Speakers at a major science meeting in Canada said communication of vital research on health and environment issues is being suppressed.… Read the rest

A new low in sleaze.… Read the rest

Aggressive? You should see this week’s “burn in hell” messages to the BHA attacking “that spastic Hawking who denies God”, and many more obscene unprintables.… Read the rest

Communities secretary says he is effectively reversing the High Court’s “illiberal ruling” that a Devon council’s prayers were unlawful. Mandatory theism is so liberal.… Read the rest

War on faith: French Revolution: guillotine.… Read the rest

An established church that uses the force of law to insist on a privileged position seems slightly more authoritarian than  those of us who want a level playing field.… Read the rest

Because he’s so mean and all? Barbara J King at NPR says he will.… Read the rest

Why is the British Government courting the Holy See in this way? Why should the last absolute theocracy in Europe be invited to participate in the affairs of the British Government?… Read the rest

“It is not secular organisations which lobby to maintain privilege and have exemption from laws – like equality laws – that should affect everyone equally.”… Read the rest

No, says a Guardian panel. What infuriates Pragna Patel is that the issue of gender equality should already be at the heart of policymaking in government.… Read the rest

Timothy Dolan told a meeting of the pope and his fellow cardinals that they must spread the
faith with joy, love — and blood if necessary.… Read the rest

The atmosphere in the auditorium was raucous at times. People pressing for the legal fight to continue wore signs around their necks that said “Appeal.”

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Shakila, 8, was grabbed and held for a year because her uncle ran off with a married woman. This is a traditional Afghan form of justice. Well not so much justice…… Read the rest

A twist on a classic psychology experiment suggests that our minds have two parallel moral systems, and they don’t always agree.… Read the rest

Result is uproar about failure to “respect” religious beliefs.… Read the rest

To seal the deal, the prospective member must formally agree to submit to the “authority” of the Mars Hill leadership.… Read the rest

In 1936 no newspaper would publish news of Wallis Simpson; now no newspaper will publish the Danish cartoons. This is not progress.… Read the rest

“Of course we fear this new parliament won’t tackle issues like FGM because already there are extremists who want FGM unlike the previous regime.”… Read the rest

The Organisation for Promoting Virtue and Discouraging Evil says officers have punished those caught so far.… Read the rest

The House of Delegates voted 66-32 in favor of defining the word person under state law to include unborn children “from the moment of conception.”… Read the rest