A BUNCH of lame-brained members of the Indiana state Senate recently made complete asses of themselves when they passed a bill to promote creationism in public schools. Sponsored by Republican Dennis Kruse, the new bill was worded thus: The governing body of a school corporation may offer instruction on various theories of the origin of [...]
JOHN Downie, a director of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), has been slammed by the Catholic Church for saying that one of the “key causes” of sectarianism in Scotland was the existence of denominational education. According to this report, he added that “getting rid of faith schools” would help eradicate the blight of [...]
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EARLIER this year, the UK’s Department for Education issued guidance on how to apply for free school or academy status. Guidelines included the requirement that: Creationism, intelligent design and similar ideas must not be taught as valid scientific theories. But, according to this report, critics point out that there is nothing statutory to prevent such [...]
SCHOOLS in Australia which would rather have a secular welfare officer rather than a religious chaplain can now do so, following changes made to the country’s controversial national school chaplaincy programme. The amendment was announced by Schools Minister Peter Garrett – and, according to this report, among the first to applaud the move was Essendon [...]
A GAY senior at the University North Carolina has been slung out of a group he has been part of since his freshman year. The reason, according to Psalm 100 chief Blake Templeton was that Will Thomason was removed for his opinions about homosexuality, not for his sexual orientation — his views had clashed with [...]
ONE of the aims of the New Life Baptist Church in Northallerton, Yorkshire is to help young children: Meet with God and have lots of fun. Here’s one of its really “fun” ideas: make kids apologise to God in writing – then EAT the piece of paper. This is what happened to seven-year-old Luis Mullen, [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
