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19/08/2018 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #347 – Seven reasons to protest Pope Francis

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19/08/2018 1 Comment Atheist Ireland

Seven reasons to protest Pope Francis

Six years ago, Atheist Ireland joined LGBT Noise in a small protest outside the Catholic Church’s Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, against the ongoing efforts by the Vatican to oppose equal civil rights for LGBT people. A lot has changed since then. This week Atheist Ireland will join a much larger ...

12/08/2018 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #346 – Donate to repeal the blasphemy law

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06/08/2018 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Don’t tell him, Pike! Bishop Doran reveals intention to further evangelise during sex education

In the sitcom Dad’s Army, Private Pike is famous for blurting out the truth at inconvenient times, to the annoyance of Captain Mainwaring. In one scene, a German U-Boat Captain asks Pike what his name is. Mainwaring interjects by barking: ‘Don’t tell him, Pike!’ Bishop Kevin Doran has created the ...

05/08/2018 2 Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #345 – Presidential election excludes conscientious atheists

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04/08/2018 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Yet again, a Presidential election that excludes conscientious atheists

Yet again Ireland is to hold a Presidential election that excludes conscientious atheists as candidates, as in order to take office we would have to swear a religious oath that is in our Constitution. This would force us to dissemble about our beliefs, and breaches our human right to freedom ...

29/07/2018 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #344 – Repeal the Irish blasphemy law

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22/07/2018 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #343 – Campaigning against Blasphemy Laws

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18/07/2018 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland to meet Department of Justice today to discuss new blasphemy repeal bill

Atheist Ireland welcomes the published wording of the proposed amendment of the Constitution on around 25 October to repeal the offence of blasphemy. Atheist Ireland will be meeting this afternoon with officials in the Department of Justice, to clarify any technical or logistical questions that we have. We will then ...

17/07/2018 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Catholic Church admits studying religion is a disadvantage, but wants the State to impose it anyway

The Catholic Church has acknowledged that studying religion in school, instead of other subjects, puts students at a disadvantage, and it is trying to insist that State-run schools make all students suffer that disadvantage. This is revealed in an article in the Irish Times by Carl O'Brien today, based on a ...

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