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Detroit priest who sodomised an boy aged 11, jailed for three to 15 years
Fr Joseph (Jack) Baker. Image via the Archdiocese of Detroit. WHEN I was editing the now all-but-defunct Freethinker I frequently received emails from angry Catholics, accusing me of trawling the media with the sole aim of discrediting the RCC by focusing on its world-wide paedophilia crisis. These communications invariably made the point that the RCC…
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‘Holy’ oil, specially prepared in Jerusalem, will be used in King Charles’ hugely expensive coronation
A splash of this and a dollop of that. Images of King Charles III and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem via YouTube. THE “slimmed down” coronation of King Charles III in May, costing more than £120,000 million, will feature a concoction of sesame, rose, jasmine, cinnamon, neroli, benzoin, and orange blossom—and a massive dose of superstitious…
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Irish Pastafarian, rejected as a Defence Forces chaplain, wins religious discrimination case
Images via YouTube & Etsy AN ordained minister for the Congergational Church of the Flying Monster, “pasta” John Hamill, above, suffered discrimination at the hands of the Irish Defence Forces, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled this week. Hammill, who said in an Atheist Ireland lecture delivered at Manooth University in Co Kildare that his…
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An anti-abortion Christian judge, nominated by Trump, is to rule on an abortion pill
Image via Wikimedia CC Matthew Kacsmaryk, 45, is a federal judge for the Amarillo division of the Northern District of Texas and is soon expected to rule on a lawsuit seeking to ban an FDA-approved abortion pill—a decision that could have nationwide implications for the drug’s availability. According to Business Insider, the suit, filed by…
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‘Call me a Nazi’, says pastor who vows to rid Texas of all ‘immoral’ books
IN 2014, blowhard Baptist preacher Rick Scarborough, above, said God would be justified to nuke America for having gay ambassadors. A year later the self-declared “Christocrat” vowed to set himself on fire if same-sex marriage was legalised – and he urged like-minded pastors to shoot themselves if such a horror were ever to befall the…
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God is hate. Elderly woman threatened with hell for painting steps of a church in rainbow colours.
PITT Street Uniting Church in Syney, Australia, has been at the forefront of the fight for LGBT+ equality since the 1980s. So it certainly would have had no quarrel with a woman—part of a small group—who decided to paint its stairs in rainbow colours to coincide with World Pride currently being held in the city.…
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Attendance at religious classes in Victoria slumps by a stupendous 99 percent
A WHILE back the state did a very smart thing. It scrapped religious education from schol classes. Now the non-mandatory classes, called Special Religious Instruction (SRI)— are held during lunchtime and before and after school. The move, according The Age, has seen attendances at these classes plummet by 99 percent in a decade. This is…
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Yorkshire police drawn into a row over ‘disrespect’ for a Quran at a Wakefield school
POLICE in the UK, like so many other services under the control of an utterly in competent Conservative government, are overworked and under-resourced, so my question today is why the hell did coppers get themselves involved in an incident involving “disrsepect” of a copy of a Quran at Wakefield’s Kettlethorpe High School? According to the…
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Angry Glasgow medic confronts supporters of a Texas-based anti-abortion group outside a hospital
40 Days for Life, which cruelly harasses women outside abortion facilities in the US and beyond, has a very far reach. Supporters of this aggressive outfit, led by Rose Docherty, above, showed up outside a maternity ward at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital this week to hold a vigil. There they were confronted by Dr…
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Christian lawmaker tables a bill to protect religious hatemongers from being branded bigots
FLORIDA’S Repubican State Representative Alex Andrade, above, a buddy of Florida’s unhinged Governor Ron (“Don’t Say Gay”) DeSantis, wants to make it easier for zealots to sue media outlets and individuals who brand them bigots. Acting on a suggestion from DeSantis—notorious for hate speech and actions aimed at members of LGBT+ communities—Andrade this week introduced…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist
Pointing and laughing at religious lunacy for more than half-a-century
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- Money-grubbing US preacher Sean (‘Goldilocks’) Feucht sued over misused $250,00 donation
- Religious book-burners awarded $1.5-m by US Supreme Court over two LGBTQ school books
- Off the hook. Serial evangelical abuser Jonathan Fletcher won’t stand trial.
