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		<title>Welcome Back Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate Welcome Back Week, UMSS are screening selected highlights from the sold out 2010 Global Atheist Convention, including talks by Richard Dawkins, AC Grayling, Philip Adams, Peter Singer and more. Free pizza will be provided to all members at the event, and UMSS merchandise (badges, tees, hoodies) will also be available to purchase. Details: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/07/23/welcome-back-week/</link>
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		<title>UMSS featured in new look Australian Rationalist journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Rationalist, the journal of the Rationalist Society of Australia, has been publishing articles promoting rational thought for over 41 years. For the latest edition, editor Kevin Childs invited Jason Ball, President of UMSS, to be the guest editor for a revamped edition, which includes a new-look design, a cover story on the rise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/07/07/umss-featured-in-new-look-australian-rationalist-journal/</link>
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		<title>UMSS Q&amp;A &#8211; the need for euthanasia law reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The overwhelming majority of Australians (85%) believe that terminally ill individuals should have a right to seek and obtain assistance to end their life with dignity. However, the Attorney General Rob Hulls is steadfastly refusing to refer the matter of physician assisted dying for the terminally ill to the Victorian Law Reform Commission for community [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/05/21/umss-qa-the-need-for-euthanasia-law-reform/</link>
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		<title>Religion &amp; Politics &#8211; a discussion with Brian Tee MP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Melbourne Secular Society and ALP club are proud to be holding a joint event about the intersection of religion and politics in Australia. Details: 6:00 &#8211; 7:30pm Wednesday 19th May Upstairs of Prince Alfred Hotel, Carlton RSVP and invite friends via Facebook. Featured guests will include Meredith Doig from the Rationalist Society [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/05/13/religion-politics-a-discussion-with-brain-tee-mp/</link>
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		<title>UMSS Q&amp;A &#8211; the media&#8217;s fear of atheism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Catherine Deveny is provocative, borderline insane, and above all a very, very fine writer&#8221; &#8211; Marieke Hardy Catherine Deveny has been a regular columnist for The Age newspaper for the past 10 years, and was named in The Age Magazine&#8217;s top 100 most influential Melbournians. She is the author of six books, with her latest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/04/09/umss-qa-the-medias-fear-of-atheism/</link>
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		<title>UMSS Q&amp;A &#8211; Why people think atheists are dicks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8216;Jamie Kilstein is one of the funniest and smartest humans on the planet: his rocket-powered wit leaves you gasping &#8211; for more: sheer brilliance.&#8221; - Philosopher and Professor A.C Grayling Jamie Kilstein is a New York comedian in town for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Global Atheist Convention. We&#8217;re delighted to announce that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/03/23/umss-qa-why-people-think-atheists-are-dicks/</link>
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		<title>Answers to Creationist Nonsense #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from last week&#8217;s &#8220;Answers to Creationist Nonsense&#8221; event with Dr James Bradley, this week UMSS are delighted to announce that Professor Robert Saint (Department of Genetics and Dean of Science at the University of Melbourne) will be joining us to give his response to the recent Creationist happenings on campus. Details: Professor Robert [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/03/22/answers-to-creationist-nonsense-2/</link>
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		<title>UMSS Q&amp;A &#8211; censorship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ross Fitzgerald in &#8220;Whatever happened to secular democracy&#8221; (The Australian, 28/12/09) stated that &#8220;there is now an Australian political party prepared to challenge the pious claptrap that dominates most of the other parties.&#8221; This new political party is of course the interestingly titled Australian Sex Party, led by Fiona Patten. UMSS are delighted to announce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/03/18/umss-qa-censorship/</link>
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		<title>Answers to Creationist Nonsense #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did anything weird happen to you last week? Were you handed a particular scientific and literary classic, with an odd and badly written introduction? Specifically, let&#8217;s say, on Tuesday? Near the tram stop? If all this hinting sounds oddly cryptic to you, you missed out on a spectacle when a group of Creationists parked themselves [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/03/16/answers-to-creationist-nonsense/</link>
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		<title>UMSS Q&amp;A &#8211; Secularism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is church/state separation? What are the disagreements amongst secularists about what church/state separation entails? Do we have a church/state separation in Australia? UMSS is delighted to announce that Russell Blackford (co-editor of 50 Voices of Disbelief) will be joining us for next week&#8217;s Q&#038;A on Campus &#8211; the Secular Societies weekly group discussion event! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.umss.org/archives/2010/03/11/umss-qa-secularism/</link>
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