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May 2, 2022

Ukraine ✑ Filtration In Russian-Occupied Areas Is “A Way Of Terrorising Civil Society”

People And Nature ✒ Some insights into the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, where “people’s republics” were set up by Russian-supported armed militia in 2014, are provided in these excerpts from an interview with Pavel Lisyansky of the Eastern Human Rights Group. It was published on 25 March by Tribun, a Luhansk-based news group.4-April-2022Q: Do you think that the
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Published on May 02, 2022 13:00

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Ninety Eight

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousDefanging Nature: How Human Exceptionalism is Destroying the WildNew Climate Doc Premieres on Netflix as Youth Await Major Court DecisionRampant
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Published on May 02, 2022 12:00

Who Will Be The Focus Of Thursday’s Referendum?

Dr John Coulter ✒ As Northern Ireland goes to the polls on Thursday 5 May for the Assembly elections, there is a real chance it will be turned into a referendum - but who is being judged? That’s the question posed by the TPQ Monday contentious political commentator.Thursday is another big crossroads election in Northern Ireland. The centre parties are fighting to ensure it does not descend into
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Published on May 02, 2022 01:00

May 1, 2022

Brief Answers To The Big Questions

Anthony McIntyre 🔖 His ashes placed between the remains of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin in Westminster Abbey, loudly trumpets from the silence of the vault the measure of Stephen Hawking within the world of science. By the grace of a higher power - the laws of physics and evolutionary biology - one of the greatest theoretical physicists / cosmologists the world has hosted, he has bequeathed
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Published on May 01, 2022 13:00

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Ninety Seven

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousGreen Pastures church in Ballymena suffering from ‘governance issues’Abortion Providers Sue to Block Oklahoma GOP's 'Insidious' BansFlorida atheist
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Published on May 01, 2022 12:00

The 5-Year Drop In Religious Marriages

Atheist Ireland ✒ Yesterday we reported on what we described as the rise in nonreligious marriages in Ireland since 2016.That is a fair description when you look at the percentages, as religious marriages have dropped from 67.4% to 56.7%, and nonreligious marriages have risen from 32.6% to 43.3%.However, when you look at the actual figures rather than the percentages, it is more accurate to
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Published on May 01, 2022 07:00

Inspectors Criticise Catholic Church For Banning Gay Author’s School Talk

National Secular Society ✒ School inspectorate Ofsted has criticised the Catholic Church for forcing a school to cancel a talk by a gay children's author.In a letter to the John Fisher School in Croydon, Ofsted said the Archdiocese of Southwark's actions had "unnerved and upset many in the school community".The letter follows a snap inspection of the school in March prompted by the diocese's
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Published on May 01, 2022 04:00

Controlled By The Devil

Right Wing Watch ✒ Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Christians Helping Resettle Undocumented Immigrants and Refugees Are Controlled by the Devil.Kyle MantylaRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene recently sat down for an interview with far-right Catholic activist Michael Voris of Church Militant, where she declared that Christian organizations that are working to resettle undocumented immigrants and refugees in
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Published on May 01, 2022 01:00

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