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November 2018

November 07, 2018

Kentucky homophobe Kim Davis ousted in US mid-term elections

It was truly amazing night for women candidates running for political office in the US...

November 06, 2018

No peace in Middle East until Jews and Muslims become Christians

Mark Harris, above, the Republican candidate in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, can expect few...

November 05, 2018

Iowa Christian’s book-burning stunt spectacularly backfires

When Christian extremist Paul Dorr, above, burned four gay-themed books belonging to Iowa's Orange City...

November 02, 2018

FBI launches probe into Republican’s Christian ‘war manifesto’

Matt Shea, above, a Washington state Republican who distributed a manifesto calling for 'war' against those...

November 01, 2018

Cows oppose homosexuality in Tanzania – and so does God

Last June Tanzania’s President, John Magufuli slammed human rights groups campaigning against homophobia in his...

October 2018

October 28, 2018

Obnoxious Christian site under threat: LifeSite needs money & prayers

LifeSite is the go-to site if your want to get reports of the zany things...

October 27, 2018

Christian bigot torched LGBT library books to protest Iowa Pride event

Iowa's Paul Dorr is a thoroughly nasty piece of work – a right-wing Christian extremist...

October 24, 2018

Victims of evil nuns in Ireland are to be exhumed and reburied

When I posted a piece this week about the religious press urging anti-abortionists to go...

October 24, 2018

Here we go again … gays blamed for another devastating storm

Using lines straight from Christian evangelists' song sheets, a deranged – and an allegedly corrupt ...

October 23, 2018

Homophobes vandalise a Catholic church & force gay staffer to resign

Engulfed by waves of hatred generated by 'conservative' Catholics, Aaron Bianco – a gay pastoral...

October 19, 2018

Lights, camera, inaction! Christian bigots won’t film gay weddings

Filmmakers Carl and Angel Larsen would love to use their talents to shoot weddings, but...

October 16, 2018

UK hate preacher Anjem Choudary is about to be freed from prison

British hate preacher, Anjem Choudary, one of a group of Muslim fanatics determined to transform...

October 14, 2018

Scottish anti-hate campaign slammed for ‘fanning religious hatred’

Posters – and a video – created by the Scottish government to combat hate crime...

October 12, 2018

Amazon should immediately halt funding for ‘gay cure’ church

In July this year Liverpool Echo journalist Josh Parry exposed 'gay cure' programmes carried out...

October 10, 2018

Legal costs for a cake that was never baked reaches almost £500,000

The UK's Supreme Court has just ruled in favour of a pair of Northern Ireland...

October 08, 2018

Romania’s $40 million anti-gay referendum was a complete flop

Just over 20 percent of Romanians bothered to turn out for a referendum held over...

October 06, 2018

Tasmanian judge rules against Christian’s ‘vicious’ anti-gay flyers

Tasmanian gay rights activist, Rodney Croome, above, has welcomed a court ruling against a Christian...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Christian v Christian in a spat over a Ramadan message

The Rev Alexa Gilmour of the Windermere United Church in Toronto annoyed the Christian owner...

September 25, 2018

Romanian paper’s ‘gaystapo’ front page causes outrage

Next month Romania is to hold a 'family values' referendum – and right-wing religious groups...

September 24, 2018

Banner-burning priest booted from his Chicago church

Following our report that a rainbow banner had been burned by Catholic parishioners acting on...

September 24, 2018

UK’s Chief Rabbi accused of blasphemy over LGBT+ guide

Jerusalem-based Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, above, has reportedly gone ballistic over an LGBT+ guide issued earlier...

September 21, 2018

UK gives Franklin Graham a rainbow-coloured ‘welcome’

American evangelist Franklin Graham is in Blackpool this weekend to win souls for Jesus –...

September 10, 2018

Scout leader who criticised 'Muslim costumes' wins payout

Brian Walker, 62, a Bristol scout leader who was expelled from the movement after insisting...

September 08, 2018

Christian, forced to remove billboard, shrieks 'persecution'

An elderly Christian nutter from Petrolia in Ontario is deeply upset over the fact that...

September 06, 2018

Rabbi tells Jewish schools to disregard biblical homophobia

The toxic book of Leviticus, the Old Testament's principal source of homophobia, appears to have...

September 06, 2018

Major fail for bigot who tried to wreck photographer's business

When a prospective client – a devout Christian – discovered that Houston-based photographer Alicia Verdier,...

September 04, 2018

Gay 'kidnapped-for-Allah' student wins a $10,000 award

A Youth Courage prize has been handed to Mahad Olad, a Somali-born student who managed to...

September 01, 2018

Australia: comedy duo skewers Prime Minister’s Christianity

Ever since Scott Morrison, inset, seized power last month, the godless masses in Australia –...

August 2018

August 28, 2018

Pope slammed for advocating psychiatry for young gays

On his way back from his bruising visit to Ireland, a beleaguered Pope Francis was...

August 27, 2018

Thousands rally against Pope's visit to a very different Ireland

When Pope John II came to Ireland in 1979 he was given rock star treatment...