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b'NEWS\\n\\nFull Idaho science standards have passed the state senate committee http://bit.ly/2EObjZt\\n\\nThe Idaho State Senate Education Committee approved the state science standards by a vote of 6 - 3. This is the full science standards including the climate change supporting content that the House Education Committee striped out a few weeks ago. Assuming neither side wins, the full unedited standards will go into effect at the close of the legislative session.\\n\\nAn Idaho State Senator yelled "Abortion is murder" at students and threatened to call the cops if the students returned to his office. http://bit.ly/2CHMrwp\\n\\nStudents from the University of Idaho went to the state capital, a 300 mile trip, to meet with state legislators to talk about bills about contraceptives and sex ed. GOP state senator Dan Foreman canceled their meeting so the students left a note and some condoms on their way to meetings with other legislators.\\n\\nHe then went out into the hall and shouted:\\n\\n\\u201c\\u201cAbortion is murder, I stand against it. I am a Roman Catholic and a conservative Republican. I think what you guys are doing stinks,\\u201d\\n\\nAfter being told that that\\u2019s his choice he continued:\\n\\n\\u201cYou\\u2019re damn right it\\u2019s my choice, so stay out of my office. The next time you stand in my office you\\u2019ll be dealing with ISP\\u201d.\\n\\nHe then went to Twitter.\\n\\nDemocratic state senator Maryanne Jordan filled an ethics complaint against her colleague and said to the AP:\\n\\n\\u201cIt\\u2019s one thing to disagree with policy, it\\u2019s another thing to position something like that against another lawmaker. This type of behavior is beneath the Idaho Senate.\\u201d\\n\\nThe Idaho House has introduced a resolution declaring porn a health crisis. This is modeled after the resolution Utah passed last year. http://bit.ly/2F4KGij\\n\\nThe Florida House has declared porn a health issue, but won\'t do anything about guns which are actually killing people. http://bit.ly/2sZYtBJ\\n\\nThe Florida House passed a bill that would require "In God We Trust" to be posted in all schools.\\n\\nIn response to recent events in Florida, especially in the schools, Florida state Rep Kim Daniels, a Democrat from Jacksonville who runs a ministry introduced a bill requiring that the state motto, \\u201cIn God We Trust\\u201d to be posted conspicuously in every Florida public school.\\n\\n"He is not a Republican or a Democrat. He is not black or white," Daniels said. "He is the light, and our schools need light in them like never before."\\n\\nShe talked about the shooting, then said, "But the real thing that needs to be addressed are issues of the heart."\\n\\nShe\\u2019s also concerned about video games.\\n\\nThe bill passed 97-10.\\n\\nA Pennsylvania church is going to hold a blessing ceremony for AR-15s and similar rifles. http://bit.ly/2Cfbuv3\\n\\nThe World Peace and Unification Sanctuary in Pennsylvania is holding a blessing ceremony for semi-automatic rifles. This will allow people "to show their willingness to defend their familiars, communities and nation.\\u201d All guns will need to be unloaded and zip tied to prevent bullets from being inserted. Police have been invited to come as well.\\n\\nOregon children missing vaccines have been sent home from school http://bit.ly/2FAVfHq\\n\\nOregon leads the country in non-medical exemptions for vaccines and also just passed it\\u2019s annual exclusion day. This is the day each year when students who are not up to date on their vaccines and who do not have an exemption on file are sent home until their paperwork is up to date. It also set new records for the most exclusions. These are kids whose parents have ignored several letters and phone calls and who have not bothered to get their kids their shots or fill out the really easy exemption form. It\\u2019s not anti-vaxers, it\\u2019s just apathy.\\n\\nA judge has dismissed a creationist\'s lawsuit over his tax money going to teach evolution. http://bit.ly/2EVtxrW\\n\\nFocus on the Family is now claiming to be a church so it doesn\'t have to declare it\'s finances.\\n\\nNew supporter - Arthur\\n\\nThis episode is brought to you by:'