Atheists in Manchester are clinging on to Charles Darwin as if he were the fount of all wisdom. Each year, says an email, ‘Greater Manchester Humanists put on a Darwin Day event as a major meeting where we invite noted academics to give lectures on cutting edge advances or new insights into the world of …
Category: Secularism
Feb 01 2018
Ofsted targets ‘fundamentalists’
According to the BBC, England’s chief inspector of schools is targetting what she calls ‘fundamentalists’ and ‘religious extremists’. Amanda Spielman, head of Ofsted, says some community leaders see schools as vehicles to ‘indoctrinate impressionable minds’. They use schools to narrow children’s horizons and ‘pervert education’, she says. Some schools even promote ‘extremist ideology’. She is …
Nov 15 2017
Australia allows ‘gay-marriage’
Australia has voted overwhelmingly in favour of legalising same-sex marriage, reports the BBC. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said 61.6% of people were in favour allowing same-sex couples to counterfeit marriage. 79.5% of voters took part in the non-binding postal vote. Jubilant supporters celebrated in public spaces, waving rainbow flags and singing and dancing. Prime …
Nov 06 2017
Prince William blames Africans for wildlife decline
Prince William has been accused of racism after blaming a decline in wildlife on Africa’s growing population. Gala event The Duke of Cambridge was speaking at a gala event for a conservation charity last week in London. He is royal patron of the Tusk Trust. As its name suggests, the charity started by opposing the …
Jul 27 2017
BBC unwatchable on Gay Jubilee
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the legalisation of sodomy. Consequently, the BBC will be unwatchable and unlistenable for a week at least. Especially today, all BBC channels will be awash with ‘Gay Britania’. It is exactly fifty years since the enactment of the Sexual Offences Act 1967. BBC reflecting the Establishment One can argue …
Jul 26 2017
‘Choose your gender’ says UK Government
People will be allowed to choose their gender if the UK Government gets its way. Change gender ‘at will’ The Independent reports: ‘Under plans being considered by ministers, adults will be able to change their birth certificates at will without a doctor’s diagnosis, while non-binary gender people will be able to record their gender as …
Jul 11 2017
Charlie Gard: Why can’t his parents decide?
Stop Press (24/07/2017) Charlie’s parents have ended their fight after a US doctor said it was now too late to treat their baby. What would have happened had Great Ormond Street Hospital simply allowed them to take him to the US in March, we shall never know. (And do read Canon Giles Fraser on this …
May 26 2017
Why Andy Burnham is wrong about Islam
Just after the Manchester Arena bombing, the Mayor of Manchester, Labour’s Andy Burnham, spoke on LBC Radio. Andy Burnham: Abedi ‘not a Muslim’ Accrding to LBC, Mr Burnham said: “The message that I would want to get over – and this is how the vast majority of people feel – this man was a terrorist, …
Apr 17 2017
Theresa May’s Easter Message of Hypocrisy
Theresa May has left herself wide open to criticisms of hypocrisy after this year’s (2017) Easter message. The Prime Minister said ‘Easter is a moment to reflect’. TEXT HERE In that case let us just reflect how her actions and those of Her Majesty’s Government measure up to what she said. We can go further …
Mar 24 2017
Treaty of Rome: signed where and why?
European Leaders are gathering in Rome, the Emperor Hadrian’s ‘Eternal City’, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. The Treaty was signed on 25th March 1957. The champagne quaffing will however be somewhat tempered by the imminent arrival of That Article 50 Letter. UK Prime Minister Theresa May is set to start the Brexit process …
Feb 28 2017
Bristol Magistrates Convict Preachers
Bristol Court tramples on freedom of speech A magistrates court in Bristol has convicted two Christian preachers charged with public order offences. The case against two other men collapsed. Justices of the Peace Mr Robert Stacey (Chairman), Mr Gerry McDermot and Mrs Josephine Ramsden gave judgment on Tuesday 28th February 2017. The justices rode roughshod …
Feb 24 2017
Abortion ship blocked as pressure builds
Pressure to legalise abortion is growing world-wide, thanks to international funding led by financier George Soros, Christian Voice has discovered. The billionaire is behind moves to repeal a pro-life constitutional amendment in the Republic of Ireland. He is almost certainly also involved with a Dutch abortion boat run by the ‘Women on Waves’ group. The financier …
Feb 21 2017
Civil Partnership confusion
The UK Government’s Civil Partnership law has been thrown into confusion by a case heard today in the Court of Appeal. Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld brought a case demanding the right to enter into a Civil Partnership. Currently, under the Civil Partnership Act, only homosexuals can apply. Or to be more specific, unrelated persons of …