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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Building Community Beyond Belief, Exercising Progressive Values, and Defending Separation of Church and State.&#xA;&#xA;Visit our website at https://lowcountryhumanists.org/&#xA;Follow us everywhere: https://linktr.ee/chshumanists</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/chshumanists.bsky.social</link><title>@chshumanists.bsky.social - Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/chshumanists.bsky.social/post/3mz6cf7vaau23</link><description>South Carolina - It&#39;s the last day of early voting, but vote today between 8:30 and 5! #beavoter buff.ly/7FP6lXP</description><pubDate>31 Oct 2026 12:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eq4grvm6ruo7icx5envcxcfn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6cf7vaau23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/chshumanists.bsky.social/post/3mz4zbc4ad523</link><description>Leaving religion can mean losing more than beliefs -- sometimes it&#39;s family, friends, an entire community. 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