how to apply that knowledge better than the person next to you.


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Bizarre sports term of the week

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You may have noticed that the professional sports arena is, well, a bit soiled at the moment. All kinds of people — including some muscular Christians — are finding out that repentance is never an easy thing to do in public.


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Youth in search of a mission

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When dramatic news events occur, early reports can be riddled with errors or, by necessity, relatively shallow. Sometimes the best coverage comes days, weeks, months after the event. Los Angeles Times reporter Nicholas Riccardi had such a piece on Youth With a Mission, the group that was victimized by Matthew Murray in the Colorado shootings earlier this month.


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