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May 2018

May 04, 2018

In California Christians fear that Bibles could be banned

In passing legislation to combat quack 'gay cure' therapies, California may have made it illegal...

April 2018

April 07, 2018

Oh no, we've been robbed of Trunews by YouTube Nazis!

I was a bit miffed to learn yesterday that YouTube had kicked the Trunews channel,...

April 06, 2018

God's not Dead series: latest stinker fails spectacularly

The third in the God's Not Dead series bombed at the Easter weekend, bringing in...

March 2018

March 07, 2018

Homosexuality 'mandatory' for UK gays, Christian complains

The fundamentalist Christian head of a quack 'gay cure' outfit – Dr Mike Davidson, above...

February 2018

February 12, 2018

Christian Legal Centre steps in after British Scouts ditch bigot

Bristol Christian Brian Walker, above, is being helped by the Christian Legal Centre to challenge...

February 10, 2018

Christian teacher loses her religious discrimination case

The Christian Legal Centre has suffered yet another loss, this time in regard to the...

January 2018

January 21, 2018

Clerical abuse: sour start to Pope's Chile visit ends in fury

After commiserating with abuse survivors in Chile, Pope Francis – to the astonishment and fury...

December 2017

December 15, 2017

Canada: Liberals are becoming an 'anti-Christian hate group'

That's the view Jack Fonseca, above, senior political strategist for Campaign Life Coalition. According to...

October 2017

October 28, 2017

Not fit to be a social worker: Felix Ngole loses court appeal

The High Court has sided with the University of Sheffield who threw Felix Ngole out...

October 23, 2017

Richard Page: Christian Legal Centre suffers another loss

Richard Page, 71, who tried to sue the NHS after he was sacked as a...

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...

July 2017

July 20, 2017

'Marginalised' Christians: new study paints a bleak picture

A survey published this week by Premier Christian Communications indicates that Christians in the UK...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

Swedish midwife loses her religious 'persecution' case

Ellinor Grimmark, above, has been refused permission to sue a local authority for denying her...

April 10, 2017

Faith-heads allegedly face increased mockery in the UK

As many as a million workers in the UK may have faced harassment, discrimination or...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

Homophobic Wyoming judge censured but not sacked

In August last year Wyoming's Judicial Ethics Commission recommended that Ruth Neely, above, be relieved...

February 2017

February 13, 2017

Florida bakery did right by refusing to bake a hateful cake

A judge has thrown out a case brought against a bakery by Robert Mannarino, above....

January 2017

January 13, 2017

Druid mounts challenge over Stonehenge's 'pay to pray' rule

King Arthur Pendragon, above, has been told that he can take English Heritage (EH) to...

December 2016

December 11, 2016

UK nurse sacked for foisting Jesus on vulnerable patients

Like so many of her ilk, Sarah Kuteh, above, chose to put on a little...

November 2016

November 27, 2016

Christian biker challenges gay marriage rule … and loses

Kevin Kisilowsky, above, a barmy Christian biker who became marriage commissioner in Manitoba, but quit after...

November 22, 2016

Another day, another report of a Christian being 'persecuted'

Andrea Williams, inset, head of the Christian Legal Centre, is mouthing off once again over...

November 18, 2016

Rabbi accuses education body of targeting Jewish schools

At an acrimonious meeting in the London borough of Hackney this week, Rabbi Avraham Pinter,...

November 15, 2016

Traditional marriage supporters are branded 'useless trash'

An anti-gay hate group, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is spitting tacks after an assistant...

November 07, 2016

French court: 'You can't call homosexuality an abomination'

A hate-speech conviction imposed on French politician and former housing minister Christine Boutin, above, has...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

ACLU seeks to recover costs incurred in Kim Davis lawsuit

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky is seeking to recover more than $200, 000...

September 14, 2016

Civil servant risks job over LGBT diversity training video

Meet David Hall, 42, the newest member of the International Federation of Crybaby Christians. Hall,...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

Wizard in frock slams America over gays and transsexuals

Cardinal Robert Sarah, who has the exalted title of Prefect for the Congregation of Divine...

May 15, 2016

Tyson Fury: 'It's hard to follow religion in today's world'

When asked in a newly-released video why he has never been backed by 75 percent...

April 2016

April 24, 2016

Pat Boone – remember him? – wants blasphemy punished

Pat Boone has refused to back down from his harsh critique of the recent 'Saturday...

April 17, 2016

School accused of persecuting 'Jesus Lunch' providers

Every Tuesday, in a park near Middleton High School in Wisconsin, a bunch of faith-heads...

April 10, 2016

Indiana state trooper sacked for handing out doses of Jesus

Back in 2014 we reported on the antics of Indiana State Police trooper Brian Hamilton,...