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September 2017

September 04, 2017

Grace-free ceremony: Belfast's new mayor upsets faith-heads

Belfast has a new Lord Mayor. And Nuala McAllister, an atheist, has started her new...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

A very bad man

We in the US have been feeling a little overwhelmed lately, what with a racist...

August 23, 2017

South Korean Protestants not happy with church tax plan

When it was announced in June 2017 that South Korea planned to start taxing churches...

August 17, 2017

Oz senator's burqa stunt branded 'racist' and 'stupid'

Right wing One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who fears that Australia is becoming too Islamic, entered...

August 01, 2017

Christians condemn 'nasty, vulgar' tycoon. No, not Trump.

Another day, another tawdry cat fight in Trump's administration – Anthony Scaramucci, above, recently hired...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Lunatic Labour councillor suspended for homophobia

A Labour councillor in London – Chika Amadi, a charity worker and evangelical pastor –...

July 27, 2017

Religious right overjoyed by Trump's transgender ban

Religious Right leaders have been falling over one another over the past 24 hours in...

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...

July 19, 2017

'Jihad' in, evolution out in Turkey's new education plans

Turkey's Education Minister Ismet Yilmaz, above, yesterday unveiled the the final version his country new...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Christian Institute 'shocked' over award given to gay singer

Earlier this month Vicky Beeching, pictured above with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, was...

June 26, 2017

Israel accused of 'cowardice' over mixed gender prayer area

Anat Hoffman, chair of the Women of the Wall group, has lashed out at the...

June 21, 2017

Pious politicians told to 'get off you knees and get to work'

America's Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding a written assurance from Minnesota state representative Abigail...

June 19, 2017

Terror attack was UK's 'worst example of Islamophobia'

Following a terrorist attack in London that targeted Muslims near a mosque in the early...

June 18, 2017

Saudi exile Manal al-Sharif lashes out at Ivanka Trump

Al-Sharif, best known for challenging laws and traditions that keep women pinned down in Saudi Arabia,...

June 15, 2017

Tim Farron was the victim of prejudice against Christians

The Catholic Cardinal of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, above, left, has added his voice to those...

June 14, 2017

Sick Missouri lawmaker kills chicken in abortion protest

Republican State Representative Mike Moon decapitated a chicken then ripped out it heart in a...

June 13, 2017

N Ireland bigots angry that the media portrays them as bigots

The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has launched a petition calling on Prime...

June 11, 2017

Trump kicks church/state separation into the long grass

To the delight of the evangelical clowns who adore him, President Trump said this week...

June 09, 2017

Theresa May turns to N Irish bigots to keep her in power

A clot of homophobes, climate change deniers and creationists – collectively known as the Democratic...

June 09, 2017

Prominent Boston pastor arrested in prostitution sting

Back in 2013, 'Bishop' Archie Livingston Foxworth, 68, gave a blessing to Massachusetts' Republican Governor...

June 07, 2017

Islamists want their terrorism to become the new normal

Since 1 June – that's one week – there have been 25 terrorist attacks, including...

June 04, 2017

Latest London terror attack a 'perversion of Islam' says PM

Following last night's terror attack in London that claimed the lives of seven and injured...

May 2017

May 28, 2017

Disabled Saudi man sentenced to death for attending a protest

Apparently emboldened by President Trump's failure to raise concerns about human rights abuses on his...

May 25, 2017

US bigot Brian Camenker vows to fight gay marriage in Taiwan

Yesterday Taiwan's highest court 'imposed homosexuality-based marriage' on the island nation, much to the annoyance...

May 24, 2017

Hopes that New Zealand would bin its blasphemy laws dashed

Last week we reported that New Zealand was on the brink of scrapping its blasphemy...

May 22, 2017

Orthodox Church flexes its muscles in Russian Parliament

It's become increasingly obvious over the past few years that the Orthodox Church has been...

May 18, 2017

FGM practitioners in Michigan face harsh new penalties

Following the arrest last month of Muslim Dr Jumana Nagarwala, accused of mutilating girls for...

May 17, 2017

Australian Christians told to butt out of matters of state

Australia can't bring itself to legalise same-sex marriage because of interference from Christian prodnoses. That's...

May 16, 2017

Trump's pick for Vatican ambassador is a Catholic loon

The White House is planning announce that a religious zealot – Callista Gingrich, wife of...

May 11, 2017

Stephen Fry case sounds death knell for blasphemy law in NZ

The foolish police investigation of Stephen Fry for allegedly blaspheming on TV in Ireland has...