http://freethinker.co.uk/2007/12/23/jam-yes-jerusalem-yes-%e2%80%93-prayers-no/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:09:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://freethinker.co.uk/2007/12/23/jam-yes-jerusalem-yes-%e2%80%93-prayers-no/comment-page-1/#comment-1872 Stuart H. Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:44:41 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=449#comment-1872 The W.I. here (Isle of Man) had a bit of a run-in with the local fundies when they tried to book a room in a 'conference centre' we nicknamed 'Stepford Central' because so many lunatic fringe religionists meet there. They were told they couldn't use it for Tai Chi classes because Stepford had been partly funded by church organisations and Tai Chi is 'not Christian'. Being the sensibly shod types they are, the W.I ladies predictably told them where to get off and booked other premises. The worrying thing is, Stepford was predominantly funded by the public purse as a Millennium project yet the public cannot stop freakish cults from, effectively, running the place and using the facilities to promulgate some ugly ideas, as well as preventing genuine community organisations from using a facility they paid for through their taxes. The W.I. here (Isle of Man) had a bit of a run-in with the local fundies when they tried to book a room in a ‘conference centre’ we nicknamed ‘Stepford Central’ because so many lunatic fringe religionists meet there. They were told they couldn’t use it for Tai Chi classes because Stepford had been partly funded by church organisations and Tai Chi is ‘not Christian’. Being the sensibly shod types they are, the W.I ladies predictably told them where to get off and booked other premises.
The worrying thing is, Stepford was predominantly funded by the public purse as a Millennium project yet the public cannot stop freakish cults from, effectively, running the place and using the facilities to promulgate some ugly ideas, as well as preventing genuine community organisations from using a facility they paid for through their taxes.

]]> http://freethinker.co.uk/2007/12/23/jam-yes-jerusalem-yes-%e2%80%93-prayers-no/comment-page-1/#comment-1813 Cal Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:05:22 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=449#comment-1813 Trying to sway the minds of the Mail was the only other silly thing Mrs Harris did save that aforementioned climbing down. CONSERVATIVE, damn it! Conservative! Trying to sway the minds of the Mail was the only other silly thing Mrs Harris did save that aforementioned climbing down. CONSERVATIVE, damn it! Conservative!

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