- American Christian nationalism v theocratic Iran: a recipe for utter disaster
- Christian nutjob, ‘who thinks The Wizard of Oz was a documentary,’ axed by South Australian Liberal Party
- Money-grubbing US preacher Sean (‘Goldilocks’) Feucht sued over misused $250,00 donation
- Religious book-burners awarded $1.5-m by US Supreme Court over two LGBTQ school books
- Off the hook. Serial evangelical abuser Jonathan Fletcher won’t stand trial.
As someone who produced dozens of nativity plays as a teacher and a Sunday School leader, that title ‘A Gay…
The defence of a Christian view never seems to be settled by debate: exchange of facts, reference to historical events.…
But …… Rwanda is a safe place: Parliament says so.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/8/contentsSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 S 2 Safety…
Religion can survive only on the most unquestionable assumptions. The statements made on Sundays on the BBC as if they…
“The curriculum had already drawn tensions among the county’s religious parents, with some worrying about appropriateness and arguing the material…
As someone who produced dozens of nativity plays as a teacher and a Sunday School leader, that title ‘A Gay…
The defence of a Christian view never seems to be settled by debate: exchange of facts, reference to historical events.…
But …… Rwanda is a safe place: Parliament says so.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/8/contentsSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 S 2 Safety…
Religion can survive only on the most unquestionable assumptions. The statements made on Sundays on the BBC as if they…
“The curriculum had already drawn tensions among the county’s religious parents, with some worrying about appropriateness and arguing the material…
As someone who produced dozens of nativity plays as a teacher and a Sunday School leader, that title ‘A Gay…
The defence of a Christian view never seems to be settled by debate: exchange of facts, reference to historical events.…
But …… Rwanda is a safe place: Parliament says so.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/8/contentsSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 S 2 Safety…
Religion can survive only on the most unquestionable assumptions. The statements made on Sundays on the BBC as if they…
“The curriculum had already drawn tensions among the county’s religious parents, with some worrying about appropriateness and arguing the material…
As someone who produced dozens of nativity plays as a teacher and a Sunday School leader, that title ‘A Gay…
The defence of a Christian view never seems to be settled by debate: exchange of facts, reference to historical events.…
But …… Rwanda is a safe place: Parliament says so.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/8/contentsSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 S 2 Safety…
Religion can survive only on the most unquestionable assumptions. The statements made on Sundays on the BBC as if they…
“The curriculum had already drawn tensions among the county’s religious parents, with some worrying about appropriateness and arguing the material…
As someone who produced dozens of nativity plays as a teacher and a Sunday School leader, that title ‘A Gay…
The defence of a Christian view never seems to be settled by debate: exchange of facts, reference to historical events.…
But …… Rwanda is a safe place: Parliament says so.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/8/contentsSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 S 2 Safety…
Religion can survive only on the most unquestionable assumptions. The statements made on Sundays on the BBC as if they…
“The curriculum had already drawn tensions among the county’s religious parents, with some worrying about appropriateness and arguing the material…
As someone who produced dozens of nativity plays as a teacher and a Sunday School leader, that title ‘A Gay…
The defence of a Christian view never seems to be settled by debate: exchange of facts, reference to historical events.…
But …… Rwanda is a safe place: Parliament says so.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/8/contentsSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 S 2 Safety…
Religion can survive only on the most unquestionable assumptions. The statements made on Sundays on the BBC as if they…
“The curriculum had already drawn tensions among the county’s religious parents, with some worrying about appropriateness and arguing the material…
As someone who produced dozens of nativity plays as a teacher and a Sunday School leader, that title ‘A Gay…
The defence of a Christian view never seems to be settled by debate: exchange of facts, reference to historical events.…
But …… Rwanda is a safe place: Parliament says so.https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/8/contentsSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 S 2 Safety…
Religion can survive only on the most unquestionable assumptions. The statements made on Sundays on the BBC as if they…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 
“The curriculum had already drawn tensions among the county’s religious parents, with some worrying about appropriateness and arguing the material…