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Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Religion, Science on Jun 26th, 2009
There seem to be more and more cases where religious people are claiming that their faith prevents them from doing their job. If they are then asked to continue doing the job that they were employed to do, some are claiming that they are facing religious discrimination.
In recent months I have been aware of:
an employee [...]
Posted in Government, Human Rights, Isolation, Morality on May 8th, 2009
British newspapers appear to be making a big story out of a recent Royal decision to take note of modern Britain.
Some Hindus and Muslims objected to the name and the insignia of an honour established by the Queen 40 years ago to recognise distinguished service in the former colony of Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinity [...]
Posted in Government, Human Rights, Law, Morality, Politics, Religion on Mar 27th, 2009
I think I am living in the UK in the twenty first century. I think I am. Sometimes things just seem so absurd that I question my reality. Some things you just couldn’t make up.
Just bear with me. Suppose there were laws about pigs - laws set up to protect the rights of pigs [...]
Just suppose that somebody noticed a slight (but statistically significant) increase in the number of aircraft near-misses and crashes that were occurring. And just suppose, that after rigorous examination of the evidence it was found that there was a clear trend in the increase in human error as being a factor in many of these [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Religion, Society on Feb 1st, 2008
Although I used to wear one as a compulsory part of my uniform (many, many years ago, you understand, in my un-reconstructed youth), I never did feel comfortable with the woggle - that little band of bone or plastic or wood or metal or string for holding your scarf (neckerchief) around your neck. I [...]
Posted in Censorship, Human Rights, Humanity, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2008
Towards the Light by A.C. Grayling is an informative, passionate, encouraging, and challenging book.
The author gives a short 300 page history of the movement towards greater freedom in the West, and as you would expect from a Professor of Philosophy, occasionally pauses to give brief cameo explanations of some of the key thinkers whose ideas [...]
Posted in Censorship, Faith, Human Rights, Humanity, Morality, Religion, Science, Society on Jan 25th, 2008
Many religions have always expressed an interest in the way people dress and wear their hair, although traditionally most of the attention was focused on women. The concepts of ‘modesty’ and ‘hidden’ occur in the holy books written by men. One of the strangest things I have discovered in recent months is that at [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Religion, Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2008
Posted in Censorship, Government, Human Rights, Law, Religion, Society on Jan 8th, 2008
British Members of Parliament are being asked to consider an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill to repeal the law of blasphemy.
There are several reasons why I have written to my MP urging him to support this amendment.
The law of blasphemous libel purports to protect beliefs rather than people or communities. [...]
Posted in Government, Human Rights, Humor, Humour, Law, Religion, Society on Oct 28th, 2007
There was a strange posting in the Celtic Football Team blog last Friday. Don’t worry, I haven’t lost my senses (at least, not that I am aware of). I have a stringer who reads these things for me so that I don’t have to. No expense is spared in bringing you the most scintillating stories.
Imagine [...]
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