Category: Politics
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‘Biden is giving $500,000 grants to spread atheism overseas’ claims former Republican House Speaker
NEWT Gingrich, above, a twice-divorced Republican Roman Catholic and staunch Trump ally, claimed in a tweet last month that “Biden is giving $500,000 grants to spread atheism overseas. Have the Democrats literally lost their minds and become the anti-religious party?“ This prompted Newsweek to fact-check his claim. It concluded that Gingrich, “who has a track…
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Catholic bishops prayed for a massive swing to the right in Spain’s general election. Mercifully, it didn’t happen.
FOR one horrible moment last week I thought that the highly progressive country I chose to settle in almost 14 years ago would lurch to the right, giving greater power to the misogynistic and deeply homophobic Vox Party, led by Santiago Abascal, above. I had every reason to be apprehensive. Polls ahead of last Sunday’s…
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The gulf between Hungary’s ‘illiberal’ Christian democracy and the ‘anti-family’ European Union widens
UNDER the leadership of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, above, a pro-Russian member of the Calvinist Hungarian Reformed Church, the country has increasingly found itself at loggerheads with the values of the E.U. The latest manifestation of Orbán’s hostility to the E.U. took place in Transylvania, Romania, last week where he accused the the E.U. of…
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‘Bible-believing’ councillor ‘cancelled’ by UK’s Conservative Party & others for labeling Pride event ‘sinful’
AFTER learning via social media that nudity had been observed during a Pride event, King Lawal, above, tweeted his displeasure over “sinful” and “illegal” activity. As a consequence the 31-year-old got himself suspended earlier this month from his role of Conservative party councillor in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and is now making suing noises, claiming his “life…
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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders unrepentent over cross outside her mansion: ‘I’m a Christian’
RESPONDING to a challenge from Americans United For Separation of Church and State the Christian Republican, above, told the organisation to take a hike, and that the cross, created by her kids is staying just where it is. According to Faithwire the organisation rightly pointed out that this was a violation of church/state separation. It…
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A ‘Holy Spirit’ intervention will make the US more ‘moral’, says CEO of a multi-billion dollar food company
AMERICA is facing a “spiritual” disaster, and only “divine intervention” can save it, the CEO of Goya Foods—Bob Unanue, above—claimed in Fox Business video this week. Back in 2021, according to Wiki, his adoration of Trump almost got him ousted from the company when Goya’s board of directors voted to censure him following his his…
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Florida’s wacky Governor set out recently to woo young evangelicals. Now he’s in the UK, but to what end?
EARLIER this month Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis told 10,000 ecstatic Christian students at Liberty University in Virginia that his state—a “refuge of sanity” and a “citadel of freedom”—was where “woke goes to die.” DeSantis, who positions himself as a defender of “God-fearing” people, often refers to putting on “the full armor of God”—a biblical…
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God & government: new report says ‘anomalous’ bishops should be removed from the House of Lords
A SWEEPING review of the relationship between faith and the state is due to be published within weeks, and, according to The Guardian those involved say much of the final report will talk about the “positive impact” of religion and worship on UK society. Details of the review coincide with a report by the Commission…
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Republican lawmakers accuse UK government of ‘harassing’ anti-abortion Christians
Image via YouTube LAST year anti-abortion fanatic, Texas Congressman Chip Roy, above—along with almost 40 Republicans, issued an open letter accusing the Biden administration of waging “open war on Pro-Life activists”. Roy and his barmy cohorts, according to this report, claimed that the US government has been using former President Bill Clinton’s Freedom of Access…
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Catholic Church fears ‘persecution’ as Michigan moves to strengthen LGBT+ protections.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Image via YouTube ACROSS America fanatical anti-LGBT+ and anti-transgender religious groups are waging a coordinated campaign to restrict LGBTQI+ rights and are targeting transgender youth in particular. But Michigan is bucking this disturbing trend. Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she will sign an amendment to the state’s Civil Rights Act that includes protections…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 