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Vile US church threatens to picket Heath Ledger’s funeral

Friday, January 25, 2008

THE despicable fundamentalist morons who make up the congregation of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, have signalled their intention of picketing the funeral of Australian actor Heath Ledger, 28, who was found dead earlier this week in New York.
The Rev Fred Phelps’ vile outfit, which operates the God Hates Fags website, decided to target [...]

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Taking offence on behalf of Muslims

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

HAS the Religion of Perpetual Outrage cowed us to such an extent that government agencies now feel the need to take offence on behalf Muslims?
It would seem so, judging from the latest example of surrogate outrage widely reported in the media today.
Becta, the government’s educational technology agency, via its Bett Award judging panel, has turned [...]

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“Smack Dem Christians Down”

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

JUST in case you missed this catchy little number when it was posted on richarddawkins.net, here’s Jay Spears sticking up for the separation of church and state, as enshrined in the U.S. constitution:
You’ll be humming that all day now, won’t you?

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The Ju-Ju of the Stock Exchange

Monday, January 21, 2008

DID you know that the London Stock Exchange has its very own Ju-Ju man. Yep, this testerone-fuelled temple to rampant capitalism has a chaplain, the Rev Dr Peter Mullen – a man with a particular talent for elevating witlessness to hitherto unscaled heights. Or down to unplumbed depths, if you prefer.
This is what Mullen said [...]

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Let’s have religious laws, says Imam

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Already, sharia law operates in Britain, but, thank goodness, it’s not enshrined in British law – yet.
If some Muslims living here get their way, it soon will be. The latest to call for religiously inspired laws to become part of British law – i.e. part of the law that has, for the most part, come about [...]

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Might the Lords Spiritual be spirited away?

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Could the end be in sight for bishops in Britain’s second legislative chamber, the House of Lords? Certainly, their as-of-right presence there will come under new scrutiny within the next few weeks, when the government’s latest proposals on reforming the Lords are published.
“The Department of the Constitution has announced that the electorate could find itself [...]

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