RELIGIOUS leaders – plus Community Secretary Eric Pickles – have let loose a collective howl of horror over the news that the National Secular Society had won its prayer case against Bideford Council. Community Secretary Pickles is concerned over the ‘chilling’ effect of the court ruling The God squad, according to the Telegraph, are saying [...]
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THIS week saw the start of a Parliamentary inquiry into claims that Christians in the UK are facing intolerable levels of persecution. The inquiry – called Clearing Ground – began its work on Tuesday to ascertain whether it is true that the Christian faith in Britain is facing its “biggest challenge in the last 400 [...]
GAYS are the New Nazis, according to the demented leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance, Alan Craig. In an article – Confronting the Gaystapo – published in the Church of England Newspaper and reprinted on his personal blog, Alan’s Angle – the ghastly Craig holds “a permissive New Labour government” mainly to blame “for the [...]
A CRAZY Evangelical Christian who funded one of the most vicious anti-gay campaigns seen in Britain in recent years is complaining of being victimised … by Google. Transport tycoon “Sir” Brian Souter, 57 – said here to be a member of the Church of the Nazarene – is complaining that his website used to be [...]
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THE European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has asked the British Government to clarify its position regarding the alleged violation of the rights of four Christian zealots. According to this report, the ECHR considers their cases are of such legal significance as to warrant further examination. The Persecuted Four are Nadia Eweida, a British [...]
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ANOTHER day, another tale of a “persecuted” Christian. In the headlines this time is a taxi driver in the UK who was asked to remove a cross displayed in his vehicle because an “over-imaginative” teenage boy thought it looked like a penis. The “devout” Roman Catholic driver from York, who asked not to be named, [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
