How many shootings, and other links

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• ACLU enters Michigan child custody case involving same-sex parents -- "If this were a man and a woman, the decision would be easy. The biological parent has absolute control if the couple did not marry."
• Austin City Council approves gender-neutral bathrooms -- "Basically what this means is that men and women will be able to use any public bathroom they want, as long as it’s a single stall."
• How many mass shooting are there, really? -- Last week Washington Post reported there had been 355 mass shootings this year. Mother Jones's database says there have been four this year.
• I’m anti-abortion because I’m anti-murder -- "And I posted a few things on my Facebook page about the hypocrisy of the pro-choice movement that talks a good talk about the “war on women” but has no concern for the unborn women who are systematically aborted every day."
• Moms Share Their Most Common Breastfeeding Problems -- "Breastfeeding is the most natural way to feed a baby, but it doesn’t always feel that way. At some point, most nursing moms experience challenges..."
• New Study Finds That Office Air Is Slowing Your Brain Function -- "...carbon dioxide levels in offices, though not deadly, are still harmful to your health and negatively affect cognitive function."
• On ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ After the San Bernardino Shooting -- "Prayer—and lament—is the proper first response to tragedy."
• Viking hoard found in field sheds light on England's origins -- "A trove of Viking jewelry and Saxon coins unearthed by an amateur treasure-hunter in a farmer's field may help rescue an English king from obscurity."
• We’ve had a massive decline in gun violence in the United States. Here’s why. -- "In general, though, fewer Americans are dying as a result of gun violence — a shift that began about two decades ago."
• What we lose when we "prayer-shame" politicians after a mass shooting -- "I’ve been exasperated by the way politicians have used prayer, too."