A CHRISTIAN fundie in the US has been arrested and charged with criminal defamation, making terrorist threats, and disseminating threats through the internet after he posted an “Elton John must die” video on YouTube.
The charges appear to me as crazy as the man himself. Neil Horsley, a 65-year-old fundamentalist who claims he is running for [...]
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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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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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A BRIGHTON professor today sharply attacked Father Ray Blake, who earlier this week claimed faith communities in Brighton and Hove were being overlooked by politicians in favour of the “hedonistic” gay community. He also blasted the Roman Catholic Church, which he accused of distorting scripture in order to demonise homosexuality.
Writing in the Argus, Professor Sharpe, [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
