NIGERIAN humanists have lashed out at a Parliamentary move to outlaw gay marriage in their country. The Bill for an Act to Prohibit Marriage Between Persons of Same Gender, Solemnization of Same and for Other Matters Related Therewith was sponsored by Senator Domingo Obende, and went through its second reading at the end of September. [...]
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AROUND 60 percent of Scots support gay marriage – but the Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow is certainly not one of them. In fact, this posturing imbecile believes that those who do support such unions are “foolish”. Furthermore, according to this report, the barmy old bigot says that any attempt to redefine marriage is a direct [...]
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TREVOR Phillips, the chair of Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), is in hot water with the British Humanist Association following “biased” comments he made in a recent interview. Phillips is reported to have stated: Our business is defending the believer. The law we’re here to implement recognises that religious identity is an essential part [...]
THE UK gay humanist charity, the Pink Triangle Trust has warmly welcomed the passing by the UN Human Rights Council of a resolution concerning sexual orientation. The resolution expressed: Grave concern at acts of violence and discrimination, in all regions of the world, committed against individuals because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. It [...]
A CALL by Amnesty International to end the barbaric practice of caning in the province of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, stems from the organisation’s “dislike” of Islam , and its “ignorance” of sharia law. In a statement released on Sunday, Amnesty said that caning violated the UN Convention Against Torture, which Indonesia ratified in 1998, and [...]
PASTOR Martin Ssempa, the odious creature who played a major role in helping Uganda to draw up a vile anti-homosexuality bill, is smarting over the fact that the draft legislation has been shelved. Commenting on a statement issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which urges Uganda to engage [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
