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Krakow’s ‘Pink Purse’ campaign sends Polish Catholics ballistic

Sunday, August 31, 2008

A BIT late, but funny nevertheless ….
Catholics in Poland are aghast that the city wants gays, rather than drunken straight stag-nighters to visit Krakow, which has lost patience with boozy Brits.
According to the Guardian, tourist authorities in the medieval city have outraged Catholic opinion by announcing plans to target the pink purse instead, with a [...]

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Barmy Army plans to use force to impose Christianity on non-believers

Sunday, August 31, 2008

WHEN we posted a piece recently on Christian “healer” Todd “Bam” Bentley, we realised at the time that he was clearly wired to the moon. What we didn’t know is that he is a lot more deranged than we initially thought.
How’s this for evidence? Bentley tells his followers that he’s seen King David and spoken [...]

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Church up a gum tree over apology to gay teacher

Saturday, August 30, 2008

THE Dutch Reformed Church, found guilty of discriminating against a music teacher by sacking him when they discovered he was gay, is in a quandary over the apology it has been ordered to make.
Dominee Dirkie van der Spuy, head of the Moreleta Park congregation in Pretoria, was disappointed by the High Court judgment in favour [...]

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Nuns’ beauty pageant crashes before take-off

Saturday, August 30, 2008

IT sounded like a fun idea at the time, but an Italian priest’s idea of an online beauty pageant for nuns went tits up when it hit a barrier of hostility from humourless Catholics who thought it was in the worst possible taste.
Howls of protests followed the Rev Antonio Rungi’s announcement last week that he [...]

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Whoo-hoo! Dutch Reformed Church must pay damages to gay musician

Friday, August 29, 2008

A PRETORIA High Court judge has ordered the Dutch Reformed Church at Moreleta Park to unconditionally apologise to a music teacher it fired because he is in a gay relationship.
According to this report today, South African Judge Dion Basson found that the congregation had unfairly discriminated against Johan Strydom when they fired him from their [...]

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Holy shit! Councillors told not to eat during Ramadan meetings

Thursday, August 28, 2008

IN a revolting display of dhimmitude, Tower Hamlets Council in East London have told non-Muslim councillors that they must not eat or drink in committee meetings while Muslims are fasting during Ramadan.
According to the Telegraph today, all members of the council , where 36 percent of the population is Muslim, were sent an email asking [...]

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