14 Jul
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has produced an 11-page Ramadan guide for schools which advises them to cancel swimming lessons and sex education for all pupils during the month. The council suggests swimming lessons should be cancelled in case muslim children accidentally swallow water when they’re supposed to be fasting rather than the more reasonable suggestion that [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Religion, WTF? by: wonkotsane
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27 Jun
The Pope is bitching about Belgian police raiding the home of a retired Catholic archbishop and the graves of two prelates as part of an investigation into child abuse by Catholic clergy. Well that’s a bit unfortunate your holiness but if the Catholic church dealt with paedophile priests instead of protecting them then the police would probably [...]
Posted in Religion by: wonkotsane
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26 Oct
A court has ruled that a school has broken the law by refusing admission to a child that the Chief Rabbi considered to not be a proper jew. Interestingly, the judgement is based on the assertion that “Jewish” is a race, not just a religion. Which is bollocks. The rules are that anyone with a [...]
Posted in Religion by: wonkotsane
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