Christian Voice launches new bid for blasphemy ruling

20 November 2007 · Comments 

Stephen “Dogshit” Green of Christian Voice is launching a private prosecution in the High Court in an attempt to sue the BBC for blasphemy for it’s screening of Jerry Springer: The Opera.

Green first launched his legal application for special treatment for supposed offence caused in 2005, but it was turned down at the time by City of Westminster magistrates court. Now Green seeks to have this ruling overturned.

The BBC reports:

Michael Gledhill QC, appearing for Mr Green, argued the district judge had made a mistake in refusing to issue the summonses as the show had clearly “crossed the blasphemy threshold”.

He said the show was “an offensive, spiteful, systematic mockery and wilful denigration of Christian belief”, and one that would never have been staged or aired in Britain had it been a satire about Islam, not Christianity.

No theatre would have produced it. Neither would the BBC have broadcast it,” he said.

As I’ve mentioned before, it seems that christians are not averse to riding on the coat-tails of islamists who might actually make good on their threats of violence. It seems that they’re content to equate the consequences of insulting christianity with those of insulting islam, yet they’re not so keen as to actually make any overt threats of violence, and even less keen to carry out those that they do make.

Instead, they make shallow comparisons and appeal to completely backwards and anachronistic laws that have no place in any modern society that values rationality, evidence and reality.

It seems to me that now is as good a time as any to promote the petition to get the UK’s blasphemy laws put onto the dog-pile of history where it belongs.

Full article over at on BBC News.

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Forgive us when we cock things up

2 November 2007 · Comments 

From the “You couldn’t make this shit up” department:

This story from the Romford Recorder is just too precious retarded:

A PEARLY Queen’s Cockey slang version of the Lord’s Prayer recited during a formal council meeting has sparked an official complaint.

The modern interpretation of the prayer was brought to the Town Hall by the Pearly Queen of The Old Kent Road, Doreen Golding, who was invited by Havering Mayor Georgina Galpin.

The Pearly Queen, dressed in her traditional outfit, joined the 52 members of Havering Council and several officers and opened the Full Council Meeting on Wednesday, October 17, with her cockney rhyming slang-ridden version of the Lord’s Prayer.

The prayer, recited daily by thousands of Christians, was converted to include the phrases “ave a butchers” (look), and “give us some Uncle Fred” (bread), colloquial terms and abbreviated words.

What the story fails to report is to whether it was up-their-own-arse christians, non-christian theists or non-theists who made the complaint. It it was made by christians, I would then ask them if they would make the same complaint if it were made in, say, Latin? Somehow, I doubt that they’d be so black-affronted if it were. Or would it be that they might imagine that their god is offended by supplications ululated in anything other than King James’ English?

Not that I advocate any kind of special religious representation in government, even local government, but while it’s allowed (or at least tolerated) in the UK, then at least give each their own chance to chant their respective mumbo-jumbo in their own way, and then get down to the business of reality.

The full story, and full version of the prayer, are available in this week’s Recorder, which I don’t have a copy of and am not in a position to pop to the newsagent’s to get, although I do know plenty of people in that neck of the woods, so I’ll put the feelers out to see if one of them could ‘ave a butchers on my behalf.

Lahverly.

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BBC: Bishop noses in on BA crucifix bollocks

25 November 2006 · Comments 

Nadia Eweida - thinks not wearing her cross will result in the end of the worldThe Bishop of London has welcomed a review of uniform policy by British Airways in the wake of a row over a worker ordered to stop wearing a cross.

Great. So another god-botherer is now sticking their nose into something that essentially is a private/commercial matter.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, the Bishop of London paid tribute to Ms Eweida.

He said: “I hope in some ways that this story is going to encourage more people to wear their cross to stand up in public for the historic faith of this country because they can certainly do so in a way that protects the rights of others as well as Christians.

In that case, I think I want to get a job for BA and wear a “fuck you, god doesn’t exist, get a clue” t-shirt as part of my uniform. This is to stand up for the historic rational, scientific and enlightenment ideas of this country that one doesn’t need a to bow down to a non-existent big brother figure.

Ms Eweida, 55, from London, said she was effectively forced to take unpaid leave after refusing to hide the cross symbol she wore round her neck when people of other faiths were allowed to wear visible religious symbols such as headscarves.

She has been refusing to return to work since the ban and earlier this week lost an appeal against the decision.

After Mr Walsh’s announcement of a policy review she said: “If they are going to review the policy and allow Christians their place in the workforce then that is a big relief.”

Forced by whom? Nobody but herself in trying to maintain this charade of ‘offense’. Who has lost anything if she doesn’t wear her cross? Nobody. Would she lose her faith or her religion? No. Would she lose the ability to do her job? No. Would her health suffer? No. Would she be less religious if she wore it under her uniform? Would it like shite. Would her god love her any less? A moot question. The same goes for those with the damned headscarves.

And it’s blindingly apparent that her “place in the workforce” wasn’t jeopardised by BA, it was jeopardised by her refusing to return to work! The lies and hypocrisy just ooze out of these people.

Besides, I don’t know that I would trust someone who ostensibly is employed to be partly responsible for maintaining safety within an environment, that has been known to be used by extreme religious idiots, who places their “faith” in an invisible sky-friend, rather that in the inate goodness of decent people and the well-tested principles of aerodynamics.

More at BBC News

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