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Government Economist: Christians Are 'Nazis' For Religious Freedom Act

Government Economist: Christians Are 'Nazis' For Religious Freedom Act
A government employee has been caught calling “red state” Christians “nazis” for their support of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Celebrities, journalists and even Hillary Clinton have attacked the law that was modeled on the federal RFRA ...
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Bureau of Statistics merger off but fate of census still undecided
The Abbott government has rejected a plan to merge the Bureau of Statistics with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, part of a suite of measures put forward by the bureau to help it find savings to upgrade its aged computer systems. A ...
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Big Government Is Getting In The Way Of Big Data
Efforts to change the way the government collects statistics face legal, bureaucratic and practical hurdles and in some cases could run afoul of privacy advocates worried about how the government tracks its citizens. Despite bipartisan support for ...
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Governor Pence signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act in private ceremony

Governor Pence signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act in private ceremony
"This is a sad day for Indiana," added Katie Blair, campaign manager for Freedom Indiana. "Over the past month, Hoosiers who want our state to be open to everyone filled the halls at the Statehouse. We wrote letters and delivered them in person. We ...
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George Takei 'outraged over Indiana Freedom to Discriminate law'
In a week that saw diverse voices lining up in opposition to Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, actor George Takei also took to social media to condemn the bill. After Gov. Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law ...
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Human Rights Campaign hopes to fight Arkansas' religious freedom bill by ...
The Human Rights Campaign is planning an end run around the Arkansas legislature. In its fight against a bill that it argues would endorse discrimination against the gay, lesbian, queer and transgender community, HRC plans to hit the state where it ...
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