When women put themselves out there, the word “shrill” is applied to them. They are not called strong, they are called strident.… Read the rest
No you may not
Apr 19th, 2010 12:29 pm | By Ophelia BensonSo here it is again – Christian groups getting up in public and demanding the right to treat certain people badly.
… Read the restIn a case that pits nondiscrimination policies against freedom of religion, the Supreme Court is grappling with whether universities and colleges can deny official recognition to Christian student groups that refuse to let non-Christians and gays join…The Christian group said its constitutional freedoms of speech, religion and association were violated when it was denied recognition as a student group by the San Francisco-based school.
The group has made this argument at several universities around the nation with mixed results…
Hastings said it turned the Christian Legal Society down because all recognized campus groups, which are eligible for financing and
The Nerds Are on the March 
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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Far from being depressed, the audience turned into a heaving mass of furious geeks. Be afraid, charlatans.… Read the rest
Christian Group Wants the Right to Exclude Gays
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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Group requires members to sign statement of faith; statement forbids “sexually immoral lifestyle”; gays are immoral. See?… Read the rest
Miami Selectively Censors Bus Ads
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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A ‘submission to God: Islam’ ad is fine; a ‘Refuge from Islam’ ad is taken down.… Read the rest
Iran: Mullah Says Women Cause Earthquakes
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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The slutty bitches make men think about sex, and that causes earthquakes.… Read the rest
Catholic Clerics Continue Blaming Everyone Else
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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It’s eroticism on TV and internet porn; it’s lecherous 13-year-olds who seduce poor helpless priests.… Read the rest
Keep commenting
Apr 18th, 2010 5:40 pm | By Ophelia BensonI think I may have accidentally deleted some authentic comments…accidentally by accident don’t you know. Don’t be discouraged if I dropped anything of yours, don’t go away, comment again. In particular I think there was one with “Indian philosophers” in the email address – which I unchecked so that it wouldn’t be deleted, but it was anyway. I wish it hadn’t been. Anyway, I’ll stop bumbling before too long. Though not today…I’m hungry…… Read the rest
Freedom From Religion Foundation celebrates
Apr 18th, 2010 |
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All presidents since 1952 have issued proclamations designating the National Day of Prayer each year.… Read the rest
Archbishops and idiocy
Apr 18th, 2010 |
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“Good terminal care can usually achieve adequate pain control.” That’s nice, but the issue is what to do when it can’t.… Read the rest
Eric MacDonald et al. debate ‘whose death is it?’
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Also Sholom Glouberman, Jose Pereira, and Margaret Somerville.… Read the rest
Scholarly Standards in Feminist Science Studies
Apr 18th, 2010 | By Allen EstersonIn September 2009 I submitted an article to the feminist journal Women’s Studies International Forum, and in February 2010 I was informed that the journal had decided against publication. Nothing unusual in that, of course. No doubt the great majority of articles submitted to journals are rejected, for a multitude of reasons. But when I enquired why no reason had been given, the Editor-in-Chief replied that the paper had not been sent out for review as she did not feel that it had sufficient evidence in terms of references or citations to back up some of the claims that were made.
Now, whatever deficiencies there may have been in the article, insufficient citation was not one of them. In … Read the rest
Hello world
Apr 18th, 2010 9:11 am | By Ophelia BensonOkay, so here we are! New and shiny and exciting. Tell Josh what you think.… Read the rest
What the former archbishop really wants
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The Christian conscience is so precious, virtuous and superior that it must trump all others.… Read the rest
The right to be a shit is under threat!
Apr 17th, 2010 12:12 pm | By Ophelia BensonA ‘relationship counsellor’ was fired after (and for? the Telegraph is cagy) refusing to give sex advice to homosexual couples. Therefore, the former archbish of Canterbury George Carey says, laws banning discrimination have ‘taken precedence over religious freedoms.’ Well, yes, if you like to put it that way. By the same token, if you choose to believe that the bible both mandates and allows slavery, and that that translates to people of your particular race being allowed to enslave people not of your race, and you act, or attempt to act, accordingly, then yes, your ‘religious freedom’ will be curtailed to that extent. Laws against discrimination in the form of enslavement by race or other category do indeed take precedence … Read the rest
Johann Hari Explains About the Pope
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Imagine the same thing happening at the BBC, he says to the BBC presenter.… Read the rest
Oxfam Report on Rape in DR Congo
Apr 17th, 2010 |
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A shocking 17-fold increase in rapes carried out by civilians between 2004 and 2008.… Read the rest
UK: Christians Threaten ‘Civil Unrest’
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Carey and others demand the ‘right’ to discriminate against gays in the name of ‘religious freedom.’… Read the rest
Theist Says: Arrest Richard Dawkins!
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Because after all, Pol Pot was an atheist, so bust Dawkins.… Read the rest
Johann Hari on Ratzinger
Apr 17th, 2010 12:00 am | By Ophelia BensonWhatever you do don’t miss Johann Hari on the BBC saying what’s what about the pope. He does a tremendous job. He reads what the pope told the bishops in 2001; he asks what would happen if this kind of thing happened at the BBC – imagine the top boffin telling all the staff to keep everything entirely secret and moving the child rapist to a different creche in a different part of London; he says repentance is not enough, this is a criminal matter.
It’s not enough to say sorry, if you’re sorry, hand yourself over to the police and allow them to investigate it.
When Marc Roche of Le Monde is waffling on about waiting for a better … Read the rest
