The child had anaemia, received blood transfusion over parents’ protest, so they ditched him.… Read the rest
Greg Laden on Boobquake 
May 4th, 2010 |
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If there is a well publicized skeptical reaction each time major stupidness is uttered, we won’t need to quake sexual organs in future.… Read the rest
The FO simply adores the pope
May 4th, 2010 10:29 am | By Ophelia BensonRuth Gledhill in The Times tells us that
The civil servant in charge of the Pope’s visit to Britain has been suspended and is to be investigated for misconduct after a memo lampooning the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church was leaked to the press.
All the staff involved in producing the memo are to be sent on “urgent diversity training”
Urgent diversity training? Meaning what? They’ll be trained not to have contempt for contemptible beliefs? How will that be accomplished, exactly? Heavy drugging? Waterboarding?
… Read the restA Foreign Office spokesman said: “As we have made clear publicly, it was a foolish document that did not in any way reflect FCO views. Although it was intended only for internal use, it was
FO staff sent for “urgent diversity training”
May 4th, 2010 |
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Because that pope memo was “disrespectful of some key tenets of the Catholic faith.”… Read the rest
Hitchens v the pope
May 4th, 2010 |
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Bloggers respond to the idea of busting the pope.… Read the rest
The “pedophile’s paradise”
May 4th, 2010 |
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Alaska Natives accuse the Catholic church of using their remote villages as “dumping grounds” for child-molesting priests.… Read the rest
Oklahoma abortion law: no exceptions
May 3rd, 2010 |
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Mandatory sonogram, which could mean rape with a wand, plus mandatory lecture.… Read the rest
Three girls is three too many
May 3rd, 2010 3:35 pm | By Ophelia BensonThree sisters have suffered serious facial burns after two unidentified men on a motorbike threw acid at them in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The sisters, aged between 14 and 20 years old, were attacked as they walked from Kalat city to Pandarani village…The police named the girls as Fatima Bibi, 20, Saima Bibi, 16 and Sakina Bibi, 14…Two weeks ago, an unknown group – the Baloch Ghairatmand Group (the Honourable Baloch Group) – claimed responsibility for a similar attack on two women in a market in Dalbandin city. The group had warned women to wear the hijab, the traditional Muslim headscarf, and not to visit markets unaccompanied by men from their families.
So in other words these … Read the rest
Pakistan: acid attack on three sisters
May 3rd, 2010 |
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The sisters, aged between 14 and 20 years old, were attacked as they walked from Kalat city to Pandarani village.… Read the rest
PZ on Pigliucci and Romano and “tone”
May 3rd, 2010 |
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Tone matters, because too many have been insufficiently fierce in their criticism of pious excuses for sloppy thinking.… Read the rest
Street “preacher” arrested for saying homosexuality is sin
May 3rd, 2010 |
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Christian campaigners have expressed alarm that the Public Order Act is being used to curb religious free speech. … Read the rest
Vatican politics
May 3rd, 2010 |
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“The Holy See cannot get to the bottom of this matter. It would have to criticize itself as an authority.” … Read the rest
Tories reach out to Christian fundamentalists
May 3rd, 2010 |
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Among the Tory faithful, there is a growing feeling that Christian values are under attack.… Read the rest
UN appoints Iran to women’s rights commission
May 3rd, 2010 |
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Canada expresses doubts about Iran’s expertise in women’s rights.… Read the rest
Why bother with ethics, we have religion
May 2nd, 2010 |
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Giving our kids the option of thinking about ethics instead of picking up litter is a very slippery slope.… Read the rest
Morales explains about diet and butchness
May 2nd, 2010 |
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Europeans eat chickens full of female hormones, so the men go all queer-like.… Read the rest
Nicholas Kristof on the two Catholic churches
May 2nd, 2010 |
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The Vatican is appalling, but there are some generous and brave nuns and priests.… Read the rest
Rising Tory star believes in “demonic activity”
May 2nd, 2010 |
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Philippa Stroud founded a church that tried to “cure” homosexuals by driving out their “demons” through prayer.… Read the rest
Oh a little bit of religious prejudice is not so bad
May 2nd, 2010 |
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“Religious conviction should not be treated as simply opinion or the inconvenient relic of a superstitious age.”… Read the rest
Grayling: why no Asbo for the pope?
May 2nd, 2010 |
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Ratzinger is the head of a powerful organization that is above the law; so is the CEO of Goldman Sachs.… Read the rest
