Murphy report harshly criticized Vatican for mixed messages and insistence on secrecy in 2001 directive.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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Nawlins Hotelier Offers to Host Cancelled Prom
‘New Orleans, we’re a joyful culture and a creative culture here.’ Take that, Itawamba County School District!
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Humanists to Hold Inclusive Prom in Mississippi
Itawamba County School District canceled their prom rather than let a lesbian student bring her girlfriend.
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Texas Reactionaries Change Curriculum
There were no historians, sociologists or economists consulted at the meetings.
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The New Texas Social Studies
The source.
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The Texas Freedom Network Reports
Debate over new social studies curriculum has spiraled into another culture war pushed by far-right pressure groups.
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Julian Baggini on ’36 Arguments for the Existence of God’
‘In Britain, cleverness is regarded as at once praiseworthy and not wholly admirable.’
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The Queen Invented the Telephone
Luke Skywalker was the first human to walk on the moon. Another droll quiz.
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Vatican Says How Right It Is About Everything
It was secretive about the sexual abuse of children to protect the good name of…the children.
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Hitchens on Stupid Nasty Threats
‘I have just finished reading one of the most astoundingly stupid and nasty documents ever to have landed on my desk.’
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Chris Hallquist on the Perils of Multiculturalism
The point isn’t that everyone agrees that forced marriages are bad, the point is that they are bad.
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Supreme Court Refuses Lillian Ladele’s Appeal
‘In my case, one set of rights was trampled by another set of rights,’ she says.
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BBC Sneers at Melbourne Atheist Convention
‘A religious gathering at the same venue in December attracted three times as many delegates.’
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German Man on What Catholic Church Did to Him
Abuse victim asked JPII for help, got letter from official: no apology, said pope would pray for him.
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Mo is in Full Rebellion Mode
The first step is to apply for a grant.
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Bob from Brockley on Apologists for Iran
Looking at Press TV’s Iran news, one would have no idea there is anything going on, let alone an uprising.
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Andrew Brown on Catholic Child Abuse
‘Whether it is more vile than the record of any other profession is not obvious.’
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ABC Blogs on Global Atheist Convention
More in sorrow than in anger.
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Hindu ‘Activists’ Protest Wendy Doniger’s Book
Cite ‘persistent verbal violence against Hindus.’ Doniger is a finalist for National Book Critics Circle awards.
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NWFP: Terrorists Murder Six Aid Workers
World Vision said the office was targeted because it was running programs to help women.