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Rabbis: EU meat label bid an 'insult'

Jewish religious leaders up in arms over bill aiming to indicate how animal was slaughtered, warning it could kill kosher food business by portraying their ritual as 'barbaric'

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Church declines vegan ads

A Morgantown church has declined an offer from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to post public service ads during its services depicting a "fit" Jesus calling for a vegan lifestyle -- in exchange for a vegetarian cookout.

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Vegetarian named new British Humanist Association President

Philosopher, broadcaster and author Anthony Grayling has been appointed as the next President of the British Humanist Association. He succeeds journalist, broadcaster, and social justice campaigner Polly Toynbee to take up the position from July 2011 and will serve a two-year term as the Association’s eleventh president, and the first philosopher to hold the office since A J Ayer in the 1960s.

 

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Share a drink and points of view with other free thinkers

A new rationalist craze is hitting the thinking masses of the UK. It's Skeptics in the Pub and Skeptics in the Curry House. Find out if there's one near you. You're allowed to spell it 'sceptics' if you like.

One of the people behind this website is a regular at Reading Skeptics, which meets at the vegan-friendly Global Cafe.

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Neanderthals cooked and ate vegetables

Neanderthals cooked and ate plants and vegetables, a new study of Neanderthal remains reveals.

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Some Dinosaurs Went Vegetarian and Gave Up Meat - Why the Change?

Some dinosaurs went vegetarian and gave up meat, selecting a plant-based diet instead. What spurred the change?

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Free will similar in animals, humans - but not so free

The free will that humans enjoy is similar to that exercised by animals as simple as flies, a scientist has said.

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Pat Boone Launches Line of Meat Products to Benefit Anti-Gay Christian Conservative Groups Like 'Focus on the Family'

Boon has launched a line of so-called "All-American" meats to benefit conservative Christian organizations and causes like Mercy Corps and Focus on the Family.

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