SPUC OFF!

Posted by Hayley on Apr 29, 2012 in atheism, feminism, Skepticism | 5 comments

Written for The Heresy Club

Earlier this week I discovered the ‘Society for the Protection of Unborn Children’ (SPUC) were holding anti-abortion protests across the UK on the 44th anniversary of the Abortion Act. One of these was to be held in the city of Bath and as I am local and pro-choice I decided to organise a pro-choice counter demo to show that not everyone agrees with SPUC’s views on abortion (not the mention their views on gay marriage, contraception and more).

Offensive adverts vs. misleading adverts

Posted by Hayley on Apr 13, 2012 in atheism, musings | 10 comments

Some people seem shocked that I don’t agree with the recent decision to not run the ‘gay cure’ advert on London buses because I made a complaint about the Christian groups ‘Healing on the Streets‘ and an advert they were handing out.

I find it concerning that so many people cannot understand why I would have a problem with one advert and not another.

I’m a heretic

Posted by Hayley on Apr 9, 2012 in atheism | 0 comments

I’ve recently started writing for The Heresy Club alongside Rhys Morgan, Alex Gabriel, Siana Bangura and Richard Nicholl. The site is for young atheists, skeptics and freethinkers and is growing day by day. I’ve already contribute a few articles which I hope you’ll read.

The Selfish Cardinal & the Aggressive Secularists

The point the all missed: Atheists do care

The demon in your mirror

You can read these, and a whole host of articles from the other contributors by visiting the site here.

I forgive you, Stranger

Posted by Hayley on Feb 12, 2012 in atheism | 8 comments

I was going to write an in depth blog post today about the person who tried to get me sacked because of the complaint I made to the ASA recently. Despite not publishing anywhere on the internet where I work, and ensuring I didn’t bring the name of my employers into the situation in anyway, this stranger saw it fit to make a complaint with the malicious intention of getting me into as much trouble as possible. It was a very upsetting experience as I am very dedicated to my job and love what I do for a living.

What I do outside of work has nothing to do what I do within work. I was going to write out how malicious this was of them, how unchristian of them it was, and how pointless it was too.

However, I decided not to, because I forgive them. Which is funny, considering I’m an immoral atheist, and all that…