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Assisted suicide legalized in California

Written on 6 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. The End of Life Option Act will allow doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to the terminally ill. In order to receive a lethal... (Continue reading)

California Assembly approves assisted suicide bill

Written on 10 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

A bill that would legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients passed the California Assembly Wednesday and now moves on to the State Senate, which has already endorsed similar legislation. [LA Times] The Assembly voted 43-34 in favor of the... (Continue reading)

Man who attacked Sikh clerk in Pismo Beach convicted

Written on 31 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A San Luis Obispo County jury has convicted a 24-year-old man of two crimes stemming from an incident earlier this year in which he attacked a Sikh AM/PM clerk in Pismo Beach and ripped his turban off. On Wednesday, the... (Continue reading)

Atheists protest teaching creationism at Arroyo Grande High School

Written on 25 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 129 comments

Amid several complaints about an Arroyo Grande High School science educator allegedly teaching creationism, the principal said he would put an end to it and the school district is planning to investigate, according to a Atheists United of San Luis... (Continue reading)

Is California indoctrinating youth through yoga?

Written on 6 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

Students may continue practicing yoga in California public schools following a court ruling Friday. [LA Times] The three-judge panel of California’s 4th District Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the San Diego Superior Court that allows yoga in Encinitas... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande axes prayer from council meetings

Written on 11 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 43 comments

Following a threat of Satanism preaching at council meetings, the Arroyo Grande City Council voted to eliminate its longstanding invocation practice. The council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to stop holding invocations and replace them with moments of silence. Council members... (Continue reading)

CSU bans campus Christian group

Written on 10 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 72 comments

The California State University system has banned a popular campus Christian group, which has a chapter at Cal Poly, for refusing to allow non-Christians to serve in leadership roles in the organization. [Huffington Post] InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, which has chapters at... (Continue reading)

Supreme Court gives public prayer a blessing

Written on 5 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

The Supreme Court gave limited approval on Monday to public prayers at public board meetings, citing a New York community’s history of religious acknowledgment in the legislature. [CNN] In a 5-4 ruling, the justices ruled that confined to specific circumstances,... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach settles prayer suit

Written on 17 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

The Pismo Beach City Council agreed Tuesday to stop having prayer before meetings and to pay legal fees and damages of about $47,502 to settle a lawsuit filed by the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF). On Nov. 1, FFRF and... (Continue reading)

Body of Guadalupe drowning victim found

Written on 12 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The body of a man who was swept to sea during a baptism at a beach in Guadalupe on March 30 was found two and a half miles away on Friday morning, according to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department. Benito... (Continue reading)