‘MISCONCEIVED and an abuse of process.’ That’s how a lawyer described a claim for compensation by Seyi Omooba, above, during the closing stages of a week-long tribunal hearing over the Christian homophobe’s high-profile dismissal from a production of The Color Purple. According to The Stage, Omooba was initially pursuing £128,000 in compensation from the Curve theatre and her agent Global, but revised her financial claim ahead of the final day of the hearing today (Monday) to just £71,400. Part of… Read more
February 8, 2021
Actor’s ‘misconceived’ discrimination case turns into a train wreck
February 8, 2021 By Barry Duke
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February 8, 2021
Trump incited mob to lynch ‘pussy’ Mike Pence in the Capitol
February 8, 2021 By Barry Duke
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AFTER former Vice President Mike Pence refused Trump’s order to overturn results in the key states that had gone against the President, the evangelical VP who spent years fawning over the Insurrectionist-in- Chief, was told ‘You can either go down in history as a patriot, or you can go down in history as a pussy.’ Shortly after, in a speech to the crowd who went on to mob the Capitol building, Trump pretended he had not already been told by… Read more
February 7, 2021
Quelle horreur: American Girl doll has lesbian relatives
February 7, 2021 By Barry Duke
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AT THE end of December, Mattel unveiled its 2021 Girl of the Year – Kira Bailey from Michigan – who’s passionate about climate change’s impact on wildlife. So far, so good, but the book that accompanies the doll – Kira Down Under – tells of her trip to an animal sanctuary in Australia operated by her great-aunts Mamie and Lynette who are – eeew! – in a same-sex marriage. This unleashed torrents of homophobia on social media, and on Amazon… Read more
February 6, 2021
Methodist minister expresses regret for decades of stoking hatred
February 6, 2021 By Barry Duke
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OVER a 30-year period Rev Rob Schenck, above, ‘aided and abetted the poisoning of evangelical culture by engaging in alarmist rhetoric from the pulpit.’ And in doing so he profited handsomely, getting cash from more that 50,000 supporters to spread hatred and lies. Schenck, Administrative Bishop of the Methodist Evangelical Church USA, is now deeply ashamed of his past performances. In an op-ed published by Religion News Service (RNS) this week, he wrote: I denounced the ‘abortionists,’ the ‘homosexual lobby,’… Read more
February 5, 2021
Pillow fight: can gun control activist put MyPillow out of business?
February 5, 2021 By Barry Duke
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March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg, above, harassed and abused by disgraced Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for campaigning for gun control in the US, has announced a new initiative: a pillow company to rival that of mad Mike Lindell’s MyPillow (see my petition). Unlike faith-based MyPillow, which has God as its Chairman, Hogg’s as yet unnamed company, which he hopes to launch later this year, will, according to this report, support “progressive” causes and and employ formerly incarcerated Americans…. Read more
February 5, 2021
Death by baptism: Archbishop rejects calls to change ritual
February 5, 2021 By Barry Duke
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AFTER a six-week old baby died this week following a baptism in Romania, pressure began mounting to change the ritual. But the the leader of the Romanian Orthodox Church’s traditionalist wing – Archbishop Teodosie, above – has dug in his heels and insists that practice of immersing a baby three times in “holy” water will continue. The Guardian reports that the baby died after his face was submerged several times during the baptism, and suffered a cardiac arrest. He and… Read more
February 5, 2021
Christian psychopath Greene booted from key committee posts
February 5, 2021 By Barry Duke
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IN unprecedented move on Thursday night, the US House of Representatives voted to remove Capitol insurrectionist, QAnon supporter and 24-carat loon Marjorie Taylor Greene, above, from two committee posts she was assigned after was recently made a Congresswoman. Before the vote, Green – whose craziness stretched as far as to advocate the shooting of senior Democrats – frantically tried to convince people that her anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and her embrace of whacky conspiracy theories was a thing of her past. According… Read more
February 4, 2021
Bishop had to take a sabbatical after reading a ‘gory’ abuse report
February 4, 2021 By Barry Duke
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AFTER reading a report about the sexual abuse suffered by orphans at boarding houses run by Germany’s Order of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer, Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, above, Catholic Bishop of Speyer, reportedly had to take a month’s sabbatical to recover from the shock. According to this Daily Beast report, the investigation into the activities of nuns who rented out orphans – mainly boys – to paedophile priests, politicians and businessman in the 1960s and ’70s, led to a report… Read more
February 3, 2021
LGBT-friendly priest must be ‘censured’ for ‘leading souls to hell’
February 3, 2021 By Barry Duke
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FAR-right Christian website LifeSiteNews has launched a petition calling on the Jesuit Order to ‘publicly censure’ James Martin, SJ, ‘for the scandal he caused in insulting Poles everywhere, their culture, their traditions and their religion.’ So, what did Martin do to earn the wrath of LSN, one of America’s worst purveyors of conspiracy theories? He tweeted a picture of a ‘bastardised’ image to the Virgin Mary, above, saying: In Poland, where homophobia is rampant, LGBT people are on trial for… Read more
February 2, 2021
In America people trust nurses, doctors and cops more than priests
February 2, 2021 By Barry Duke
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THIRTY-three years ago a study revealed that 67 percent of Americans trusted clergy members for their ‘honesty and ethical standards.’ That figure in 2020 plunged to 39 percent, according to a new Gallup poll This, suggests the Christian Post, is in part due to the public being increasingly exposed to negative media reports about priests behaving like criminals. “Healing evangelist” Todd Bentley, above – a predatory sex and drug addict who got booted from his leadership of Fresh Fire USA –… Read more
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