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W.Va. mom says her daughter was bullied after they balked at Bible classes in public school
Via: sandy-2021492 • News & Politics • 208 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago • LOCKED
The chill set in not long after word got out that Elizabeth Deal’s little girl was not taking the Bible class at her West Virginia public grammar school. Her daughter, Jessica Roe, then a first-grader, felt it first. When her teacher and the pastor who ran that class realized they didn’t...
An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It.
Via: sandy-2021492 • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 6 years ago
A multiyear investigation by NPR and FRONTLINE found that Smith and Kelly are part of a tragic and recently discovered outbreak of the advanced stage of black lung disease, known as complicated black lung or progressive massive fibrosis. A federal monitoring program reported just 99 cases of...
Purdue’s secret OxyContin papers should be released, appeals court rules
Via: sandy-2021492 • News & Politics • 36 Comments • 6 years ago
A Kentucky appeals court on Friday upheld a judge’s ruling ordering the release of secret records about Purdue Pharma’s marketing of the powerful prescription opioid OxyContin, which has been blamed for helping to seed today’s opioid addiction epidemic.
Conservative Pastor: ‘God Is Burning Down California’ Because The Gays
Via: sandy-2021492 • Religion & Ethics • 22 Comments • 6 years ago
““God is burning down California” because the citizens of the state “legitimize the sin of homosexuality” according to controversial conservative...”
Swanson is a radical anti-LGBTQ radio host and conservative darling beloved by such GOP politicians as Ted Cruz. Commenting on the wildfires raging in California, Swanson, speaking on his “Generations” radio program, claimed that the wildfires are God’s punishment on the state for its years of...
Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism?
Via: sandy-2021492 • Religion & Ethics • 368 Comments • 6 years ago
American antipathy for atheism is as old as America. Although many colonists came to this country seeking to practice their own faith freely, they brought with them a notion of religious liberty that extended only to other religions—often only to other denominations of Christianity. From John...
Dr. Katherine Hoover, accused of fueling West Virginia's opioid crisis, still thinks she didn't do anything wrong
Via: sandy-2021492 • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 6 years ago
“She issued more than 335,000 opioid prescriptions — more than any other doctor in West Virginia. When the feds raided the clinic, she fled to the...”
From December 2002 to January 2010, more than 335,130 prescriptions for painkillers were issued under the name of Dr. Katherine Hoover at the West Virginia clinic where she worked — a rate of about 130 per day, assuming she worked seven days a week. Another doctor who worked with her in...
Bill to Require Bible Elective to be Offered in All WV Schools Introduced
Via: sandy-2021492 • News & Politics • 21 Comments • 6 years ago
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) - A bill requiring all schools in West Virginia to provide an elective course on Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament of the Bible, or the New Testament of the Bible has been introduced to the West Virginia Senate. Senate Bill 252 was submitted on Thursday, January 11th,...