It?s come to this. The secularists have got me sticking up for Cherie Blair. Those barrels of laughs, the British Humanist Association and National Secular Society, have complained, apparently with straight faces, that she has discriminated against non-religious people by taking a convicted man?s religious observance into account when suspending his sentence for a violent crime.
In the News
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February 4th, 2010
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February 4th, 2010
The 'new atheism' is not about equality of belief but 'destroying religious faith', according to a leading professor and apologist.
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February 4th, 2010
Pregnancy tests available to girls as young as 11 at school health clinics have been criticised by campaigners, as local authorities try to widen their availability.
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February 4th, 2010
A group of MPs have accused the BBC of promoting euthanasia after it aired a speech by Sir Terry Pratchett calling for assisted suicide to be legalised.
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February 4th, 2010
The Finance Bill is expected to accommodate the principles of Sharia Law in a bid to attract business from the Islamic world.
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February 3rd, 2010
The Government has backed down over a clause in the Equality Bill that was described as an 'unjust' restriction on religious freedom by Pope Benedict XVI.
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February 3rd, 2010
Ringo Starr, the Beatles? drummer, has admitted he has 'found God' after taking what he described as a winding life of enlightenment.
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February 3rd, 2010
Children taught abstinence are more likely to delay having sex than those given lessons about contraception, a study has found.
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February 3rd, 2010
Parents are being warned to consider the possible risks when collecting keepsake baby scans of their child in the womb.
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February 3rd, 2010
A growing number of young Muslims in the UK are entering marriages that are not legally recognised, BBC Asian Network has found. This is because couples are having an Islamic wedding without the civil ceremony needed for the marriage to be recognised under British law.