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	<title>Care2 Causes &#187; Mindy Townsend</title>
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		<title>97% of Research Confirms Climate Change, But 40% of Americans Still Think Its Controversial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The vast majority of climate scientists agree that climate change is real, and we're causing it.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Enforces &#8216;Morality Clause&#8217; to Separate Lesbian Couple</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child custody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge John Roach Jr.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[texas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Next time someone questions the necessity of marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, you can point them to this story. Carolyn Compton is in a relationship with Page Price. They live together in Texas, as many unmarried couples do throughout the country. Compton has custody of children from a previous marriage. But after nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Animals Who are Way Cooler Than Superheros</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment & Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[axolotl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bombardier beetle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daredevil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dung beetle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric eel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gecko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glyptapantele wasp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great horseshoe bat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immortal jellyfish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[karma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matt murdock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimic octopus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mr. Immortal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pistol shrimp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiderman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[static]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super powers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the anarchist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the hulk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thunderclap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waterbear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wolverine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the beginning of the summer blockbuster season, and it would not be complete with out a loud, raucous, snarky superhero movie. Luckily, Marvel has us covered this year with Iron Man 3. Which I of course stood in line to see opening weekend. Despite myself, nothing pumps me up like a good superhero movie. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Access to Sex Workers Curbs Sexual Assault, Says Japanese Mayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women's Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comfort women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual assault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Evidently, there was nothing wrong with using &#8220;comfort women&#8221; during World War II. You know, to &#8220;maintain discipline.&#8221; At least according to one Japanese mayor. Wow. It looks like rape culture hasn&#8217;t changed that much since the 1940s. &#8220;Comfort women,&#8221; if you don&#8217;t know, is a euphemism for what is essentially sex slavery. Women from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Free Speech Protect Your Right to Criticize Religion? Duh!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catholic church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Zubik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first amendment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US Constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a lawyer by training. It&#8217;s one of the most frustrating things I&#8217;ve ever done because now I can recognize all the things otherwise smart people get wrong about the Constitution. And, boy howdy, there are a lot of people who misunderstand the Constitution. Take, for example, this guy, Bishop David Zubik. You don&#8217;t get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s Another Way to Keep Teens from Being Safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, North Carolina legislators considered a measure that would require teens to obtain parental consent to obtain a number of basic sexual health services, like birth control prescriptions and STD testing and treatment. The idea, according to the measure&#8217;s proponents, is to avoid problems involving teen&#8217;s health decisions and to open the lines of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Awesome Moms of the Sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment & Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottlenose dolphins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giant pacific octopus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manatee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mothers day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seahorse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re reading this, you&#8217;re probably a human. (If you&#8217;re not a human, for the love of Thor call me! We&#8217;ll win a Nobel Prize!) As humans, we like to celebrate things. Hey, anything to have cake at work, am I right? Sometimes those things we decide to celebrate are actually worth it. Like Mother&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These Lesbians Were Out Before It Was Cool</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 23:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billie jean king]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay athletes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesbian athletes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liz carmouche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martina navratilova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[megan rapinoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheryl swoopes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tennis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ufc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wnba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Professional basketball player Jason Collins made a splash this week by announcing he is gay. This is no small feat, to be sure. Even in 2013, coming out can be difficult, let alone when you are part of the macho sub-culture that is male professional sports. But did you know that a bunch of women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons You&#8217;re Probably Going to Hell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wbc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westboro baptist church]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of sins out there. Watch out for the weird ones.]]></description>
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		<title>Parents Think Medicine is a Sin, Two Children Die</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mindy Townsend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treatable diseases]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a skeptic. I&#8217;m not a perfect skeptic; we all have blind spots. But I try to base decisions I make and beliefs I have on the best evidence available and reevaluate those things often. I don&#8217;t have a lot of patience with people who take astrology seriously, or who swear by homeopathy, or who [...]]]></description>
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