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to be interesting and informative. I expect this will be a
worthwhile event.--Manny<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it
in a way that will lead others to join you."
― Ruth Bader Ginsburg </pre>
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Religious Extremism is Attacking Science – and Why It
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<p>Dear Friend,</p>
<p>Religious extremism
isn’t only about prayer
in schools or bans on
books. It is now fueling
a full-scale assault on
science and
medicine—reshaping
public policy in ways
that are dangerous,
unconstitutional and
profoundly harmful. Join
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Science: The First
Amendment and the
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<p>We see it in vaccine
resistance. We see it in
attacks on reproductive
rights and marriage
equality. We see it in
efforts to censor what
our children can learn
in school. These
antiscience policies,
rooted in religious
fundamentalism, violate
the First Amendment’s
separation of church and
state and endanger the
health, safety, and
freedom of all of us -
disproportionately
endangering women,
girls, and the LGBTQ+
community. They also
threaten Jewish
communities, who know
all too well the dangers
when ideology overrides
truth and minority
rights are trampled.</p>
<p>Join two leading voices
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urgent issues:</p>
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<p>Dr. Peter Hotez -
physician-scientist,
vaccine expert, and
author of the
upcoming book, <em>Science
Under Siege: How
to Fight the Five
Most Powerful
Forces that
Threaten Our World</em>
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entrepreneur, and
co-founder of
Emerald Cloud Lab</p>
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<p>Together they will
explore how religious
extremist ideology fuels
antiscience narratives,
why antiscience policies
are unconstitutional and
the real-world
consequences for
medicine and education
in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania and
nationwide. We'll also
discuss how antiscience
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connected and why the
Jewish community and our
allies must act now.<br>
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