UNTIL this morning I had no idea that some Jews believe in reincarnation, and that – according to some scholars: Those that are good will be born into human bodies and those that are not so good are born into animals and inanimate objects. Aaah, so that would explain the action of a rabbinical court [...]
JEWISH and Muslim groups in Holland have kicked off over plans proposed to stun animals before they are ritually slaughtered. Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said: If we no longer have people who can do ritual slaughter in the Netherlands, we will stop eating meat. And Yusuf Altuntas, President of the CMO – an organisation that [...]
TOMORROW afternoon, gay rights groups are planning a protest outside the Pavilion, a public pool in the small, eastern Kentucky city of Hazard after a worker at the city-owned facility turfed out a gay couple with learning difficulties. Apparently one of the men sat in the other’s lap, and put an arm around his partner. [...]
PICTURE the scenario. You’re trapped in a dentist’s chair with various bits and bobs stuck in your gob and quite unable to clearly articulate your fury when your lunatic dental practitioner begins preaching at you. Australian dentist Paul Gardner’s behaviour certainly left one of his patients spitting mad – and he is now in hot [...]
FOLLOWING our earlier post about the conviction of a young London Muslim for plastering anti-gay stickers in what has been dubbed the Islamic Republic of Tower Hamlets, we learn from this report that police – fearing accusations of racism – have ignored or downplayed outbreaks of hate crime in the borough, and suppressed evidence implicating [...]
ORGANISERS of an event aimed at combating homophobia at the St Joseph Catholic Secondary School in Toronto incurred the wrath of school board officials when it became known that they intended displaying rainbows at their information booth. A “ridiculous” ban was then slapped on the group by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board, according to Leanne [...]
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