So what if he’s right that nothing contributes more to the destruction of the lives of gay people than Christians using the Bible as an instrument of brutality?… Read the rest
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.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Pink News on Dan Savage and student walkouts 
Apr 30th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Savage was addressing a group of students at the National High School Journalist Conference in Seattle.… Read the rest
CNN on murder of Khalil Dale
Apr 29th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dale, a nurse who was managing a health program for the ICRC, was seized by armed men in the city of Quetta, near the Afghan border, the Red Cross said in January.… Read the rest
Kidnapped aid worker Khalil Dale beheaded in Pakistan
Apr 29th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
His body was found with a note saying he had been killed by the Taliban. They had asked for a very large ransom which could not be paid.… Read the rest
14 schools burnt down in Nigeria’s Borno state this year
Apr 28th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In a video posted on YouTube in February, Boko Haram called on its followers to destroy schools providing Western education.… Read the rest
Trial starts in faith-healing murder case
Apr 28th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A state law that allows faith healing for Christian Scientists but not other religions is not arbitrary, an Okanogan County judge has ruled. O rilly?… Read the rest
Mona Eltahawy and Leila Ahmed on misogyny
Apr 28th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“The day my article came out, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia said that marriage for ten-year-old girls is permitted.”… Read the rest
Evolution sceptics disguise their cause as free inquiry
Apr 27th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Tennessee bill required the state’s education system to encourage students to “respond appropriately and respectfully to differences of opinion about scientific subjects.”… Read the rest
The Catholic League and suppression of the press
Apr 27th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Donohue justifies the League’s aggressive behavior by claiming that it is culturally unacceptable for nonCatholics to criticize the Catholic Church.… Read the rest
Galloway denies the part about the ceremony
Apr 27th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or is it the part about Kilburn?… Read the rest
New Statesman on Galloway’s conversion to Islam
Apr 27th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Interviewer Jemima Khan reports he converted a decade ago in a ceremony attended by members of the Muslim Association of Great Britain.… Read the rest
Boko Haram bombs newspaper office in Abuja
Apr 26th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
At least nine people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in the attacks on This Day newspaper, for which Boko Haram claimed responsibility.… Read the rest
Catholic church tells state-funded schools what to do
Apr 26th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Catholic church has written to every state-funded Catholic secondary school in England and Wales asking them to encourage pupils to sign a petition against gay marriage.… Read the rest
The phony war on the nonexistent religion of secularism
Apr 26th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is no more effective way to organize against liberalism than to argue that liberals are invading the sacred precinct of the nuclear family.… Read the rest
Add your voice to support Alexander Aan
Apr 26th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is organizing a letter-writing campaign
on Aan’s behalf, and CFI urges you to take part.… Read the rest
Hurriyet on uproar in Egypt over sex with corpse law
Apr 26th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Prominent Egyptian TV anchor Jaber al-Qarmouty criticized the whole notion of “permitting a husband to have sex with his wife after her death” on his show on April 24.… Read the rest
The brewing community has a gift for the Muslim community
Apr 25th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jesus likes it, at least.… Read the rest
Illinois bishop Daniel Jenky compares Obama to Hitler
Apr 25th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
131 Notre Dame professors demand that he withdraw the comparison or resign from the university’s Board of Fellows and board of trustees.… Read the rest
Unicef: women and men in India think wife-beating is ok
Apr 25th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“When girls are brought up with the message that a woman’s status in a family is inferior, she starts to accept whatever behavior is meted out by her husband or in-laws,” said Anuradha Gupta.… Read the rest
New laws proposed for Egypt
Apr 25th, 2012 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
One would legalize the marriage of girls from age 14, the other permits a husband to copulate with the corpse of his wife within 6 hours of her death. Yes really.… Read the rest
