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Feb 10, 2012, 8:30 am
The UK gay humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) – owner of this blog – says it’s appalled to learn that Uganda’s new parliament is expected to debate the notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
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Feb 10, 2012, 5:59 am
Here’s something Britain’s National Secular Society has been fighting for for yonks: an end to prayers before council meetings.
And it’s got its way, having fought a town council in Devon in the courts.
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Feb 7, 2012, 7:31 am
The UK government, in its wisdom, has decided not to offer a posthumous pardon to the wartime code breaker Alan Turing after he was convicted of something called gross indecency.
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Jan 30, 2012, 4:55 am
With some reservations, the UK gay humanist charity, the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) – owner of this blog – has welcomed the unequivocal support for gay rights given by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his speech to the recent African Union summit.
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Jan 27, 2012, 6:03 am
Further to our story of yesterday about Mr Green and the contrite Bishop Benn, it seems that the latter has now specifically asked the former to withdraw the latter’s endorsement of the former’s idiocy in a booklet called Britain in Sin.
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Jan 26, 2012, 4:43 am
Here is a cautionary tale. If you’re ever asked to endorse something, damn well read it.
The poor old Bishop of Lewes, Wallace Benn, failed to do that with a booklet by Stephen Green, the “foghorn”, as Hugh Muir puts it in the Guardian, for Christian Voice, a grubby little outfit t... Comment - Like
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Jan 24, 2012, 4:12 am
Pope Ratzinger may may do the Irish people a great favour by threatening to stamp his foot and throw his toys out of the pram if the Irish pursue their plan to shut their embassy in the Vatican.
If they do go ahead with it – and of course they should – he may decide not to attend the... Comment - Like
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Jan 21, 2012, 5:30 am
This is going to be a helluva can of worms. God botherers will be out in force.
“Private clinics that charge for pregnancy services including abortions will be able to advertise on television and radio under new rules,” says the BBC.
The new law takes effect in April.
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Jan 13, 2012, 4:42 am
Oh, dear, it’s time for oversensitivity again. Mo (sorry, Mohammed, pbuh) is depicted with a pint of beer in his hand, so politically correct students get all pompous and silly about it.
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Dec 24, 2011, 7:00 am
Time to wish everyone a Happy Christmas, I reckon. Note that I’m not averse to using that term (and the link here tells you why), even though this is a blog that looks towards a nonreligious view of our universe.
And that brings me to Christmas cards. We see a story in the Daily Mail (where ... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2011, 10:18 am
Leo Igwe gets everywhere – and deserves to do so. Fresh from a long article in the new Pink Humanist, he has now appeared in Digital Journal, the Toronto-based online news source.
He’s a brave campaigner indeed, and he’s convinced – according to this article – that religion is behind... Comment - Like
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Dec 12, 2011, 9:48 am
Here’s another moron who thinks
being gay is a lifestyle choice. But he’s a religious nut, so what do you
expect?
And this utter turd – Rev. James
Gracie from the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) – has caused controversy
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Dec 9, 2011, 3:00 am
I don’t know what it says about attitudes that a school in Michigan in the USA edited the word “gay” out of a Christmas song.
Well, it was the music teacher, according to this story. Then the school put the word back again.
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Dec 8, 2011, 8:27 am
US foreign aid – and how gays are treated in recipient countries
Looks as if the USA is telling some homophobic countries what for. A memorandum from the White House says the administration will weight up how it distributes foreign aid depending on how countries treat their gay citizens... Comment - Like
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Dec 5, 2011, 8:32 am
A new magazine for humanists who are gay or gay-friendly has just launched. The Pink Humanist is published by the owners of this blog, the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT), and edited by Freethinker editor Barry Duke.
Duke, a veteran gay journalist and photographer, formerly of Brighton, now la... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2011, 4:38 am
Leo Igwe of the Nigerian Humanist Movement has just issued a statement about the bill to be passed in Nigeria outlawing all kinds of things to do with same-sex relationships. See the post here. Here’s Igwe’s statement in full:
I condemn in no uncertain terms the recent passage by the Senat... Comment - Like
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Dec 1, 2011, 7:21 am
Here’s hoping you find this in
your Christmas cake, Mr O’Brien!
Our old fiend (spelling deliberate) Cardinal Keith O’Brien is at it again: denouncing love.
Well, he would say that what he’s actually denouncing is evil.
