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April 10, 2011

Transgendered teacher takes on Catholic school district

Further evidence that we live in unusual times: A Catholic school district in Canada is in trouble for firing a transgendered teacher who intends to ‘transition’ from female to male.? Jan Buterman (CBC Photo) A transgendered teacher fired by a Catholic school district is rejecting a settlement offer because it would require him to keep quiet and drop a...
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Baseball cards get nun hooked on national pastime

NPR has a story about nun who’s crazy about Dodger baseball. Sister Vincent Cecire, a 94-year-old Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has been rooting for the Dodgers ever since they won their first World Series in 1955. It seems that third graders with baseball cards are responsible for getting Sister Vincent excited...
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