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Alissa Lopez | May 31, 2016
There are some things that Facebook has rightly censored, and it isn’t conservative speech. A Facebook user by the name of Abu Assad Almani, a German foreign fighter, used his Facebook page to try and sell two different women for $8,000.   The Washington Post reported: The woman is young, perhaps 18, with olive skin and dark bangs that droop onto her face. In the Facebook photo, she…
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Alissa Lopez | May 31, 2016
Last week, legislation was proposed in Pakistan that would allow men to “lightly beat” their wives if they refused intercourse or declined to wear clothes preferred by their husband. The 160-page document was submitted by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), a powerful constitutional body in Pakistan. The bill recommends that these physical tactics be used only as a last resort for a wife’s…
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Alissa Lopez | May 31, 2016
On June 1, Ford Motor Company will launch a pilot program to give adults with autism the opportunity to gain work experience. The program, known as FordInclusiveWorks, was designed by Ford Motor Co. and Autism Alliance of Michigan. Its goal is to reduce the unemployment rate among autistic adults, which according to Crain’s Detriot Business is between 75-90 percent nationally. The program…
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Alissa Lopez | May 27, 2016
The yearbook staff at Quaker Valley High School in Pennsylvania is not ending the year off on a strong note. Quotes from Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and the current leader of ISIS were featured in the current senior class’s section of the publication. CBS News reports: The Hitler quote is "Words build bridges into unexplored regions." Stalin's statement is more menacing: "Ideas are more…
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Alissa Lopez | May 27, 2016
Pro-life organizations have found a new way to directly reach women who are considering undergoing an abortion. Thanks to Copley Advertising, the organization that invented the “mobile geo-fence program,” women who enter abortion clinics are exposed to advertisements on their cell phones with messages such as “be informed” and “get the facts.” The function of the application relies on…
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Alissa Lopez | May 26, 2016
In early May, a professor at Santa Monica College arranged an event called “EcoSexual Sextravaganza” for students to marry the ocean. There was a ceremony and everything. With rings. Students were even encouraged to consummate the marriage with the ocean. “Go pound sand” totally has a new definition now. Campus Reform reported, in detail, this nonsensical event. Bruce Cartier, a former…
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Alissa Lopez | May 26, 2016
On Wednesday, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act that outlaws abortions after 20-weeks gestation. The bill is meant to protect defenseless unborn babies from a procedure that, at that point in a pregnancy, can make babies feel pain. The only exceptions the law makes are if the mother’s life is in danger and/or if doctors determine that the…
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Alissa Lopez | May 25, 2016
On Tuesday, the New York City Commission of Rights released a list of 31 different gender identities that all businesses must recognize or else they risk paying a financial penalty between $125,000 and $250,000.  When de Blasio originally announced the Gender Identity/Gender Expression Legal Enforcement Guidance in December, individuals such as Michael Silverman, executive director of the…
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Alissa Lopez | May 25, 2016
I guess there's a reason people call her "Queen B." Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and Lt. Governor Tina Smith actually declared May 23 “Beyoncé Day." Dayton even shared the news in a post on his Twitter account, which has been shared over 2,000 times. As a result of the singer including Minnesota on her Formation World Tour, making it the fourth time she has appeared in the state, she was given…
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Alissa Lopez | May 25, 2016
House Bill 597, otherwise known as the Pastor Protection Act, passed the Louisiana House in April by an 80-18 vote in April. But it was put to an end on Tuesday due to immense Democratic opposition in Louisiana’s Senate Judiciary B Committee. Sponsored by State Rep. Mike Johnson (R), the bill would have protected clergymen’s religious right to deny performing a same-sex wedding. Via the bill…