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Nov 30, 2011, 6:50 am
The UK gay humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust – owner of this blog and a member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union – has expressed its dismay and outrage at the news that Nigeria’s Senate has voted in favour of a bill that will criminalise gay marriage, gay advocacy groups a... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2011, 5:02 am
An Australian MP reckons Aussies are being turned into Muslims because they’re unwittingly eating cruelly slaughtered meat.
Oh, Muslims call it halal, which means acceptable to their religion – a religion that clearly favours cruelly dispatched animals unless, as is allowed by some Muslims... Comment - Like
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Nov 22, 2011, 7:07 am
Some Tory peers (well, they would be Tories, wouldn’t they?) are objecting to allowing same-sex ceremonies in religious premises.
This move is being led by one Baroness O’Cathain, who has form when it comes to homophobia.
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Nov 20, 2011, 3:38 am
Eighteen UK Church of England bishops have signed an open letter having a go at the current Con–Dem government for its draconian, not to say evil, plot to ensure the rich get richer while the poor get poorer.
I refer to its plans for welfare, and its naïve* belief that, in a country where j... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2011, 5:39 am
What is being called a Christian “liberal” arts college in Rome, Georgia, USA, has “announced a policy which will require its more than 200 employees to sign a ‘Personal Lifestyle Statement’ rejecting homosexuality”.
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Oct 24, 2011, 4:00 am
The UK gay humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) – owner of this blog – is said to be very concerned to learn that the UK Ministry of Defence is employing chaplains representing religions that are ultra-homophobic.
The MoD spends £22 million annually on Christian chaplains and cu... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2011, 3:43 am
So poor, hard-done-to church members in Scotland fear that Scottish government assurances over gay marriage are a sham.
Ministers have said no decision will be taken while a consultation is under way. But some antigay Scottish National Party members are claiming that ministers will press ahead... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2011, 4:53 am
We’ve often wondered about the . . . you know, the sexuality of Cliff Richard. But it’s something he doesn’t like to talk about.
However, he’s come out this week. I mean, come out in favour of gay marriage, not come out.
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Oct 5, 2011, 5:58 am
Leo IgweThe UK gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust has warmly welcomed the reaction of the Nigerian Humanist Movement to that country’s move to criminalise same-sex marriage.
The Bill for an Act to Prohibit Marriage Between Persons of Same Sex, Solemnization of Same and for Other Ma... Comment - Like
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Sep 12, 2011, 10:48 am
The gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) fully endorses the statement issued by the Peter Tatchell Foundation concerning the March for a Secular Europe, opposing special privileges for religion and people of faith, and citing the malign influence of the Vatican.
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Sep 9, 2011, 9:10 am
Another suitable case for treatment has been sounding off in Scotland about same-sex marriage.
It would render marriage “meaningless”, avers the Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Mario Conti. And those who advocate it are “foolish”.
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Sep 9, 2011, 3:12 am
A new campaign’s being launched that aims for a secular Europe where religion and politics would be separate.
“Gay people should join the Secular Europe Campaign’s march this month as a means of protecting their hard won rights,” said Marco Tranchino, who is organising the campaign.
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Sep 8, 2011, 8:13 am
It could come only from a bloody Catholic! People who want marriage for same-sex couples want to “rewrite nature”, according to some idiot in Scotland called Cardinal Keith O’Brien.
Unsurprisingly, he says any plans for same-sex marriage will be strenuously opposed. Well, he would, would... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2011, 3:55 am
A picture of a religious figure winking is disrespectful – so disrespectful, in fact, that it’s been banned by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
Jesus – not only winking but giving a thumbs-up sign – appeared on a mobile phone ad just before Easter this year. I’ve lo... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2011, 5:23 am
“Many state schools in England are not providing group worship, despite legislation making it a requirement, a survey suggests,” says the BBC.
Perhaps the message is getting across that religion has no place in education, except as a subject of academic study.
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Sep 2, 2011, 3:00 am
A lesson in how to mess up the lives not only of those you persecute and hate but the people they care about comes in a moving story in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis.
Ron Bates tells us how he felt he had to get married because of the guilt forced on him by the Catholic Church.
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Sep 1, 2011, 9:03 am
This blog’s parent, the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has just made a £1,000 to the Nigerian Humanist Movement (NHM), towards the cost of its convention later this month.
The PTT’s generosity came at the request of Leo Igwe, of the NHM, and the trust has
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Aug 23, 2011, 2:21 am
Not sure how long this site has been up there on the WWW, but take a look. It’s called The Really Simple Guide to . . . Humanism (not sure of the purpose of the ellipsis, but there you go; maybe it’s a kind of ta-da), and its front page tells us:
The really simple guide to . . . Humanism has be... Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2011, 10:03 am
It's good to see that quite a number of travel firms have now joined others in cutting their ties with a link referral site, run by Christians, that supports homophobic Christian groups – mainly American, of course.
