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Pete Buttigieg calls for Mike Pence to ‘evolve’ on LGBTQ rights — and not use religion ‘to harm people’ – Alternet.org

Pete Buttigieg calls for Mike Pence to ‘evolve’ on LGBTQ rights — and not use religion ‘to harm people’ – Alternet.org

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2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg is responding to attacks from Vice President Mike Pence, who says the South Bend, Indiana mayor’s belief that God makes people gay infringes on his First Amendment right to freedom of religion.

The Vice President is “entitled to his religious beliefs,” says Buttigieg, who has been mayor since 2012, which includes Pence’s tenure as…

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Here’s why the Christian Right finds Pete Buttigieg so threatening – Alternet.org

Here’s why the Christian Right finds Pete Buttigieg so threatening – Alternet.org

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Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, officially announcedon Sunday that he is running for president of the United States as a Democrat. The announcement came as no surprise: Buttigieg (who formed an exploratory committee in January) was advancing in various polls, some of which found him just behind Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden (a likely…

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Mike Pence lashed out at Pete Buttigieg for ‘attacks on my Christian faith’ — but the mayor had a perfect response – Alternet.org

Mike Pence lashed out at Pete Buttigieg for ‘attacks on my Christian faith’ — but the mayor had a perfect response – Alternet.org

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Mayor Pete Buttigieg has been making waves in the early 2020 Democratic presidential primary, pulling into third place in  a couple of recent state polls. And as the first gay mainstream candidate for a major party nomination, he has embraced both his sexual orientation and his religion — drawing a sharp contrast with the views of Vice President Mike Pence.

Pence, who was…

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Here’s how the Trump ally and former Breitbart exec is trying to push the Catholic Church to the far right – Alternet.org

Here’s how the Trump ally and former Breitbart exec is trying to push the Catholic Church to the far right – Alternet.org

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Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the 82-year-old Buenos Aires native best known as Pope Francis, has been the most liberal pope in the history of the Catholic Church. There are some areas in which Francis remains socially conservative: he is adamantly anti-abortion, opposes divorce and favors vows of celibacy for priests and nuns. Yet when it comes to warning about wealth inequality, President…

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New research into hunter-gatherers has surprising implications for diet and exercise choices – Alternet.org

New research into hunter-gatherers has surprising implications for diet and exercise choices – Alternet.org

A new study of modern hunter-gatherers finds diet choices may not matter as much as we think.

A new year brings renewed fitness resolutions — and with it, new diet fads. A 2017 YouGov survey found that 37% of Americans set New Year’s resolutions that included “eat[ing] healthier”; the same percentage vowed to “get more exercise.” While diet and exercise resolutions may remain static, the…

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