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‘Pro-lifers’ imagine a boycott will drive Netflix out of business

NETFLIX is one of a number of media companies that has threatened to pull out of Georgia because of the state’s draconian new abortion ban. Anti-abortionists reacted with fury to the threat, and –...

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Banned gay wedding ads: One Million Moms back to square one.

JUST days after US Christian hate group One Million Moms declared victory in their battle against the Hallmark Channel – sparked by the screening of Zola.com wedding planning ads that featured a...

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‘Blasphemy’ in Brazil: Netflix faces lawsuits and an official probe

FOLLOWING our piece earlier this month about the outrage sparked by Netfix’s Christmas comedy depicting Jesus as gay it’s now being reported the company is being summoned by Brazilian authorities to...

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Catholic school apologises over Chicago’s Nutcracker walk-out

NO secret was made of the fact that a version of The Nutcracker, staged in Chicago in November, featured a gay couple. Indeed, it was well publicised that the main parents of the main character, Clara,...

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H/Q of Brazilian comedy team attacked with Molotov cocktails

OUTRAGE over Netflix’s ‘blasphemous’ gay Jesus festive season special spilled over into violence last night when a Christmas eve Molotov cocktail attack took place at The Backdoor, headquarters of the...

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Op-ed: Why we get the movies we get

MERYL Streep gave a graduation address at Barnard College (the girly appendix to Columbia University) in 2010 in which she pointed out an oddity about playing female roles, the perception of female...

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Netflix told its ‘Messiah’ series is not fit for Jordanians’ eyes

TOMORROW, despite pre-screening rumblings of discontent among Muslims  and some Christians, Netflix will start streaming Messiah, a series about a mysterious figure – Al-Masih, played by Belgian actor...

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Singer who filmed an ‘anti-Christian’ video is to receive an award

LAST  June, the forever-outraged Calvin Freiburger of LifeSiteNews had conniptions when American pop singer and LGBT rights advocate Taylor Swift released a video that depicted ‘those who hold a...

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Free speech victory: Brazil’s Supreme Court lifts Jesus parody ban

THE brouhaha in Brazil over Netflix’s The First Temptation of Christ took a new turn on Thursday when the Supreme Court has overturned a ruling the previous day against the streaming service. Netflix...

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UK Jewish charity blasted for targeting London jazz club

A CHARITY currently under investigation by the Charity Commission for interfering in party politics – it crowed over Jeremy Corbyn’s election defeat by saying ‘the beast is slain’ –  has now been...

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Christian nutter wants to sue for trillions over NFL ‘crotch shots’

DAVE Daubenmire, a far-right Christian commentator, above, claimed in a video that he had been put in danger of hellfire by watching a Super Bowl halftime show at the weekend – and he believes he has a...

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OMM pick another fight with Disney, this time over witchcraft

OMM stands for One Million Moms, a nutty US outfit which forms part of the anti-gay hate group, the American Family Association. Its name suggest it has as army of followers, but it reportedly...

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‘Atheist’ gets red carpet treatment at ‘Christian Oscars’ ceremony

BENEATH the headline ‘Atheists who see Christianity as good for society’ the Christian Post reveals that Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies, above, best known for playing the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the...

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US Christian group furious over exploration of Bible Belt gay life

AMERICA’S Public Broadcasting Service has enlisted openly gay actor Dyllón Burnside, above, to host Prideland, an upcoming series that explores gay life in southern states. The very homophobic American...

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A history of fundie fury #1: Pat Boone goes metal, fans go mental

THE idea of traveling back in time to see what filled Christians with righteous anger in past decades occurred to me after a friend and I began boozily reminiscing about the pop stars we worshipped in...

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Mel Gibson’s sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ’ unleashes hilarity

AT a time when there’s so little to laugh at in this crazy, COVID-19 afflicted, Trumpite world of ours, über-conservative Catholic actor and director Mel Gibson, above, has sent a tsunami of mirth...

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‘Jesus’ calls for war against ‘secular extremists’

ACTOR Jim Caviezel received a serious blow to the head by a big ol’ wooden cross when he was making Mel Gibson’s torture porn movie The Passion of the Christ. He was also struck by lightning while...

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Borat’s Allah ring and mankini spark Muslim anger in Paris

WHENEVER Jewish comedian Sacha Baron Cohen releases a new  comedy video or film outrage frequently follows, and posters for his latest – Borat II-New Filmed Mission – is reportedly being branded by...

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Anti-gay outfit angry over judge who disallowed biblical testimony

LAST year, in a case involving ‘persecuted’ Christian Seyi Omooba, dropped by a theatre company for expressing homophobic sentiments, an ‘expert witness’ – ‘renowned theologian’ and Conservative...

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‘Hurt’ Hindus want Netflix reps jailed for screening interfaith kiss

ANGRY Hindu social media users and politicians have rounded on Netflix for screening an adaptation of Vikram Seth’s best-selling novel A Suitable Boy – and some are even calling for the jailing of two...

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