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Aug 10, 2011, 3:30 am
Whether it’s gays or women, the first and primary victims of the medieval “law” they call sharia are Muslims.
As this story in The Australian points out – citing the UK and Canada – sharia threatens all that Muslim women activists have fought for.
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Aug 9, 2011, 8:07 am
As if we needed more reminding of how homophobic the American Republican right is, we see that presidential hopeful attended a church service in Iowa on Sunday in which the pastor labelled homosexuality “immoral” and “unnatural”.
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Jul 30, 2011, 8:20 am
Following the latest example of virulent homophobia in Ghana, the UK gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) says that the situation for LGBT people in Africa is going from bad to worse.
A government minister in Ghana has called on the country’s intelligence services to track down... Comment - Like
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Jul 21, 2011, 12:38 pm
Well, maybe we asked for it. Christian missionaries took Christianity to Africa, and with it homophobia – or the potential to build homophobia into its teachings, as it did here (although it's slackened off a bit in many Christian circles).
Now we get this disgusting state of affairs in Ghan... Comment - Like
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Jul 18, 2011, 11:09 am
The UK gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has warmly welcomed the recent unveiling by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh of a memorial at Bletchley Park to honour those who played a pivotal role in decryption operations during World War II, notably the celebrated gay codebreaker and... Comment - Like
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Jun 28, 2011, 11:45 am
There's a bit of a row going on in London over a mosque that's said to keep breaking its promises when it says it won't host homophobic speakers.
Gay campaigners, including Peter Tatchell, are raging about it; Andrew Gilligan in the Telegraph is raging about it, and the mosque says other group... Comment - Like
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Jun 24, 2011, 3:21 am
“Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders has been acquitted by a court in Amsterdam where he was on trial for inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims,” reports the Muslim TV outlet Al Jazeera.
His statements, said the judge, were “rude and condescending”, but didn’t amoun... Comment - Like
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Jun 20, 2011, 5:14 am
It’s the old, old story. We don’t mind – well some of us don’t mind – if you’re gay, but . . .
Yes, there’s always bullshit before the but, isn’t there?
In this case, it’s the possibility that the good ol’ Church of England may allow gay clergy to become bishops. But ... Comment - Like
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Jun 19, 2011, 7:51 am
The UK gay humanist charity – and this blog’s owner – the Pink Triangle Trust has warmly welcomed the passing by the UN Human Rights Council of a resolution concerning sexual orientation.
It expressed “grave concern at acts of violence and discrimination, in all regions of the world, c... Comment - Like
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Jun 18, 2011, 3:03 am
My fellow blogger Stuart Hartill of Clinging to a Rock has passed on a nifty idea for Father’s Day, which is tomorrow. He was one of the recipients of an emailed request from John Becker of the US organisation Truth Wins Out (“Fighting anti-gay lies and the ex-gay myth”) about “adopting” a... Comment - Like
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Jun 13, 2011, 4:07 am
In case you haven’t heard of it, why not give Atheist Nexus a try? I joined it a year or so ago and find it full of interesting material. Rather than explain what it’s about (although the name is a clue), I’ll quote directly from the newsletter of its founder, Richard Haynes, which I received ... Comment - Like
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Jun 8, 2011, 8:58 am
"A secret recording has emerged on YouTube in which Missouri congresswoman Vicky Hartzler is seen comparing gay marriage to incest, paedophilia and allowing three-year-olds to drive," Pink News reports.
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Jun 4, 2011, 8:31 am
We don't often get articles looking at atheism that is not also humanism. The words "humanist" and "atheist" seem to go hand in hand these days. Not all atheists are humanists, however, and it's a standpoint worth exploring.
Start with Giles Fraser in this Guardian article.Pink Triangle is the... Comment - Like
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May 28, 2011, 7:26 am
Incredible though it sounds, it seems that the hated piece of British legislation known as Section 28 is still in force in the minds of some teachers – people who ought to know better.
Section 28 of the Local Government Act of 1988 sought to outlaw the “promotion” of homosexuality by loc... Comment - Like
Pink Triangle is a blog for humanist LGBT people (or LGBT humanists, however you want to look at it). Most of the (mostly) daily posts don't concern sexuality, but, since religionists are always banging on about gays (it's the only thing they agree on!), sexuality gets its fair share of mentions. There are about half a dozen of us contributing.
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