A BUNCH of mad meddlers in America – collectively called Morality in Media – has just got wind of a plan by Ryanair to develop apps for iPads, iPhones and other smartphones which will allow passengers to watch adult movies during flights. And MIM ain’t happy. According to Christian Today, Dawn Hawkins, MIM’s chief fussbucket, [...]
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UNDAUNTED by the November 2 attack on its offices – and threats of having “God’s curse” on it – French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has produced another cover bound to fire up swivel-eyed Islamic fanatics. The latest cover declares “Love is stronger than hate” and depicts a Muslim man and a Charlie Hebdo cartoonist engaged [...]
THIS month sees the publication of a book by ex-Church of Scotland Minister Helen Percy, in which she tells of having been raped in 1995 by a church elder in a Perthshire parish. Scandalous, Immoral And Improper: The Trial of Helen Percy has been receiving a good deal of positive pre-publication publicity in Scotland – [...]
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FOLLOWING our report yesterday on the reinstatement of an HIV awareness ad that had briefly been banned in Australia comes the news that that a Catholic bishop is demanding the removal of billboards proclaiming Jesus as “a prophet of Islam”. The brainchild of an outfit called Mypeace, the ad campaign is apparently aimed at provoking [...]
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ANYONE here remember Brian Mawhinny? Nope? Well he was a particularly undistinguished Conservative politician from Northern Ireland who first came to public attention by campaigning vigorously against pornography. In 1979 one of his bills, which attempted to ban indecent displays outside cinemas, sex shops and strip club, was in the Private Members’ Bills ballot. Famously, [...]
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THE Brighton Argus carries a report today that rather staggered me. The paper claims that the Brighton & Hove Humanist Society has branded an Easter Passion Play about the death of Jesus Christ as: Tasteless and bloodthirsty. This prompted me to leave the following comment under the Argus report: As censorious Christians are forever getting [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
