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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TRADITIONALISTS in the Church of Scotland were left reeling this week after the C of SÂ General Assembly voted to consider lifting a ban on the ordination of gay ministers. Addressing the General Assembly in opposition to the proposal, the Rev Andrew Coghill, of the Isle of Lewis, likened the impact of the ordination of [...]
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MEMBERS of a despicable little alliance of Christian bigots called Forward Together is licking its wounds after its spectacular failure to prevent the Church of Scotland voting for a gay priest at the weekend. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland voted in support of the Reverend Scott Rennie whose appointment earlier this year [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
