Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The good news is that Obama has come out in favor of gay marriage. This is truly good news, not because Obama now supports it but rather because things have now moved forward sufficiently for this to be said by him in public as a campaign issue. We don’t have to go very far back … Read more
This one truly takes the biscuit … sitting smack bang in the middle of the careers advertisements within Today’s UK Guardian is an advert for a “Torturer”, starting on £16,000 to £21,000 a year. (This is the point at which you insert your completely gob smacked stunned silence) … the ad in question reads … The government of a Middle … Read more
Sitting at the end of Dublin’s southbound Luas line, running north off St Stephens Green towards Trinity, you will find that mecca for all Irish shoppers … Grafton Street. If you have ever played the Irish version of Monopoly, the one with Dublin streets, then you should recognize the name, for this is the street … Read more
As you might, or might not be aware, but a few leading folks, who just happen to be homophobic bigots because the bible tells them its OK, started a daft petition yesterday … Christian campaigners are petitioning Prime Minister David Cameron to stop the introduction of same-sex marriage. Coalition for Marriage (C4M) said it was … Read more
Barack Obama has come under a barrage of criticism from religious organisations over a new requirement that Catholic-run schools and hospitals provide free contraception to workers. As you might imagine, the republicans have also leapt upon this issue and are attempting to mint some political coin out of it by claiming he is “hostile to … Read more
Rory Fenton writes an article in Today’s Guardian that is titled ” There is a gaping, atheist-shaped hole in the interfaith movement“. If indeed you are a non-believer like me, your first reaction is perhaps the same as mine, “Why should I bother engaging with a bunch of folks who hold irrational beliefs?”. Well OK, … Read more