#Secular

THREAD. Seems Alan Burdon, hubby #EdenMonaro LIB candidate Fiona Kotvojs thinks the pedo clergy were given an unfair time before the Royal Commission: "Despite the level of paedophilia among Christian
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Justices Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh all wrote dissents from tonight’s 5–4 decision turning away a church’s challenge to Nevada’s COVID restrictions, an unusual move in the denial of an emergency
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Okay, So I have a similar story. I was rejected for a job just because I observe hijab. Thread.https://twitter.com/AyeshaA_Q/status/1300886258240180224 I am a journalism student and supposed to work in media
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Powerful new video from @AmiHorowitz. Especially interesting is the second half, which documents the close partnership between @ifNotNoworg and @AMPalestine.Watch till the end for revealing interviews with an IfNotNow leader
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1/ My friend is Jewish, very secular, and like me doesn't think anti-Israel or anti-Zionist sentiment is equivalent to antisemitism. In fact, he's anti-Israel, unlike me (I'm pro-Israel). #LabourAntisemitism #Jewish
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Thread on $DISDIS has gone down from $150 to $90 in no time. Is it a buy? After spending decent time on DIS, it's on my "too hard" pile. Here's
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@PMOIndia @AmitShah @ianuragthakur @rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi @HMOIndia Respected Sirs,This is an open letter to the highest authorities of India. For long, our democracy has been taken for granted. (1/n) Looking at
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Why are fundie muslims so obsessed with jews?? Leave them alone! Even if this is about Israel-Palestine, not all of these jokers are from Palestine! Like sir you are from
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My recent sessions w/ my therapist have helped me realize that some of my obsessive/compulsions, esp. my brain’s tendency to contact trace-every touch of every surface, every distant encounter w/
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1/On Memorial Day wear a white poppy, because it commemorates all victims of war, both civilians and military, on all sides of conflict. It also challenges attempts to glorify or
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Last night I had to explain differences in journalism about the church to friends over the Pope Francis story. Several comments I got "why do people write in language that
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Thread: Women will follow strong men. In the past, I have said that feminism is the fault of weak men. I will now expand on that idea and explain how
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Passover starts tonight. It’s an important Jewish holiday on both a cultural and religious level. Its symbolic value is especially potent this year: The titular “passing over” involves engaging in
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The state has weaponised ignorance against us. If Hindus knew what was done to them, to their ancestors, this façade of harmonious coexistence will shatter, Hindus rebellion is what our
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The recent debate about Single National Curriculum got me interested in Dr. @MariamChughtai's research background and I found her PHD dissertation titled "What produces a history textbook?". It is an in-depth
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Learning so much co-teaching a grad seminar in this moment of intersecting crises on “Religion & US Empire” w/ my wonderful colleague @TisaWenger Kicked off the semester with her book
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