So, NZ Bus doesn’t want the atheists money. Fair enough, they’re a private company and able to choose who they do business with. However, one point made by a Catholic Church spokeswoman did annoy me:
…people of faith make up the majority of New Zealanders, who would have been offended by the ad.
Offended? Well then I’m offended at the Catholic Church for their covering for pedophile priests (to be fair, certain parts of the Anglican Church aren’t any better). Of course, these wowsers moaned to the wowsers at the Human Rights Commission because of the potential offense they would’ve had to have endured. Neither the Atheists or Catholics have the right to not be offended by people of other faiths. It’s called religious freedom people.
And just to show I’m being consistent, apparently the UK is about to lift a ban on gay marriage in churches. Nothing wrong with that, however on reading the Bill it actually seems that this isn’t simply about lifting the ban on gay marriage in churches, it’s about forcing churches (and other religious institutions – good luck with that in certain parts of South London) to hold gay marriages. Sure, there might be some members of the clergy who support it. But let’s not confuse the difference between simply lifting a ban, which is good for freedom, with forcing churches to marry everyone. That is bad for freedom.

