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December 2016

December 30, 2016

Singing for Trump would be like to 'throwing roses to Hitler'

Janet Chamberlin, above, a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, is reportedly getting hate messages...

December 29, 2016

Dodgy pastor to pray at shady President's inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump and Paula White have at least one thing in common: they are...

December 26, 2016

Playing the part

I heard someone on National Public Radio yesterday remark that we’re all obsessing over politics...

December 26, 2016

NSS says religion's role in the UK needs 'significant reform'

As churchgoing and belief in God continues to decline, the public role of religion in...

December 15, 2016

Christians crow over death of atheist activist Rob Sherman

In Illinois at the weekend, a light plane crashed. It took several days for the...

December 14, 2016

Oklahoma's war on abortion reaches new levels of insanity

Earlier this year, the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to bar doctors from performing...

December 10, 2016

This man has a plan to force the Mormon Church to pay tax

Fred Karger, above, a prominent gay-rights activist and former US presidential candidate, has unveiled plans...

December 04, 2016

Dutch ruling says Koran-based homophobia is acceptable

Fury has erupted in Holland after a government-backed anti-discrimination watchdog – MiND – ruled that...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

'What Hitler did to the Jews, Trump will do to Muslims'

Police in San Jose, California are investigating a letter threatening a local mosque and telling...

November 26, 2016

Atheists in Kenya denied access to a children's home

Atheists in Kenya (AIK), led by Harrison Mumia, above, has suffered another setback. After receiving official...

November 25, 2016

The war on thinking

It’s hard to decide what I hate most about Donald Trump, pictured above with UKIP's...

November 20, 2016

Poland becomes a monarchy, with Jesus Christ as King

Ten years ago Polish politicians shelved a silly suggestion that Jesus should be crowned king...

November 18, 2016

Indian 'god woman' arrested after fatal wedding shooting

Flamboyant Indian 'god woman' and nationalist politician Sadhvi Deva Thakur has surrendered after a shooting...

November 17, 2016

Creationist Ben Carson won't be in Trump's administration

A large swathe of Americans can breathe easier today in the knowledge that Christian fundamentalist...

November 16, 2016

Christians furious at Trump over gay marriage betrayal

President-elect Donald Trump said in a CBS '60 Minutes' interview on Sunday that the Supreme...

November 14, 2016

Israel's Prime Minister wants noisy mosques to pipe down

Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said he backed a bill limiting the volume of calls to prayer...

November 09, 2016

Will 'Horror-Clown' Trump keep his promises to Christians?

'Although many pro-life and pro-family advocates are breathing sighs of relief at having dodged a...

November 06, 2016

Indonesian Islamists riot over Governor's alleged blasphemy

Indonesian police used tear gas and water cannon at the weekend to quell a violent...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

History's actors

Let’s take a moment to think about free thought, and what sense of 'free' is...

October 30, 2016

Catholic Church pumps cash into anti-cannabis campaign

A ballot in Massachusetts looks set to have cannabis legalised in the state soon ......

October 29, 2016

London Imam Shakeel Begg loses case against the BBC

A London judge ruled yesterday that the BBC had been correct in asserting that Shakeel...

October 28, 2016

God tells Philippine President Duterte to stop swearing

The Almighty apparently frowns on vulgar language, and although he is yet to admonish Donald...

October 25, 2016

Abortion: Polish Government sparks a fresh wave of fury

A Polish politician's insistence that foetuses that stand no chance of survival should be allowed...

October 18, 2016

Kenyan atheists want God removed from national anthem

Earlier this year the Kenyan authorities, under pressure from religious groups, deregistered the Atheists in...

October 16, 2016

Christian sheriff calls for an uprising if Trump loses election

Responding to suggestions that the polls in the upcoming US presidential election might be rigged,...

October 12, 2016

'Sinful' Trump is preferable to Clinton because he is a man

A former US high school football coach-turned-evangelist Dave Daubenmire yesterday posted a video saying that...

October 09, 2016

There's an awful lot of oil in Oklahoma, so let's thank God

Oklahoma's Republican Governor Mary Fallin, above, has officially designated October 13th as a day of...

September 2016

September 23, 2016

Christians lay hands on Trump to ward off a 'satanic attack'

At one of his creepiest appearances to date, Donald Trump allowed himself to be pawed...

September 19, 2016

'Don't doubt Trump's faith' says VP nominee Mike Pence

Religious voters in the US should have no reservations about Donald Trump's commitment to Christianity,...

September 16, 2016

Trump supporters are 'afraid for their lives' says televangelist

Just the other day, the Almighty took some time off from running the universe to...