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Atheists & Agnostics

RussBLib

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2. dammit - they used the same excuse to keep the slaves enslaved

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 10:26 AM

Apr 2016

and to keep women from voting.

When are we going to put an end to this nonsense? When we have elected officials who refuse to kowtow to the religious insanity.

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Denied medical care because of religion, she now wants her parents prosecuted [View all] trotsky Apr 2016 OP

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dammit - they used the same excuse to keep the slaves enslaved RussBLib Apr 2016 #2

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