[Pushtrak]

Posted this in another thread, but worth noting here, too...

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/...n-3095427.html

Mum demands Catholic education for son

LOUISE Carey is involved in a battle with Education Minister Ruairi Quinn over the lack of a Catholic school place for her young son.

His department has recently given the go-ahead for two new schools in Ashbourne in Co Meath, where the population increased massively during the boom. But both schools -- a Gaelscoil and an Educate Together school -- are multi-denominational and do not have a Catholic ethos.

Ms Carey said she and her partner wanted their son Cillian (4) to go to a Catholic school.

Ms Carey recently helped to organise a meeting of 120 parents in Ashbourne demanding that Mr Quinn's department provide funding for more Catholic school places.

The three Catholic schools in Ashbourne are full for September, as is the new multi-denominational Gaelscoil na Mí set up last year. The planned Educate Together school will have a capacity for 57 junior infants under current plans.

Fine Gael Meath East TD Regina Doherty said yesterday that Mr Quinn had refused to meet a delegation involving her, Labour TD Dominic Hannigan and Fianna Fail senator Thomas Byrne about the crisis.

"I think the minister and the department are incorrect in their view that there is adequate school provision in Ashbourne. I have a list of 27 parents who have no place and who are not on any working list for schools this September -- yet all of our schools are full," she said.

The department denied it was trying to bully parents into choosing a multi-denominational school.

"This is certainly not the case. The parents of Ashbourne now have greater choice than ever before in the range of primary schools available to them for their children," it said.

[recedite]

Originally Posted by Pushtrak

Posted this in another thread, but worth noting here, too...

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/...n-3095427.html

My reading of that is that all the schools in the town are full for this Sept. and the new ET has not been built yet. When it is ready, a proportion of families will migrate from the three existing RCC schools, leaving space for the devout and aggrieved Ms. Carey. If she can't get her kid into the school with just a baptismal cert, they must be pretty full. In addition to the cert, they may be giving preference to those living closer, already on a waiting list and with siblings already in the school.
The main problem seems to be that the ET school wasn't built sooner.

[recedite]

British doctor converts to Islam, goes to Pakistan to help people, gets beheaded.

[MrPudding]

Originally Posted by recedite

British doctor converts to Islam, goes to Pakistan to help people, gets beheaded.

Another story from digital journal:

http://m.digitaljournal.com/article/321212

There are no words to describe how stories like this make me feel.

MrP

[koth]

The murder of 15-year-old Kristy Bamu is the latest in a series of crimes against children accused of witchcraft in the UK

The trial and conviction of Magalie Bamu and Eric Bikubi this March for the murder of 15-year-old Kristy Bamu was one of the most horrifying criminal cases of recent years. Horrifying for the level of violence and suffering inflicted: Kristy was tortured, beaten and cut over several days before he was finally drowned in the bath. Horrifying because of the relationship between the victim and his killer – Magalie was not only Kristy’s sister, she was also supposed to be caring for her brother and their other siblings during a holiday visit from France. And horrifying because the two killers were motivated by beliefs that seem both frighteningly alien and disturbingly irrational in the broadly secular Britain of 2012: they were convinced that Kristy was a witch.

[gawker]

Pastor encourages violence and other terrible parenting methods as a means of keeping kids from becoming gay:

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you...arriagenc.html

[robindch]

From the new Phoenix:

[Penn]

Originally Posted by gawker

Pastor encourages violence and other terrible parenting methods as a means of keeping kids from becoming gay:

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you...arriagenc.html

You say, “Can I take charge like that as a parent?”
Yeah, you can. You are authorized. I just gave you a special dispensation this morning to do that."

Can we slap the sh*t out of this pastor? Yes we can. We are authorised. I just gave us a special dispensation this morning to do that.

[MrPudding]

I am pretty sure this story has be posted, but a nice update form the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...us-freedom-aan

MrP

[Galvasean]

Originally Posted by MrPudding

I am pretty sure this story has be posted, but a nice update form the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...us-freedom-aan

MrP

"If you are not a religious person, you might be dangerous to others, behaving without control and doing anything you like," Lenggang says. "Religion brings order. You cannot be an individualist."

^^ That's what he's up against. Poor guy.

[as1435]

Gaelscoil Na Mí is not full, they haven't refused anyone that has registered their child for this september. There are still places available.

[joseph brand]

Originally Posted by gawker

Pastor encourages violence and other terrible parenting methods as a means of keeping kids from becoming gay:

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you...arriagenc.html

Lawrence O'Donnell Takes Down Evangelical Pastor Sean Harris For Controversial Sermon (Video)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1473705.html

What a scumbag.



I am a master of MS paint.

[Gordon]

Saw this on Slashdot: Religious sites 'riskier than porn for viruses'. Had to chuckle at the first reply on /. "But jebus will protect me so I don't need your silly anti-virus"

[Sarky]

If you log out before the viruses have a chance to install, it's all ok. See? Withdrawal works for computers, too.

[robindch]

Originally Posted by Gordon

Saw this on Slashdot:

Was also on HuffPo, with stats.

I suppose sprinkling your server with holy water doesn't work.