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Ritual Sacrifice: "The Reduction of Living Beings to Objects Upon Whom Atrocities Can Be Heaped.
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, education, interesting, sadness, animals, culture, death )

Tierney
- 39 days ago - upc-online.org
The idea that some groups were put on the earth to suffer and die sacrificially for a superior group goes far back in time. The idea is deeply embedded in human cultures, including the culture of the West, which is rooted in ancient Greek and Hebrew mode
The Wolf That Changed America - Video: Full Episode
Society & Culture  (tags: society, culture, humans, animals, wolf, lobo, blanca, wildlife, environment, wilderness, preservation, Ernest Thompson Seton, bounty, hunter, american, history )

Tom
- 57 days ago - pbs.org
This is the amazing true story behind the Disney movie "The Legend of Lobo." In 1893, the outcome of a battle of wits between a bounty hunter and a super-wolf would leave a lasting effect on a new and growing movement in America: wilderness preservation.
FREE Margaret Moore W-17388 - Take Action !!
Society & Culture  (tags: rights, violence, women, abuse, crime, death, freedoms, law )

Tierney
- 57 days ago - change.org
Margaret is 50 years old and has been incarcerated for nearly 30 years for her part in the death of her abusive husband. During the marriage to her abuser, Margaret suffered some of the most horrific physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
Mother, Boyfriend Arrested in Brutal Murder of 4-Year-Old Jayden Lenescar
Society & Culture  (tags: mother, boyfriend, murdered, child, son, beat to death )

Lone
- 64 days ago - nydailynews.com
Ward for NewsMackenzy Lenescar, Jayden's 28-year-old father, was initially eyed by police but claimed he hadn't seen the boy for two weeks. Related NewsArticles
Anti-Olympic Signs Could Net 6 Months' Jail: Rights Group
Society & Culture  (tags: government, politics, rights )

Samantha
- 73 days ago - news.aol.ca
new B.C. law could allow municipal officials to enter homes to seize anti-Olympic signs with only 24 hours' notice, and violators could be fined up to $10,000 a day and jailed for up to six months
Band Teacher Who Died in Crash Called Heroine
Society & Culture  (tags: child, children, death, family, usa, travel, transportation, sadness, safety, news, humans, GoodNews )

Gorilly
- 76 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
BOISE, Idaho - A Utah music teacher killed while trying to prevent the crash of a bus carrying dozens of her students was hailed as a heroine.
An Introduction to Traditional Wicca
Society & Culture  (tags: faith, pagens, wicca, witches, culture, education, family, freedoms, humans, interesting, world, women, society, rights )

Gorilly
- 80 days ago - sacred-texts.com
Often Traditional Wiccans are asked to describe our religion and beliefs for interested people.
Join Protest of Michael Vick October 11 at Lincoln Field
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, abuse, government, dog fighting, Michael Vick )

Megan
- 79 days ago - examiner.com
Contrary to what main stream media are saying about Philadelphians - we do care about the Philadelphia Eagles signing Michael Vick and will continue to protest!
The Case Against Swinging Chickens
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, religion, culture, chickens, kapparot, Jewish )

Tierney
- 95 days ago - blogs.forward.com
During the kapparot ceremony, a custom practiced primarily in the Haredi community before Yom Kippur, sins are shifted to chickens, which a holder swings above his head three times. The meat is then to be donated to the poor.
Masorti Movement Joins Fight Against 'Kapparot'
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, religion, culture, chickens, Kapparot, Jewish )

Tierney
- 95 days ago - jpost.com
The Masorti (Conservative) Movement will join forces with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Tel Aviv to fight against the Jewish custom known as kapparot that involves slaughtering chickens as a way of atonement for sin.
 
 
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