Month: June 2023

Christianity, Hate preachers, HomophobiaLeave a comment

Preacher arrested at a Pride event says UK’s ‘biggest problem’ is ‘homosexuality among teenagers and young adults’

Barry Duke

https://www.facebook.com/Pinktriangletrust THANKS to an utterly incompetent Conservative Party, Britain is suffering a cost-of-living crisis, a fast-disintegrating health service, rampant inflation and major post-Brexit damage to the economy. But its biggest problem is homosexuality among teenagers and young adults, claims street … Continue reading Preacher arrested at a Pride event says UK’s ‘biggest problem’ is ‘homosexuality among teenagers and young adults’

Catholicism, Christianity, Clerical abuse, HomophobiaLeave a comment

Vatican cardinal says homosexuality has nothing to do with clerical abuse. The Catholic League freaks out.

Barry Duke

FOR years, Bill Donohue, above, head of the League, has insisted that there are very few paedophile priests within the Catholic Church, and that the abuse crisis within the RCC was all down to gay “psychosexually stunted” clerics targeting teens. … Continue reading Vatican cardinal says homosexuality has nothing to do with clerical abuse. The Catholic League freaks out.

Humanism, LGBT+ rights1 Comment

UK humanist Barbara Smoker would have turned 100 in April. The National Secular Society marked the event with a memorial this month.

Barry Duke

BARBARA Smoker, above, who died on April 7, 2020, was a British humanist activist and freethought advocate. She was also President of the National Secular Society (NSS) for 24 years, Chair of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society (now known as … Continue reading UK humanist Barbara Smoker would have turned 100 in April. The National Secular Society marked the event with a memorial this month.

Crime, Islam1 Comment

Austrian police foil suspected Islamist plot to attack a Pride event in Vienna

Barry Duke

AUSTRIAN authorities revealed today (Sunday) that they had arrested three young men—the youngest just 14—for allegedly planning a terrorist attack on Vienna’s Pride event that drew 300,000 on Saturday. According to ABC News, the three—Austrian citizens of Bosnian and Chechen … Continue reading Austrian police foil suspected Islamist plot to attack a Pride event in Vienna

Catholicism, Hate groups, Homophobia, TransphobiaLeave a comment

Bigotry on parade: Catholics for Catholics protest Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in L.A.

Barry Duke

WHILE charity group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, received a Community Hero Award in a near-empty Dodgers stadium in Los Angeles yesterday (Friday), outside hundreds of haters gathered to voice their disapproval of what Catholic for Catholics labelled a “blasphemous” … Continue reading Bigotry on parade: Catholics for Catholics protest Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in L.A.

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LGBT+ communities in Antigua and Barbuda have Orden David to thank for his successful challenge of archaic anti-sodomy law

Barry Duke

FAITH-based violence is common in the Caribbean, and for years Orden David, above, suffered abuse and violence at the hands homophobes. Facing ostracism and risking his life as the public face of the LGBTQ movement, David took his government to … Continue reading LGBT+ communities in Antigua and Barbuda have Orden David to thank for his successful challenge of archaic anti-sodomy law

Christianity, Homophobia, SecularismLeave a comment

Who’s to blame for the rise of American Christian nationalism? The LGBT+ community, of course!

Barry Duke

THAT’S the view of Shane Schaetzel, above, a Catholic commentator who took to Twitter this week to predict that the number of Christian nationalists in America “will only get higher the more the Alphabet People keep pushing their agenda. So … Continue reading Who’s to blame for the rise of American Christian nationalism? The LGBT+ community, of course!

Christianity, Evangelists, Hate preachers1 Comment

Pat Robertson dead at 93: Here are some of his most ludicrous pronouncements.

Barry Duke

OVER many decades Robertson, above, founder of The 700 Club TV show, proved gift to secular news outlets, atheist bloggers and satirists for dishing out hare-brained statements. The wackiest of these centred on God’s wrath and the punishments he brought … Continue reading Pat Robertson dead at 93: Here are some of his most ludicrous pronouncements.

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Catholic group calls for $1-m to fund ads calling for a boycott of the LA Dodgers who are shortly to host the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Barry Duke

FURY among conservative Catholic groups over the fact that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will not only appear at a Dodgers game on June 16 but will also be handed a Community Hero Award is reaching fever pitch. One outfit—CatholicVote—has … Continue reading Catholic group calls for $1-m to fund ads calling for a boycott of the LA Dodgers who are shortly to host the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

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Satan turned priests into child molesters, claims gay Christian hatemonger after he saw a rainbow-draped crucifix

Barry Duke

DOUG Mainwaring’s foam-flecked rants get ever more hysterical. What sparked his latest tirade this week was a poster for a documentary—Wonderfully Made LGBTQ+R(eligion)—which explores how religion has played a leading role in perpetuating anti-LGBT+ attitudes. Now here the thing: Wonderfully … Continue reading Satan turned priests into child molesters, claims gay Christian hatemonger after he saw a rainbow-draped crucifix