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		<title>The not so good touches of Dr. Dix Poppas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an issue with one of Dr. Poppas "side" specialties, genital reconstruction.  His "clitorectomy" procedures on infant girls has come under serious scrutiny of late, and has brought the phrase genitial mutilation to the halls of America's hostpitals, specifically the halls of Weill Cornell Medical College.]]></description>
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		<title>From &#8220;Saved&#8221; comes something good: &#8220;I&#8217;d tell you if I were pregnant&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything a child sees has an underlying message attached to it.  So when my girls watched Saved for the first time, the message they walked away with let me know the mother-daughter relationship was strong enough to deal with whatever came our way....]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli mistreatment of Palestinians must stop</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We enshrine the actions of Israel under the guise of "her right to defend herself".   And while America sees Israel as a sister and a tie to the holy land itself, in reality our close ties with the middle-eastern democracy has earned it the right to abuse the people of Palestine.]]></description>
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		<title>Shhh&#8230;not all black people love the Lord!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 03:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Steve Harvey&#8217;s Act like a lady, think like a man came out last year, he was given deserved respect.  He managed to stay grounded in the world of  &#8220;the rich and the insane&#8221;.  He has also managed to extol some wisdom to the masses of black women in search of a man with his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America founded as a Christian nation? Only in your dreams Sarah</title>
		<link>http://www.thesecularparent.com/?p=3824</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 14:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Secular Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin made a challenge to the people of America earlier this week.  She said that we as Americans should  "go back to our founding father's early documents and read what they have to say about this being a Judeo-Christian nation."  So I did.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Precious, religion-filled Naturalists.  It&#8217;s about time.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Secular Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an Atheist, I find it necessary to remind myself of the bias I have toward religion.  From where I sit, faith hampers the efforts by the rational to solve the problems that ail our country--our lack of REAL environmental reform being one of them.]]></description>
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		<title>The Haitian courts reminded us of our American (Christian) arrogance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The volunteers went into Haiti with the idea that no matter what they did, they were right and good, because they were American--and, of course, because "they had God on their side."  They were wrong.]]></description>
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		<title>Going blue for change, Cartoon Muhammad (again), and the big D!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.thesecularparent.com/?p=3518</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Secular Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going blue for the cause
(JERUSALEM) &#8212; Palestinian protesters have added a colorful twist to demonstrations against Israel&#8217;s separation barrier, painting themselves blue and posing as characters from the hit film &#8220;Avatar.&#8221;   The demonstrators also donned long hair and loincloths Friday for the weekly protest against the barrier near the village of Bilin.  (Read more) (also, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does your five-year old know where sperm comes from, and what it does?  They should!</title>
		<link>http://www.thesecularparent.com/?p=3438</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American kids need honesty, and Planned Parenthood has known this all along.  "Stand and Deliver" gives cases of young people all over the world effected by lack of resources and information regarding sex and reproductive health]]></description>
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		<title>Religious leaders want every church member to become a minister.  God help us!</title>
		<link>http://www.thesecularparent.com/?p=3382</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Secular Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't get me wrong, I sincerely believe that those who attended The Verge Missional Community Convention with the hopes of creating ministers aren't looking for the worst eggs in the basket.  But people are cunning; and the power of Christ is alluring.]]></description>
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