GIVEN the Roman Catholic’s despicable history of child abuse in Ireland, one would think that Church representatives would now be cowering shame-faced in a corner, and doing all they can to avoid drawing attention to themselves.
But no. Right now they’re all full of piss and vinegar over Ireland’s Civil Partnership bill which three RC bishops [...]
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THE American Humanist Association (AHA) has stepped forward with an offered to organise and fund a prom for the Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Mississippi.
The Itawamba County School District made headlines earlier this week by cancelling their prom rather than allowing a lesbian student, Constance McMillen, 18, to bring her girlfriend as her date.
Said [...]
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ADAM “Nergal” Darski, frontman for Poland’s extreme heavy metal band Behemoth, has been formally charged for destroying a copy of the Bible over two years ago.
According to this report, while it is a crime in Poland to destroy any religious iconography, there must be at least two formal complaints before a charge is laid. The [...]
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SOUR faces all round over at the Christian Institute, where news that the UK Supreme Court has refused permission for an appeal in the case of Lillian Ladele has caused great misery.
Ladele is the Christian registrar who was disciplined by Islington Council in London because of her stance on civil partnerships. According to the CI, [...]
A CALIFORNIA state senator who has been a staunch opponent of homosexual rights was yesterday forced to admit that he himself is gay.
Republican lawmaker Roy Ashburn, a divorced conservative Roman Catholic, came out on KERN radio, saying he felt compelled to address rumours that he had visited a gay nightclub near the Capitol before his [...]
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THE stupidification of American children continues at depressing speed …
According to this report, Christian-based teaching materials dominate an escalating home-school education market encompassing more than 1.5 million students.
And for most home-school parents, a Bible-based version of the Earth’s creation is exactly what they want.
Federal statistics from 2007 show 83 percent of home-schooling parents want to [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
