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October 2017

October 13, 2017

NSS welcomes court ruling on school's gender apartheid

The National Secular Society has welcomed a landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal that...

October 07, 2017

Uganda's new Freethinker Library will help free kids minds

IT'S a lamentable fact that millions of children in Africa are exposed from an early...

October 07, 2017

Georgia judge rules that's it's OK to flip a bird at a pastor

Back in 2014, David Justin Freeman, above, was found guilty of disorderly conduct after he...

October 06, 2017

'Gays are illiberal and unkind. We can only pray for them.'

Commenting on a court case involving Felix Ngole, a Christian student who was excluded from...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

Colorado student sues over school's religious agenda

A Colorado school that was awash with religious propaganda is being sued by a former...

September 25, 2017

Compulsory hijabs in English schools 'sexualise' young girls

The National Secular Society has lodged a complaint with education authorities over the forced wearing...

September 22, 2017

Religion impacts negatively on the kindness of youngsters

A new study that shows that children from religious families are less kind and more...

August 2017

August 26, 2017

Pakistan: blasphemy fear gets Lennon's 'Imagine' dumped

Pakistani pupils at the Karachi Grammar School (KGS) were due to sing the John Lennon 'Imagine' last night...

August 22, 2017

Belly-dancing Egyptian prof accused of 'glorifying Satan'

Dr Mona Prince, above, of Egypt’s Suez University, has upset her employer by posting a...

August 10, 2017

Abuse: 'Everything in God's kingdom happens for a reason'

The headmaster of a Christian school in Nashville alleged told a 12-year-old boy who had...

July 2017

July 25, 2017

Scientific study rejected in Turkey over evolution content

A cardiothoracic specialist at Turkey’s Marmara University Medical School has resigned from his position at...

July 19, 2017

'Jihad' in, evolution out in Turkey's new education plans

Turkey's Education Minister Ismet Yilmaz, above, yesterday unveiled the the final version his country new...

July 10, 2017

UK Court of Appeal to rule on school's gender apartheid

Southall Black Sisters is rallying support for a demonstration to take place this week outside...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

OGOD wins South African religious education lawsuit

In April we carried a report that the Organisation for Religious Education and Democracy (OGOD),...

June 11, 2017

Trump kicks church/state separation into the long grass

To the delight of the evangelical clowns who adore him, President Trump said this week...

June 03, 2017

New bookshop addition: Humanism For Inquiring Minds

Veteran freethought activist, Barbara Smoker, celebrated her 94th birthday yesterday – and to coincide with...

May 2017

May 15, 2017

School teacher disappears after saying gays deserve to die

Californian teacher Michael Stack, above, has reportedly vanished after row erupted over a letter he...

May 14, 2017

Homeschooling will fill America with God-besotted millionaires

The last piece I posted about American evangelist Dave Daubenmire exposed his misogyny. Back in...

May 08, 2017

NSS President attacks Church of England's pastoral letter

Addressing voters in a pre-General Election pastoral letter, C of E Archbishops said faith has...

May 04, 2017

Lay preacher: 'NZ schools must stop favouring Christianity'

New Zealand's Secular Education Network has filed a case with the Human Rights Review Tribunal...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

Schools which promote Christianity hit with a lawsuit

Many children attending state-run schools in South Africa 'need religion' to help them cope with...

April 18, 2017

London school kids get to meet an 'extremist' Muslim preacher

Outrage has been expressed over visits by state school students, aged eight and nine, to Lewisham...

April 07, 2017

Arrested kiddie porn principal sacked by Oklahoma church

Jeffrey Goss, 56, above, who is accused of possessing, distributing and receiving child pornography, has...

April 06, 2017

Imam in hiding after calling for closure of Islamic schools

Australian imam Mohammed Tawhidi, above, claims he has been forced into hiding after voicing support...

April 03, 2017

Teacher in trouble for saying Adam & Eve story is a myth

Parents of children attending a Muslim school in New York are furious that an English...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Kindergarten resists Muslims' demand to sack gay teacher

Muslim parents in Germany who want a a gay teacher removed from a kindergarten have...

March 30, 2017

Christian education is needed to put the fear of God into kids

Two Christian zealots – retired military chaplain Lt Col E Ray Moore, above left, and...

March 25, 2017

Pregnant professor ordered to marry or dump her boyfriend

Back in 2015, Coty Richardson, above, was sacked by administrators at a small evangelical Christian...

March 24, 2017

'Educator' in hot water after dishing up sex waffle to kids

Sex educator Shelly Donahue, above, will never again get to address youngsters at Jenks Public...

March 09, 2017

Bus driver told boy that his lesbian moms would go to hell

Natalie Encarnacion, above, is demanding action against a Florida school bus driver who told her...