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How the religious right gained unprecedented access to Trump

By Jessica Glenza The US health secretary sat for an interview with a man experts say is the leader of a hate group known for “defaming gays and lesbians”, just two days after Karen Pence, the US second lady, was criticized for teaching at a Christian school that bans homosexuality. Alex Azar, secretary of health and human services, …

Sarah Sanders: God ‘wanted Donald Trump to become president’

By Kate Sullivan White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she believes God wanted President Donald Trump to win the 2016 election, the Christian Broadcasting Network reported on Wednesday. “I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become president, and that’s why …

Proof of Evolution that you can find on your body

Kenneth Miller Explains Human Chromosome #2

Richard Dawkins Compares the Human and Chimpanzee Genomes

The Amazing Siberian Fox Experiment



Florida bill would have students learn alternatives to climate change, evolution

By Emily L. Mahoney A bill that would allow school districts to teach Florida students alternatives to concepts deemed “controversial theories” — such as human-caused climate change and evolution — has been filed in the state Legislature. The language of the bill sounds fairly unremarkable, requiring only that schools “shall” teach these “theories” in a …

Richard Dawkins Demonstrates the Laryngeal Nerve of the Giraffe

Natural Selection with the Amoeba Sisters

Texas Republican introduces bill to make discrimination against LGBTQ people legal

By Gwendolyn Smith Texas state representative Bill Zedler (R-Arlington), is making his second attempt at legalizing discrimination against LGBTQ people in the Lone Star State. This is the second time Representative Zedler has attempted to pass such a bill: he first introduced a “Free to Believe Act” in 2017, but it failed to pass. In …