Tolerance

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Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the transgender-inculcated person

'Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the man' is a Jesuit maxim attributed to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. He probably never said it, or if he…

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National Secular Society equates Anglicans with Islamists baying for blood

November 12, 2018
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While the Church of England was preparing to lead the nation in a corporate commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day 1918, the National Secular Society issued a tweet.…

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The EU is an anti-European force: it must become a ‘community of spirit’

October 22, 2018
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The Red Cell is new research project set up to "inform, challenge and trigger" in order to deliver and manage Brexit. "It's a small unit, a break out team. its…

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Dean of Ely reports Daily Mail to IPSO for saying Cathedral flew UKIP flag

August 22, 2018
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It beggars belief that anyone could have taken the story seriously. What dean and chapter of any cathedral would even entertain flying the UKIP flag? Oh, they'll host a Labour-supporting…

BBC Newsnight provides a pulpit for the myth of secular neutrality

August 16, 2018
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"The best guarantee of religious tolerance is a well-organised secular state... there is a higher authority; it's called the law," proclaimed author Ian McEwan on the BBC's 'Newsnight', in a…

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Ofsted chief says they have ‘no anti-faith bias’, but does she have anti-Protestant leanings?

July 10, 2018
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Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman gave a speech yesterday evening entitled 'The Ties that Bind', which concerned the need for a little more 'muscular liberalism' in education. She spoke at…

Nigel Biggar on the degeneracy of academic civility

April 10, 2018
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Professor Nigel Biggar has written for the Times: 'Vile abuse is now tolerated in our universities'. He tells us: "The spitting hatred I suffered over my views on empire shows…

Regulating sharia councils (ie sharia courts) with a state quango is not the way forward

February 2, 2018
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A government review into the desirability, purpose and functioning of sharia councils (ie sharia courts) has been 18 months in the making. It was instigated by Theresa May when she…

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Jo Johnson’s muddled and aimless thinking about freedom of speech in universities

December 28, 2017
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Universities Minister Jo Johnson delivered a much-trailed (..and here, here, here...) speech about the imperative of academic freedom of speech, which he says must be guaranteed on pain of universities…

The Church of England is a compromised and compromising church – thank God!

December 14, 2017
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As we await the appointment of the next Bishop of London, some are limbering up for the next round of culture wars within the Church of England. In a 'warning'…

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Charlottesville: white supremacists are fundamentally anti-American and anti-Christian

August 13, 2017
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Charlottesville has gone downhill a bit since The Waltons: the town where John Boy negotiated his first bank loan, Jim-Bob learned about his dead twin brother, and grandma and grandpa…

Government to establish ‘Commission for Countering Extremism’ – Be afraid. Be very afraid

June 23, 2017
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"A commission for countering extremism will be established to support the government in stamping out extremist ideology in all its forms, both across society and on the internet, so it…

Piers Morgan on the “evil cult” of Scientology – why is Dianephobia not a hate crime?

June 22, 2017
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"Why do you not want to read the violent paragraphs of the Qur'an?" Piers Morgan was asked by Ramthrax on Twitter after interviewing the 'hate preacher' Tommy Robinson. To his…

Lord Carey removed from King’s College London wall of distinguished alumni

December 21, 2016
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The motto of King's College London is Sancte et sapienter ('With holiness and wisdom'). Sadly, it appears to have abandoned both. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey of Clifton has…

Will Theresa May restore religious liberty by adopting reasonable accommodation?

December 6, 2016
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Theresa May is an Anglican, and her faith appears to be sound and secure (ie, it doesn't fade in and out like Magic FM in the Chilterns). A few articles…

Welby dedicates the next year of his ministry to the defence of freedom and Judæo-Christian values

November 29, 2016
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You might almost have missed it – especially if your favourite spiritual sport is Welby Wanging, which is open to all people irrespective of age, sex, sexuality, race, creed, religion,…

Ukip would be safe, safer and safest with Suzanne Evans as leader

November 19, 2016
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Ukip is about to choose a(nother) new leader. Will it be Suzanne Evans or Paul Nuttall? That's the choice (we can safely discount John Rees-Evans for.. all.. sorts.. of.. reasons..).…

Inadequate Christian schools named and shamed; inadequate Muslim school.. censored

September 29, 2016
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When the Durham Free School and Grindon Hall Christian School were excoriated by Ofsted last year for a raft of educational deficiencies (not least of which was failing to promote…

Batley and Spen by-election: you don't respect a murdered MP by suspending democracy

June 19, 2016
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"Following the tragic killing of Labour MP Jo Cox, the Conservative Party has decided not to contest the forthcoming by-election as a mark of respect to a much-loved and…