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News and Views
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Editorial.
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Catholics in crisis.
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Bogus “religious ethos” feared.
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Celebs say no to Christian outing.
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Church protest law an “affront to democracy”, says Tatchell.
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You don’t believe it?
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Con-substantiation.
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Tories fail to stop adoption bill.
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Death of early gay campaigner.
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Archbishop’s snub to gays.
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New National Secular Society role for Terry.
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No Santa, no God, Green tells GALHA lunch.
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World Watch edited by George Broadhead – news from Canada, the European Union, France, Israel, Italy, Spain and the Vatican.
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Obituary |
Obituary for Peter Danning by George Broadhead. |
Web Watch
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The Emperor’s New Faith – Brett Humphreys asks “When is a Christian not a Christian?”.
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Features
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The Big Christian Lie – Brett Lock unpicks the arguments of Christian propagandists over adoption by lesbians and gay men.
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Blood by January? – Is America’s proposed war with Iraq a case of 1939 revisited? Clark Flint draws the comparison.
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It’s Time To Go. Andy Armitage examines the Archbishop of Westminster’s inadequacy in dealing with sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in England and Wales.
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Vestiges – Charlie Coventry argues that even atheists find it hard to shake off their conditioning when it comes to religion.
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Unfinished Business – Antony Grey, a seasoned campaigner for law reform, looks back over 40 years and concludes that there is still more to be done.
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Gossip from Across the Pond – Warren Allen Smith profiles Harry Hay and needs your help.
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Gossip
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Fag Break with Shirley Dent.
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On the First Gay of Christmas – chitchat from Steven Dean.
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Infidel – a new irreverent column with a sceptical eye.
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Television
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Terry Sanderson reviews BBC2’s Horizon investigation into homeopathy.
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Books
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Back catalogue: Andy Armitage reviews A Queer Reader, edited by Patrick Higgins.
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Andy Armitage reviews Freethoughts, by Barbara Smoker.
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“VS” reviews Unexpected Pleasures, by Tamsin Wilton.
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Jim Herrick reviews A Cock-Eyed Comedy, by Juan Goytisolo.
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Postbag
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Nirvana or Urania?
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