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September 2019

September 24, 2019

Good news: Christianity in NZ is fast heading towards extinction

LAST year Christians in New Zealand got the hump when Jesus was turfed out of...

September 21, 2019

Anger expressed over ‘In God We Trust’ decals on US city’s cop cars

DESPITE strong opposition from residents in Ridgecrest, California, the council voted 3-2 this week to...

September 19, 2019

Indonesia: religious leaders spark war on sex outside marriage

It seems that it's not only in Trump's America that religious zealots have gained the...

August 2019

August 28, 2019

Brexit is a ‘sticky toffee mess’. Can the C of E put matters right?

SIR GERALD Howarth, above, former Conservative Defence Minister, a Christian and an ardent Brexiteer thinks...

August 27, 2019

God showed pastor a vision of ‘innocent’ Trump as a ‘a bloody goat’

APPEARING on televangelist Jim Bakker's show earlier this month pastor and author Dr Francis Myles,...

August 14, 2019

UKIP’s new leader – the sixth in three years – targets the Koran

THE United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which finished last in this month's Brecon and Radnorshire...

August 12, 2019

Republicans think churches are more important than colleges

A NEW Pew survey shows that while 67 percent of Democrats and Democrat-leaning respondents believe...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

Op-ed: What fresh hell

The hardworking president of the US was watching television at the weekend, specifically the notoriously...

July 25, 2019

Polish Pride event viciously attacked by far-right thugs

BOTTLES, rocks and flash bombs were thrown during Bialystok's first equality march last Saturday. The...

July 24, 2019

‘Oh crumbs, it’s all true’: ex-Lib Dem leader speaks about his faith

TIM Farron, a devout Christian who resigned as leader of the UK's Liberal Democrat Party...

July 20, 2019

Petition calls for US House of Representatives chaplain to be cast out

AFTER detecting 'an evil presence' in the US House of Representatives this week, Rev Patrick...

July 18, 2019

Muslims and the media targeted at Trump’s ‘fascist’ rally

A PREDOMINANTLY white crowd of thousands, many in red 'Make America Great Again' hats, yesterday...

July 17, 2019

Former Republican Party Chairman rips into Trump and evangelicals

IN a book released this week – American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the...

July 16, 2019

Franklin Graham leads paranoid charge against US Equality Act

IN a dire warning to readers of the July/August issue of Decision – the Billy...

July 14, 2019

‘Fake Christian’ Pence ‘uncomfortable’ at Texas concentration camp

A Texas detention centre for illegal immigrants – a concentration camp in all but name...

July 12, 2019

Israel’s Education Minister compares intermarriage to the Holocaust

JEWISH groups have expressed outrage over a remark made recently by newly-appointed Education Minister Rafi...

July 10, 2019

Abortion, gay marriage may be imposed on N Ireland. Fury ensues.

IF THE devolved Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont is not restored by October 21, the...

July 05, 2019

‘Sinning priests’ remark lands Irish PM in hot water

IRISH Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar, above, has apologised for making an 'unfair' remark about...

July 02, 2019

Trump pastor claims the God of the Democrats is ‘non-existent’

OH my ears and whiskers! The Democrats, seeing how well superstition has played out for...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Op-ed: Learning some actual history

There was much outrage in the US last week when first-term Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...

June 24, 2019

‘Religious freedom’ bill proves too hot a potato for Puerto Rico

A PUBLIC outcry that included the voice of popular gay singer and actor Ricky Martin,...

June 20, 2019

‘Demontia’ in Florida as Trump’s re-election campaign kicks off

DONALD Trump's 'spiritual advisor', thrice-married Paula White, has warned of a demonic onslaught against the President...

June 17, 2019

Christian zealotry is on the rise in the US – along with paranoia

KATHERINE Stewart, above, is an American author and social commentator who focuses much of her...

June 16, 2019

Angry anti-vaxxers reportedly ‘lose their minds’ in NY’s state Capitol

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, above, was screamed at, threatened and even called a 'motherfucker' for sponsoring...

June 15, 2019

Ecuador legalises gay marriage and Catholics are furious

ECUADOR'S Bishops' Conference has slammed a court decision this week to legalise same-sex marriage, saying...

June 04, 2019

Prominent Christian joins thousands protesting Trump’s UK visit

AMONG the thousands thronging the rainy streets of London today to voice their displeasure over...

June 02, 2019

Science will find a cure for gayness, says barmy old Brexit bat

STAUNCH Catholic Ann Widdecombe, above, newly-minted Brexit Party European Union member, thinks that science might...

June 01, 2019

Italian city of Modena ‘exorcised’ by Catholics during Pride parade

TODAY, June 1, saw the northern Italian city of a Modena celebrate its Pride 2019...

June 01, 2019

Edinburgh plans to oust religious reps from its education committee

AN Edinburgh Council member has angered the Catholic Church by insisting that religious representatives should...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

Don’t talk about reforming Islam. It will only attract death threats.

THAT'S the lesson learned by Algerian Islamic scholar Saïd Djabelkhir, above, who advocates for a...