By Irreligiosity on Mar 5, 2008 in Abortion Debate, Around the World, Basic Biology, Christianity, Featured, Freedom of Speech, Politics, Rational Thought, Religion, Science, Secularism, United States | 2 Comments
The Wisconsin Senate is thinking of passing a bill that will force “conscientious objector” pharmacists to provide contraceptives and the morning after pill to individuals no matter their own personal beliefs on the matter, and boy are Christian groups in that state annoyed.
These Christian groups are trying to turn this into a complicated morality debate, […]
By Irreligiosity on Mar 3, 2008 in Around the World, Christian Living, Christianity, Featured, Freedom of Speech, Politics, Religion, Secularism, United States | 1 Comment
Simmie Williams, a gay-identified 17 year old, was shot and killed in Fort Lauderdale last week. It’s entirely possible that the crime wasn’t motivated by anti-gay sentiment, although Simmie was dressed like a woman when he was shot and there has been a rising tide of anti-homosexual rhetoric in the Fort Lauderdale community from […]
By Irreligiosity on Feb 13, 2008 in Around the World, Europe, Featured, Freedom of Speech, Historical Perspective, Islam, Religion, Secularism | 0 Comments
I suppose it serves me right for saying something even remotely positive about Islam, because the same day in Denmark five muslim men were arrested in a plot to murder one of the twelve Danish cartoonists who drew a caricature of the prophet Mohammed that Islamic extremists deemed offensive, to put it mildly.
And as we […]