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Ironically, I originally wrote the tweet with Jews and thought, That might give offense. And so I thought I better change it.
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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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I speak as a private citizen and not as a representative of the Executive Branch of the United States government. The impression that people of faith are uniformly opposed to stem-cell research is not documented by surveys. In fact, many people of strong religious conviction think this can be a morally supportable approach.
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