Category: Homophobia
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At the root of Uganda’s draconian anti-gay law is the belief that it would make it ‘a more Christian nation’

WHETHER or not Uganda will become even more god-besotted than it already is is debatable, but what is certain is that the country could become a whole lot poorer as a result of President Yoweri Museveni, above, signing into law a revised version of an earlier anti-homosexuality bill. This was made clear when President Biden…
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Catholic League’s Bill Donohue brands Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence ‘an anti-Catholic hate group’

HOW many queers hate Catholics? Catholic League President Bill Donohue, inset above, posed this question after it was announced that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, would after all, perform at a Los Angeles Dodgers game on June 16. He answered his own question: It’s hard to say, but it is clear beyond a shadow of…
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RCC must do more to oppose a bill that would decriminalise homosexuality in Sri Lanka

INTERFERING with progressive legislative processes in countries across the world is something the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical organisations are particularly adept at. But in Buddhist Sri Lanka the Catholic church, led by Archbishop of Colombo—His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, above—stands accused of failing to adequately oppose a bill that that would do away with…
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Same-sex marriage was only introduced to ‘own’ Christians, says Islamophobic, neo-fascist gay commentator

MUSLIMS are bent on using America’s religious liberties to further the Islamisation of the country, “conservative commentator” Pax Hart, above, told a Proud Boys member in a video back in 2017. Speaking to Proud Boy New York Resident Geoff Young during a “Ride for Homeland Security” Hart declared: The worst thing we have going for…
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Godless and godly: a tale of two cities named Norwich

UNTIL 2011, Norwich in Norfolk proudly held the title of the least religious city in England, and today it boast the 3rd-highest number of LGBT+ people outside London. But Norwich in Ontario presents a very different picture. And it’s not pretty! Here municipal matters are deeply influenced by The Netherlands Reformed Congregation (NRC), and it…
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Orthodox Jewish man stages protests outside a synagogue who ousted him for being gay

WHEN Brian Mandel, 53. and his husband moved from New York to Florida in 2018, they later discovered a home-based synagogue—Kehillas Hollywood Hills—close to their home, and joined the small congregation in 2021. But their relationship with the shul soon turned sour after some members some members of the congregation began expressing “discomfort” with the…
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Utah lawmaker sponsored a bill to keep ‘porn’ out of classrooms. He reacts with anger over Bible ban request.

UTAH’S law HB0374—sponsored by Republican State Representative Kenneth Robert Ivory, above, and passed last year—prohibits materials that include “pornographic or indecent” content. One parent much to Ivory’s chagrin, seized on the law last December to demand the removal of the Bible from classrooms, saying, “get this PORN out of our schools!” Calling the Bible the…
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Calgary pastor faces fresh charges after protesting a new drag show bylaw

DEREK Reimer, who was forcibly ejected from Seton Calgary public library after screaming abuse at parents and children attending a drag queen story event earlier this month, is back behind bars. After his first arrest, the lunatic was released after he agreed to bail conditions that prevent him having any contact with members of the…



