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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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Leo Igwe on Fundamentalism in Nigeria
Christian and Islamic fanatics show total disregard for human rights and basic freedoms.
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Oh Noes! Mary Might Have Aborted Baby Jesus
And God would have been completely flummoxed. Close call!
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Sumerians Confused as God Creates World
But we already have all this, they said crossly; what’s he making a whole new batch for?
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Deconstructing Indoctrination
David Shariatmadari notes that not all indoctrination is bad. True, but some is.
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Ireland: One Bishop Resigns, Three Remain
‘The leadership of the archdiocese failed over many decades to respond properly to criminal acts against children.’
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Francine Prose on Religion and Misogyny
Daily, all over the world, there are mutilations and murders and beatings, all in the name of God.
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Oral Roberts Preyed on Vulnerable People
Roberts was instrumental in the founding of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship.
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Nick Cohen on British Juries and Rape Cases
Juries want to blame the victim.
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More Chaplains in UK State Schools
‘Chaplains stand as a reminder that the purpose of a school is a much wider one.’
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You Want Chador? We’ll Give You Chador
Iranian men dress up in chador and hijab to tease the authorities.
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The Vatican is Hallucinating
‘Recent years have witnessed a great increase of affection and esteem for the person of the Holy Father.’
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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse is not Culture
Serious crimes are being treated as a matter for diversity officers rather than for police and courts.
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Female Genital Mutilation for Christmas
‘Cutters’ are being flown to the UK to carry out FGM at ‘parties’ involving up to 20 girls to save money.
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A System That Tiptoes Around Cultural Sensitivity
The lives of women and girls should be worth more than what ‘the community’ thinks.
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Religious Belief Depends on Inequality
Funny that believers want to admit that.
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Archbishop to Bishops: Quit or Be Removed
We did nothing wrong, say the four Irish bishops.
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UN Denounces Sexual Orientation Rights Abuses
Meeting discussed draconian ‘anti-homosexuality legislation’ before the Ugandan parliament.
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Rick Warren and Uganda’s ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill
Warren has backed virulently anti-gay religious leaders in Uganda, Rwanda, and Nigeria.
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Martin Ssempa Responds to Rick Warren
You see, Rick, it’s Africa101: Homosexuality is illegal, unnatural, ungodly and un-African.