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Ethics classes too difficult to compete with; they must be destroyed
NSW citizen David Hutt doesn’t like non-religious ethics classes. Particularly if they’re “non-judgemental”. Because ethics...
Nile's bully tactics do Christians no favours
Last year ABC’s Gruen Transfer cast its eye over a series of religious advertising campaigns to see who was selling the spiritual message most...
Nile isolated as Anglicans back ethics classes
THE leading opponent to the introduction of ethics classes in NSW schools, the Anglican Church, has reversed its position and says they should be...
In Europe, some religions are more equal than others
Europe has gone backward when it come to religious equality. Religious intolerance is a daily reality in Europe. Mainly targeted at Muslims, attacks...
Labor to defy churches: ethics classes likely to start next year
Students in NSW will be offered ethics classes as an alternative to scripture classes by next year, under a proposal the government is expected to...
Crusade against the pope: an Inquisition-in-Reverse
The campaigners against the pope’s visit have more in common with the fanatical Inquisitors of old than with Enlightened liberal humanists....
The White Atheists’ Burden: save the savages
The idea that the pope is responsible for spreading AIDS in Africa is built on some very dodgy, colonial-style prejudices. The idea that the pope is...
NSW ethics blue (not State of Origin)
In NSW, traditionally religion has been taught in state schools through an optional opportunity to attend an hour of tuition in various religions...
Anglicans take ethics course battle to P&Cs
The Anglican Church is encouraging Christians to join school P&C committees in order to ''branch stack'' them with people who will speak up for...
Let's face facts, the burqa is an affront to feminism
Who knows the difference between ethics and morality? Belgium does, for one. Technically, there's not a lot in it. The dictionary makes ethics and...
Sharia law would harm Aussie Muslim women
Sharia law for Australia is being mooted again. The Australian Muslim Mission and Islamic Friendship Association of Australia are advocating its...
Lent and Self Punishment
It’s now Lent going into Easter and the time for embracing austerity and abstemiousness is upon us. For Lent is the 40 days of asceticism...
Lives can be saved when you preach love
In many countries, despite the knowledge science now affords us about human sexuality, irrational hatred of sexual minorities is encouraged - even...
Imagine if Australian women were flogged for drinking a beer
If my women friends lived in Malaysia, and we happened to be Muslim, we'd – with a few exceptions – be badly battered and bruised. Our...
The Taliban would applaud
It is easy to see that a woman’s human rights are violated when a government requires her to wrap her body and face in an all-concealing veil,...
Not being racist, but burka is wrong
I confess that I once fell over on the job. In 2001, I was sent near the Pakistan border to interview fleeing Afghans and the local imam asked me to...
French move to fine women for wearing burqa
Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750 euros ($A1175) fine, according to a draft bill unveiled on Thursday by...
Anti-Islam vote reveals growing Swiss hostility
Swiss voters have shocked their Government, sealing a ban on the building of minarets and unveiling an unexpectedly hostile public response to Europe...
Atheists are good humans, too
In his opinion piece titled "Celebrity atheists expose their hypocrisy", Dr Dvir Abramovich laments the attention that recent publications...
Celebrity atheists expose their hypocrisy
A flurry of books bashing religion are making best-seller lists and grabbing a lot of attention — so much so that anti-religion publications...
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