She’d be happy to ignore all religions “if their leaders didn’t keep telling me that their ethics are better than mine.”… Read the rest

They “failed to afford sincere faith the respect it is due.”… Read the rest

“Original sin means that, from the moment we are born, we are wicked, corrupt, damned. Unless we believe in their God.”… Read the rest

PM Fredrik Reinfeldt says he will not make a deal with the far-right Sweden Democrats.… Read the rest

He tells the piously listening government boffins that religion is marginalized, thus performing an oxymoron.… Read the rest

That’s Peter Tatchell behind him, and Maryam Namazie on his right, with Johann Hari next to Maryam.… Read the rest

“Isn’t it racism to say that billions of people deserve nothing better than to live under sharia law?” [cheers]… Read the rest

“I still catch myself wondering what I need to do in order to rid myself of the guilt, shame, and feeling of dirtiness that, in one form or another, is almost always my companion.”… Read the rest

He has a criminal record and has been fired from two jobs because of a jokey remark on Twitter.… Read the rest

When people are persuaded that real human suffering counts for less than the religious concepts of sin and purity, then greater human suffering is the inevitable result.… Read the rest

How dare Ratzinger suggest that atheism had anything to do with the Nazis’ wicked deeds.… Read the rest

Her father was a strict Muslim cleric who did not believe in educating women. Her mother – though illiterate – fought for Zainab to go to school.… Read the rest

We support equality, human rights, secular and liberal democracy. And we support justice, even if that justice is inconvenient for the power and reputation of churches and clergy.… Read the rest

“Sweden is still an extremely conformist, authoritarian society, where opinion formers and politicians move together like a shoal of herring.”… Read the rest

 Miłosz brilliantly dissects the state of mind of the fellow traveler, the deluded idealist, and the cynical time server.… Read the rest

Religious neutrality in religiously pluralist societies is the path to tolerance. When will the American president and the American people acknowledge this?

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Judge orders a man to “do the four stations of the famous Mayo pilgrimage” as punishment for drunken swearing at a garda.… Read the rest

Peter Tatchell notes, “When he says no woman is fit to be a priest, that’s an insult to the whole of female humanity.”… Read the rest

Beware: could “create divisions.”… Read the rest

“Science cannot explain everything,” pontiff tells stunned audience of rival clerics.… Read the rest