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Secularism is hostile to state religion, not religion
23 Feb 2012
Separation of church and state is a basic democratic demand bitterly resisted by the British establishment, writes Eddie Ford
Cameron in the court of King James
22 Dec 2011
The prime minister's speech on the King James Bible ticks every reactionary box going, argues James Turley
Waking the dead
03 Nov 2011
A Tory MEP has attracted derision for his loopy beliefs in the paranormal - but he is merely the tip of an iceberg of absurd mumbo-jumbo, argues James Turley
Dignity in life and death
23 Jun 2011
The desire to end your life as a fully sentient being is a perfectly honourable and legitimate one. Eddie Ford argues for the 'right to die'
The sigh of the oppressed - part 2
26 May 2011
Jack Conrad continues his examination of Marx and Engels and their criticism of passive materialism, theological atheism and religion
The sigh of the oppressed - part 1
26 May 2011
Jack Conrad examines Marx and Engels and their criticism of passive materialism, theological atheism and religion
The religious right and genocide
03 Feb 2011
Tony Greenstein looks at sections of Israel's orthodox rabbinate and makes a less than flattering comparison
Disorientated establishment promotes Popemania
23 Sep 2010
Mike Macnair examines the results of Ratzinger's visit
No to crude anti-Catholicism
16 Sep 2010
Once on the outside, the Catholic church is now part of the British establishment. Eddie Ford looks at the relevance of the papal visit
Freedom to choose emancipation and dress
05 Aug 2010
To force a woman to remove her veil is just as subjugating as forcing her to cover up. Peter Manson replies to left and right criticisms
Holy water consecrates Cameron's big society
05 Aug 2010
The coalition government's programme of cuts has in effect been blessed by a whole range of Christian denominations and groups, reports Eddie Ford
Women bishops and secularism
22 Jul 2010
Jim Gilbert examines the Anglican hierarchy's hypocrisy
Church on the ropes
01 Apr 2010
Pope Benedict XVI claims he is being targeted by a malicious smear campaign. Anne Mc Shane disagrees. The Catholic church is guilty of a criminal cover-up when it comes to child abuse
Pope's Irish child abuse letter met with walkouts
25 Mar 2010
Anne Mc Shane argues that Ireland needs not less but more secularism. The clerical state must go
Right to a dignified life - right to a dignified death
11 Feb 2010
The comfort and self-respect of the incurably ill and the dying must be ensured, writes Eddie Ford
Johnson's bans are an attack on us all
21 Jan 2010
Oppose the ban on Islam4UK, writes Eddie Ford