McKinnon: Issues in Political Theory 
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British Humanist Association
www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/
Website of the well-known group which promotes humanism as an alternative to theistic values, presses for an end to religious privilege and influence in law, education, and elsewhere, and offers secular funerals, marriages, and naming ceremonies.
Gay Religion
religion.gaynewsblog.net/
Blog discussing religion-related news items from a GLBT perspective, 'ranging from Gay Bishops to keeping watch on the “Christian” right'.
Hatewatch
www.splcenter.org/intel/hatewatch/
A US website carrying national stories on hate-crimes from various media sources, updated daily.
Holocaust Denial on Trial
www.hdot.org/
Perhaps of use to those interested in whether Holocaust Denial should be tolerated, this website documents a well-known libel trial of 2000, in which the Revisionist historian David Irving tried (and failed) to defend his claims and methodology against criticisms by author Deborah Lipstadt. Lipstadt's blog, in which she discusses responses to Holocaust Denial and anti-Semitism, can be read here: lipstadt.blogspot.com/.
International Day for Tolerance
www.un.org/depts/dhl/tolerance/
Information on the UN's International Day for Tolerance, held annually on 16th November; includes links to relevant UN documents and initiatives.
Lessons in Tolerance
www.ccsf.edu/Resources/Tolerance/
Classroom materials, student and teacher forums, and other resources from the City College of San Francisco.
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
www.ncsfreedom.org/
A US-based group which campaigns for the end of all legal restrictions on unconventional sexual behaviour between consenting adults. Worth a read for those interested in the legal enforcement of morality.
Project Hijab
www.prohijab.net/english/main.htm
Campaigners for the right of Muslim women to wear the hijab; news and resources on headscarf controversies around the world.
ReligiousTolerance.org
www.religioustolerance.org/
Website maintained by followers of various religions, plus atheists, calling for religious tolerance in the US and Canada; various essays on the achievement of religious tolerance, plus perspectives on issues such as abortion and homosexuality.
Stonewall
www.stonewall.org.uk/
Home page of the well-known UK-based gay rights lobbyists.
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