The Independent runs a scaremongering headline on a non-story. Brilliant.… 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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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Barmaid Says She Doesn’t Hate God 
Mar 6th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jesus and Mo hate leprechauns though.… Read the rest
Sunny Hundal on Violence Against Women
Mar 6th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There are deep-rooted cultural traditions that value men more than women, and this has consequences.… Read the rest
Catholic Church Resists Human Rights Globally
Mar 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The Catholic church has acted to suppress legal, organizational, and personal support for equality.’… Read the rest
Too Much Religion in the Obama Administration?
Mar 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Obama’s public rallies are opening with invocations commissioned and vetted by the White House.… Read the rest
AU Urges Obama to Fix ‘Faith-based’ Program
Mar 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Obama kept 5 Bush-era executive orders allowing publicly funded religious groups to discriminate in hiring.… Read the rest
BHA Chides Theos Evolution Poll
Mar 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The wording of the questions is flawed and manipulative.… Read the rest
Chaplains Touting for Business in Hospitals
Mar 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
As part of the new policy, staff will undergo ‘appropriate spiritual training’ from chaplains. … Read the rest
Blair Complains of ‘Aggressively Secularist Age’
Mar 5th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says ‘people should be proud of their Christianity’ but also that he ‘happens’ to believe in gay rights.… Read the rest
Vatican: No Conflict Between Science and Religion
Mar 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Plenty of room for ‘belief’ in evolution and ‘faith in God the creator.’ Just compartmentalize.… Read the rest
Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
Mar 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sheyann Webb still has nightmares about the horsemen who thundered across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.… Read the rest
Archbishop Urges Catholics to Meddle in EU
Mar 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘A pluralist EU now more open to a structured dialogue with people of religious faith.’… Read the rest
Religious Freedom and Discrimination
Mar 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Christian philosophers distinguish between orientation and act, but this would not hold up in court.… Read the rest
Leiter on the APA and Discrimination
Mar 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Many universities require applicants to sign statements of ‘faith’ which discriminate on the basis of sexual preference. … Read the rest
Salil Tripathi on the Horror at Gaddafi Stadium
Mar 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We must learn to separate the sinister fringe from the Pakistani people who don’t believe in juvenile jihadis.… Read the rest
Patients to Get ‘Faith’ Assessment
Mar 4th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A trust’s hospital patients are to have their ‘religious and spiritual care needs’ assessed on admission.… Read the rest
Russell Blackford on Belief and Evidence
Mar 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some people are beyond arguments based on ordinary standards of evidence, and they cannot be reached.… Read the rest
Cop Wants Gun Back Because He is a Christian
Mar 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Never mind the anti-psychotic medications, this is a religious freedom case.… Read the rest
Obama Will End ‘Conscience’ Rule
Mar 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Medical workers will have to do their jobs.… Read the rest
Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
Mar 3rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mariam was 11 when her parents sold her to a blind 41-year-old cleric. She is one of the lucky ones.… Read the rest
