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City of Toronto ‘multifaith’ prayer room
November 21, 2011 — xanthippa‘The cab driver was mortified to see that prayer room, it is in no way shape or form inclusive or respectful of others, in fact it’s downright threatening to those who suffered at the hands of Muslims in their countries of origin.’
Living up to the challenge and went to investigate:
Head over to his site and check it out.
Of course, I maintain that prayer – under all circumstances – is demonstrably immoral and offensive and that not a penny of any taxpayer money must be permitted to go to anything even remotely related to religion(s). No publicly funded prayer rooms, no publicly funded preachers and no praying in public. That would avoid this all mess!
In somewhat related news, here is some advice from Mark Vandermaas over at VoiceOfCanada:
‘Our Western countries have become divided states, one part for the radicals and one for the majority of citizenry — and, by virtue of our free and fair society, they are both afforded the same rights.’
And, I know this is a few days old, but: check out women’s rights under Sharia! (And, yes, this is precisely why we must not have a law banning the burka: the moment the state is given the right to legislate how we dress, we are giving up our right and ability to protest against this.)
Judge Michael Kent rules!
November 15, 2011 — xanthippaAustralian judge Michael Kent rules that a child’s rights trump Sharia!
Well done, judge!
If only more judges acknowledged that, even in circumstances as difficult as divorce, the best interests of a child trump everything else.
In this case, the mother wanted the ruling to be done in Saudi Arabia so that it would be made under Sharia – a set of laws which only considers the Islamic religious beliefs, not the rights of people, much less the best interests of the child.
Thank you, judge Michael Kent!
After all, a person’s a person, no matter how small.
I wish more judges were like judge Michael Kent.
H/T: Religion of Peace
Pat Condell: Useful idiots for Palestine
November 4, 2011 — xanthippaOn a related note, Saudi Prince Khaled Bin Talal puts great value on Jewish lives (Jewish soldiers, that is…)
Ezra Levant speaks up for women
October 22, 2011 — xanthippaBecause a person’s a person, no matter how small!
…or how female…
…or how Muslim…
Thunderf00t: ‘Amenakin, Censorin’ for Islam’
October 3, 2011 — xanthippaFor those who are not frequent users of YouTube or are simply unaware of this particular issue, Thunderf00t is one of the most prominent members of the informal YouTube atheist community. As a scientist, he has consistently criticized theocratic dogma, dispelling their claims with science and reason.
Not surprisingly, there has been some friction between him (and other YouTube-active atheists) and theocrats, usually of the monolatric bend. Usually, this friction has been limited to exchanges of videos and comments – which is really quite entertaining, regardless of where one falls opinion-wise: it’s like a fine boxing match, but fought with ideas and words. Ray Comfort, a prominent Christian theist, has even hosted long one-on-one debates with Thunderf00t which both of them then posted on YouTube.
What I am trying to say is that yes, there is an ongoing battling of ideas – and while tempers may rise, both sides are capable of civilized discourse.
Or, rather, most members of both sides…
…because there are people who are using the DMCA to make claims that are intended to force YouTube to shut down channels of people whose views they disagree with. This is a sort of a mini-SLAPP suit…
Which is what this video is about:
Will Ontario Conservatives loose a second election on the same issue that lost them the last one?
September 21, 2011 — xanthippaFour years ago, Ontario Conservatives were hopeful: after the inept mismanagement and corruption of the McGuinty regime, it seemed that a Conservative majority was assured.
Until, of course, then Conservative leader John Tory snatched defeat from the jaws of victory! The issue that crashed the Conservatives was Tory’s promise of public funding of religious schools. His assertion then was that funding faith-based schools is the only way to regulate them.
Really.
He actually stood up and said this – and did not see what was wrong with this thinking.
For obvious reasons, this single stance by the Conservatives brought us another 4 years of McGuinty. And, during this 4 year term, Mc.Guinty expanded religion in publicly funded schools; both Catholic and Public (which are ostensibly secular). Now, we see sectarian and gender segregation in tax-payer funded schools in oder for clerics to instruct the students and lead them in prayer.
And no wonder – McGuinty is sleeping with an activist for religious schools! Quite literally – he is married to her…
But, surely, the Ontario Conservatives have learned from this, no?
They have a spanking new leader, Tim Hudak, whose parents are said to be teachers: between that and the Tory disaster last election, surely Hudak will not be so stupid as to run on a platform of taxpayer-funded faith-based education, right?
May be, may be not… According to this interview by Brian Lilley, it is not so certain.
Which constitutional article was that?
September 14, 2011 — xanthippaThis lunatic is, unfortunately, a voice of influence in parts of the Arab world. Here, he claims – with a straight face – that America’s founding fathers tried to introduce an article to the US Constitution to ban Jews from US land.
Really.
Of course, there are other voices, too – they just get drowned out much of the time.
Which is a shame – these following people do make sense:
And there are Imams who do condemn violence in their sermons – yet they do not always find a receptive audience. This makes it so much more important that we speak up about them and help their voices be heard.
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