LAUREN Ashley’s dream of becoming the next Miss California is turning into a bit of a nightmare. After telling the world that she was currently Miss Beverly Hills, the Christian fundie – labelled “a dumb bitch” by celebrity gossip columnist Perez Hilton for her homophobic remarks – was publicly disowned by the city of Beverly [...]
A PRIVATE publisher in New Delhi is to face charges of “offending religious sentiments” for publishing a picture in school textbooks depicting Jesus holding a holding a fag and a bottle of beer. In the textbooks, for use in handwriting classes, the Sacred Heart of Jesus picture, which is regarded as one of the holiest [...]
WHITE House officials yesterday met with leaders of the atheist community to discuss their concerns about privileges given to religious groups by the government. According to the Secular Coalition of America, the meeting was: The first time in history that a presidential administration has met for a policy briefing with the American non-theist community. The [...]
A DANISH newspaper has apologised to Muslims for the offence caused by its decision to reprint Kurt Westergaard’s iconic bomb-in-a-turban cartoon The Politiken daily said its apology was part of a settlement with a Saudi lawyer representing eight Muslim groups in the Middle East and Australia. The drawing was one of 12 caricatures that sparked [...]
A SPANISH priest has gone into hiding after he was exposed as a male prostitute who splashed out church funds on telephone sex and internet pornography. Samuel Martin Martin, 27, the priest at two small Catholic parishes in the central province of Toledo, posted images of himself posing in grey underpants and said he was [...]
Welcome to the final part of PETER BRIETBART’S interview with Professor A C GRAYLING. Here we ask what Eutopia might look like, what lies in store for the future of humanity, where the best philosophy is to be found and whether the right to die should be a legal right. PB: In your view, and, [...]
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