Giving our kids the option of thinking about ethics instead of picking up litter is a very slippery slope.… Read the rest
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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Morales explains about diet and butchness 
May 2nd, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“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 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ratzinger is the head of a powerful organization that is above the law; so is the CEO of Goldman Sachs.… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo on Boobquake
May 1st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What would Deepak Chopra do?… Read the rest
Leo Igwe on Religion in Lusaka Times
May 1st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Interesting comments.… Read the rest
No religious hatred here!
May 1st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“Islam will dominate the world – Osama is on his way” – how could that have anything to do with religious hatred?… Read the rest
The limits of free speech on campus
May 1st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Holocause denial should not be a crime, but it should be dismissable incompetence.… Read the rest
Some like God, others prefer the Hubble
May 1st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
With so many pressing problems on Earth, how can we afford not to try to focus on the things that unite us? … Read the rest
Religious beliefs should not trump the law
May 1st, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If we had a large population of Aztec sun-worshippers here, would we accept their right to the occasional human sacrifice?… Read the rest
Jesus and Mo are shocked, shocked at the FO
Apr 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why, they haven’t even fired the employee responsible! They just moved him to a different…wait…… Read the rest
Sacked Christian counsellor’s appeal bid dismissed
Apr 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lord Justice Laws said legislation for the protection of views held purely on religious grounds cannot be justified.… Read the rest
Ex-archbish pitches fit at ‘secular’ judges
Apr 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lord Justice Laws: “The law of a theocracy is dictated without option to the people, not made by their judges and governments.”… Read the rest
Mojave cross ruling a blow to First Amendment
Apr 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Supreme Court sends message: the government can treat a Christian symbol as a national emblem and display it on public property.… Read the rest
No separation of church and state for you!
Apr 30th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Majority on Supreme Court rules that a cross is not a Christian symbol.… Read the rest
Westboro Baptist will picket McMillen graduation
Apr 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“[We] will picket the graduation of Itawamba Agricultural High School to remind the parents, teachers and students of this nation that God” you know the rest.… Read the rest
Nigeria: Senator Sani says girl is not 13
Apr 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Refuses to say how old she is, says he does not care what women’s groups think.… Read the rest
Mediawatchwatch on a bad week for free expression
Apr 29th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Harry Taylor was sentenced, Molly Norris got scared, Kurt Westergaard and Lars Vilks got more of the usual.… Read the rest
