Posted on April 10, 2009 by elliotbee
“It is a repressive, medieval myth that homosexuality is a perversion of human nature. There is no such thing as an ‘essential human nature’. Homosexuals ought to be able to marry each other; to demand otherwise is a violation of their basic human rights. Homosexuality is as essential a part of human nature as heterosexuality [...]
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Posted on April 7, 2009 by elliotbee
Numerous studies have shown a strong correlation between the size of students’ feet and their reading ability. Statistically speaking, the bigger a student’s shoe size is, the better his reading level is.
Pretty neat, huh? Maybe you should buy your kids bigger shoes just to encourage them!
EXERCISE FOR THE READER:
My entire factoid, while true, is a [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by elliotbee
The following is taken from a Northern Irish blog. One of our readers here would like to know if others can spot any fallacies/incoherence in Jonathan Bartley’s position.
Commenting on the statement issued today by six churches and Christian groups against US anti-gay hate group Westboro Baptist Church, who proposed to picket in the UK on [...]
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