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06/10/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland supports Court challenge on religious oaths

Atheist Ireland supports the five Irish citizens who are taking a European Court challenge to the religious oaths that must be sworn by the Irish President, judges and members of the Council of State, which includes the Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Chairs of the Oireachtas, and others. David Norris, Róisín Shortall, John ...

06/10/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #406 – Pastafarian exposes religious discrimination in marriage law

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06/10/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Pastafarian exposes religious discrimination in marriage law

John Hamill, a former member of Atheist Ireland, was a guest on RTE’s Liveline show this week. He was interviewed in his new role as the founder of the Reformed Congregationalist Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in Ireland, also known as Pastafarians. On behalf of his church, John had ...

29/09/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #405 – Objective Sex Education

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24/09/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Dail to debate Objective Sex Education Report this Thursday

This Thursday the Dail will be debating the Oireachtas Education Committee Report on Objective Sex Education, which was published last January. Please contact your TDs between now and Thursday to ask them to speak on the issue in the Dail debate, and to support the recommendations of the Report. The ...

22/09/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #404 – Homework Pass for Singing at Mass

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15/09/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #403 – First meeting with ETBI

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08/09/2019 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #402 – 7 years of information tables

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07/09/2019 Atheist Ireland

The Catholic Church’s imaginary authority

The Catholic Primate of All Ireland Eamon Martin made two claims this week that show how out of touch with reality that the Catholic Church is. Firstly he said that Catholic politicians are obliged to oppose laws that violate Catholic policy on the integrity of life created in God’s image. ...

01/09/2019 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #401 – New lesson plans published about atheism

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