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‘Muslims breed like mosquitos’ is not hate speech

Monday, June 30, 2008

THE Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a Muslim group’s complaint against Maclean’s magazine.
The long-running case came before the Commission after the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) complained that the highly-regarded magazine published an article in October 2006 likely to expose Muslims to hatred and contempt.
The article, entitled “The Future Belongs to Islam,” by Canadian writer [...]

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Terrible news – Green’s petition is floundering

Sunday, June 29, 2008

STEPHEN “Birdshit” Green has launched an on-line petition, calling on the BBC’s Mark Thompson and Jonathan Thoday, producer of Jerry Springer: The Opera, to waive the £90,000 court costs awarded against him after his abortive attempt to prosecute the two men for blasphemy. In a cruel twist of fate, at the top of the [...]

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The Vatican is pissed off over Papal fashion reports

Saturday, June 28, 2008

REPORTS, with accompanying photos, that suggest that Herr Ratzinger is a fashion queen have got up the Vatican’s nose, big time.
No, they huffily say, those camp red pumps are not Prada, and the silly Santa hat is actually a relic that dates back to the Middle Ages.
Rather like the Pope himself.
The Vatican grew so tired [...]

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God leaves Stephen Green up shit creek

Friday, June 27, 2008

Stephen “Birdshit” Green thought he was doing God’s work when he tried unsuccessfully to prosecute the BBC for blasphemy after it screened Jerry Springer: The Opera.
But his God evidently thought otherwise, for Green now faces bankruptcy over legal fees incurred as a result of his vindictive action.
Green’s website reveals that he has been saddled with [...]

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Ditch your religion – with a few clicks of the mouse!

Friday, June 27, 2008

IT’S quick, it’s easy, it’s fun – and, above all, it it’s hugely liberating.
Thanks to the marvels of modern science, you can throw off the yoke of your religion by visiting a new site – Renounce your Religion – set up to enable to you to bin whatever set of useless or harmful superstitions you’d [...]

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Gay Pride nightmare for Anglican traditionalists

Thursday, June 26, 2008

ANGLICAN traditionalists’ worst nightmare took place today when they were confronted by thousands of people taking part in Jerusalem’s annual gay Pride Parade
Around a thousand Anglicans, including some 300 bishops - a third of the Anglican bishops in the world - arrived in Jerusalem this week to attend the Global Anglican Future Conference.
Organised by the [...]

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Gay TV mayo ad brings out a dollop of bigots

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

AMERICANS for Truth about Homosexuality has this warning on its website: “Caution: this website contains information not suitable for children.”
Not suitable for children? Jesus H Krispies. This site isn’t suitable for ANYONE – unless of course you’re crazy Christer with paranoid delusions about homosexuality engulfing the world.
We stumbled on AFTAH while looking into a report [...]

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You gotta be on drugs to find God

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

AN Alabama woman had difficulty connecting with the Almighty – until she smoked dope.
Then, a judge heard, Brenda Williams Shoop, 44, discovered that a disassociative side effect of marijuana enabled her to make contact with the Lord.
It also brought her into contact with the law – and she found herself this week in the [...]

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Children need religion – yeah, like motorbikes need ashtrays!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

EVER wonder why the House of Lords in London have bishops sitting on its benches?
To talk drivel of course – as the Anglican Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Rev Christopher Herbert, did yesterday when he urged the Government to take care of the “moral and spiritual development” of children.
Wittering on during a debate on [...]

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Blasphemy’s dead, so sod you God!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

LIGHTNING failed to strike Terry Sanderson when he said rude things about Jehovah, rubbished his bastard son Jesus, and maligned the mad paedophile “prophet” Mohammed.
Sir Ian McKellen, who “survived an evangelical upbringing” did not turn to dust when he confessed to vandalising Bibles in hotel bedrooms by tearing out the pages of Leviticus.
And comedian Robin [...]

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