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UK Christian who refused counselling to gay man denied appeal

Started this discussion. Last reply by Owen May 2, 2010. 3 Replies 0 Likes

A UK judge has denied an appeal to a former Relate counsellor who refused to work with a gay man (as a sex therapist!) because of his beliefs.Interestingly, the former Archbishop of Canterbury tried…Continue

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Your Religious Status: Atheist

Age: 19-24

The religion you left: Christian

Why you left your religion.: I was raised a Christian but never really believed any of it past the age of about ten. It took me a while to solidify that into a decision to stop going to church with my family, though.

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David Mabus/Mbaus/Dennis Mabuza suspect arrested

Posted on August 19, 2011 at 1:30pm 3 Comments 1 Like

Remember this guy? He's been a fairly regular troll poster around here, and over the last three years he's been actively threatening an increasing number atheists, sceptics and science writers.

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Dan Savage, of the It Gets Better Campaign, on religious attitudes to homosexuality

Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:58am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Perhaps a bit of a contrast to the article I posted the other day, here.

Dan Savage responds to a letter from someone who "loves the Lord and does not support gay marriage". He isn't gentle about it, and I totally agree with his views:

A question: Do you “support” atheist marriage? Interfaith marriage? Divorce and… Continue

Bullying in schools - Jesus Needs New PR

Posted on October 10, 2010 at 6:08am 0 Comments 0 Likes

A Facebook friend just posted this article from the theist website 'Jesus Needs New PR' to her wall, and I thought it was worth reposting here. In my opinion it's an incredibly well-written, powerful, piece.

The core of it:

All across this country, every single day, students who identify as GLBT are experiencing hate, being bullied, getting teased, or being treated… Continue

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At 11:58am on April 13, 2010, Gaytor said…: I'm sorry that the first guy that you chose to respond to ran away. I knew that it might happen so I started a new discussion about people like him. I had saved the conversation to a Word Doc and it's attached there. I liked the thought about animals. When I take my dog out for a run, the excitement of the dance/smile/run is enough to make you aware that he's as conscious and as happy as we ever are.
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