Science teacher was given Bible, postcard of Jesus; students sang ‘Jesus Loves Me’ in class.… 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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WLUML Statement in Support of Gita Sahgal
Feb 17th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSahgal has devoted her career to exposing rights violations in Britain, South Asia and internationally.… Read the rest
Why Did UK Not Ban ‘Bomb Detectors’ Sooner?
Feb 17th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe British government imposed an export ban on the devices only after the BBC investigation.… Read the rest
Algerian Survivors of Islamist Violence on Sahgal
Feb 16th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWe, Algerains, thank Gita Sahgal for keeping up with the ideal and mission of human rights.… Read the rest
Women Against Fundamentalism on Sahgal
Feb 16th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWe know from global experience that women’s rights are the first to be traded in political settlements. … Read the rest
‘Faith’ and Science Used to Be Cuddly
Feb 16th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSays an Oxford professor of science and religion in a lecture at the Templeton Foundation’s ‘Faraday Institute.’… Read the rest
Kevin Rudd Rebukes Women Who Don’t Breed
Feb 16th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAll young women say they can’t, they’re getting a PhD. No really, he said that.… Read the rest
‘The Muslim Brotherhood is Young at Heart’
Feb 16th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonComment is Free sends another love letter to darling Islamism.… Read the rest
Vicar Insists That Women Are Subordinate
Feb 16th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt is ‘an eternal principle that women are physically weaker than men’ so men are the boss.… Read the rest
Exciting Plans for Hijab Sculpture in Brick Lane
Feb 16th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonLet’s celebrate the subordination of women!… Read the rest
Vatican Continues to Blame Irish Bishops
Feb 16th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhile ignoring its own role.… Read the rest
Moazzam Begg Calls Gita Sahgal a Fundamentalist
Feb 15th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘A victim can also be a perpetrator,’ Sahgal says. ‘It’s a very simple thought.’ … Read the rest
Amnesty’s Sam Zarifi Backs Gita Sahgal
Feb 15th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAmnesty’s decision to suspend Sahgal while continuing its support for Begg has provoked criticism.… Read the rest
Jerry Coyne on Templetonian Activities
Feb 15th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonShaping explanations to fit inconvenient facts.… Read the rest
54% of Girls in Deprived Areas Getting Pregnant!
Feb 15th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOops, make that 5.4%!… Read the rest
Hitchens on Amnesty and Gita Sahgal
Feb 15th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAmnesty did not defend IRA bombers and Khmer Rouge killers and Gens. Pinochet and Videla.… Read the rest
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World
Feb 15th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNew evidence that part of the history of radical Islamism was written in Berlin in WW II.… Read the rest
Pope Scolds Irish Bishops Over Child Abuse
Feb 15th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNo mention of Ratzinger’s 2001 letter to all Catholic bishops telling them abuse was Church business.… Read the rest
The Case for Human Rights is not Utilitarian
Feb 14th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNeither is the case for not torturing people.… Read the rest
Do Humans Have an Innate ‘Moral Grammar’?
Feb 14th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIlkka Pyysiäinen and Marc Hauser discuss the evolution of religion and morality.… Read the rest