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Homosexuals granted right to apply for asylum
Posted on July 7, 2010 | No CommentsThe Supreme Court in the UK has today ruled that one can apply for asylum on the basis of persecution for having a non-heterosexual orientation. In this specific case, two men had previously been refused asylum on the basis that they could effectively live “in... -
Alpha Course poll says there is no god
Posted on October 24, 2009 | No CommentsA Christianity activist group called the Alpha Course has been running an online poll to determine what proportion of those taking the poll believe in god or not. The poll was rather cynically loaded by having two positive options (“yes” and “probably”, the latter of... -
Extortionate immigration fees & gratuitous hurdles
Posted on September 16, 2009 | No CommentsI’m extremely annoyed that legitimate immigrants are financially penalized and gratuitously impeded while illegal immigrants can take advantage of free support and representation via legal aid etc.. One of my staff, a hard working professional who pays all her taxes, is married to a United... -
Atheism and morality
Posted on September 6, 2009 | No CommentsThose who are antipathetic to atheism sometimes assert that atheists are inherently immoral, as morality is derived from God via scripture and therefore a rejection of religion denies the atheist from that moral frame of reference. It’s particularly important to debunk this argument because it... -
The importance of experimental observation
Posted on August 31, 2009 | 3 CommentsThere are a plethora of different theories and hypotheses put forward for pretty much every field of intellectual inquiry which includes the philosophical and metaphysical in addition to objective scientific study. It’s impractical to investigate them all simultaneously, as there are simply too many of... -
Creationism in the United Kingdom
Posted on September 18, 2008 | No CommentsCreationism, a belief that the world was created by a deity, has frequently been popping up in the news in recent times – mostly in the United States where legal battles have been fought to prevent creationism being taught in science classrooms (despite it donning...