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September 2018

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 29, 2018

'Fascism in the flesh': Trump's state dinner for evangelicals

Reacting to a warning sounded by President Trump that that there will be 'violence' if...

August 23, 2018

Prophet: Trump will be toppled by the forces of witchcraft

Witchcraft is taking over America, and President Donald Trump is unlikely to survive the onslaught....

August 15, 2018

Argentina: Catholics urged to quit church after abortion vote

Last week, despite massive demonstrations in support abortion in Argentina, the country's Senate voted against...

August 07, 2018

Burqas: Boris Johnson reported to police for 'hate crime'

ITV journalist Daniel Hewitt reported in a tweet today that former Tory Foreign Secretary Boris...

August 06, 2018

Christian bigot will continue to serve as a town councillor

Last month the Bible-thumping Mayor of Ferryhill in County Durham – Richard Smith – was...

August 01, 2018

Christian politician resigns after baring his backside on TV

Georgia state representative and devout pro-life Christian Jason Spencer is out of a job after...

August 01, 2018

Hate group given a prominent role in Trump's administration

A listed American anti-LGBT hate group – Alliance Defending Freedom – has been linked to...

July 2018

July 17, 2018

In Alabama, a vote for Sandra Little Brown is a vote for Jesus

If Jefferson County Commissioner Sandra Little Brown is re-elected today, her victory will have been...

July 16, 2018

'Strip Mother Teresa of Indian honour,' says BJP politician

Subramanian Swamy, above, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party MP who has attacked Mother Teresa for...

July 13, 2018

Indiana: cannabis church loses a 'religious freedom' lawsuit

Bill Levin, above, is the 'Grand Poobah' of First Church of Cannabis in Indiana –...

July 09, 2018

Woman who labelled Egypt a 'son of a bitch' country is jailed

Mona el-Mazboh, 24, a Lebanese tourist who used Facebook to attack sexual harassment she experienced...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

This man is judged too crazy to warrant Republican support

It takes some doing to be rejected by a political party packed to the rafters...

June 28, 2018

Retirement of liberal American judge sparks gloomy forecasts

The news this week that Justice Anthony Kennedy, above, is retiring from the US Supreme...

June 25, 2018

Closer to the edge

We in the US lurched some big steps closer to full-on authoritarianism and even fascism...

June 22, 2018

I stand accused of 'spouting hatred' against evangelicals

Back in May, I penned a column for the weekly Spanish newspaper, Round Town News...

June 20, 2018

Oklahoma Christians weigh in over cannabis legalisation vote

Canada has just voted to legalise the use of cannabis. In the UK, Theresa May's...

June 19, 2018

Dallas: 'Hateful' and 'divisive' billboards are removed

Pastor Robert Jeffress, one of Trump's many crackpot advisers, is not a happy chappie because...

June 16, 2018

'Hollywood's hatred of Trump is unreal' says Franklin Graham

US evangelist Franklin Graham hit out at Robert De Niro this week after the Hollywood...

June 15, 2018

Scottish MSP: 'Catholics are being treated with contempt'

James Kelly, above, a Labour member of the Scottish parliament, has accused the government of ‘treating...

June 09, 2018

Op-ed: stop teaching Christian crap to kids in Florida schools

Ever since he took office, Donald Trump has been feverishly working alongside evangelical Christians to...

June 08, 2018

Austrian action against radical Islam branded 'Islamophobic'

Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin, above, has angrily reacted to reports that Austria’s right-wing government...

June 07, 2018

Court ruling could soon reform Northern Ireland's abortion ban

Two lawyers involved in a High Court challenge to Northern Ireland's abortion law predict that...

June 03, 2018

California bans state-funded travel to 'bigoted' Oklahoma

In a move that angered California, Oklahoma's deranged Christian Governor Mary Fallin – AKA 'Scary...

June 02, 2018

Spain's new atheist PM wants religion kept out of schools

Pedro Sánchez, an atheist to the core, today became the first Spanish Prime Minister to...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Lawyer says officials in Ghana should cure or jail homosexuals

Meet Moses Foh-Amoaning – a lecturer at the Ghana School of Law and spokesperson for the...

May 27, 2018

A landslide!

Amnesty UK on the facts about abortion in Ireland before the vote to repeal the...

May 26, 2018

Ireland snubs Catholic bishops and votes for abortion reform

In a March statement, Ireland's Catholic bishops asked people of faith to 'pray earnestly' that...

May 24, 2018

Tory tit Jacob Rees-Mogg falls victim to 'bigotry' in the BBC

I've always regarded Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg as a bit of a tit – and...

May 20, 2018

Moldovan police tear gas crazy Christians at equality march

An attempt by religious fanatics to disrupt a rally in support of Moldova's LGBT community...