Another day, another homophobic bishop

It's the usual line.  Those of you that cannot read Spanish, may count yourselves fortunate, not to be exposed to the full offensiveness of his comments.
Obispo aseveró que matrimonio homosexual "atenta contra la paz social"

If you have the stomach for it, you can read about it in English.

Horrific cruelty

A mother sentenced to life imprisonment for beating her son to death on the pretext that he had failed to memorise passages from the koran satisfactorily.  Simply horrific.

Sara Ege: Life jail for son's murder over Koran studies

Church of England concerned for the pressing issues of the day

I can't help thinking that every time the Church of England touches the issue of homosexuality it comes across as incoherent with a streak of intolerance.

Mixed response to C of E decision to allow gay bishops

Sanity

Some calm and well considered words on the separation that there should be between church and state in the UK.

Get the church out of the state,and the state will stay out of the church

Women straddling motorbikes considered a moral hazard

The BBC reports on a city in Aceh Province, in Indonesia that intends to ban women from straddling motorbikes because the practice "violates islamic values".  It probably doesn't, but why waste an opportunity to push women around.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20896966