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== Modern Usage ==
Denominations other than the Free Church are also regularly called Wee Frees in the press. For example the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland|Free Presbyterians]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Munro |first1=Alasdair |title=Scottish independence: Self rule would be a 'provocation of God' say Wee Frees |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-independence-self-rule-would-be-a-provocation-of-god-say-wee-frees-1-2363261 |access-date=29 April 2017 |publisher=The Scotsman |date=19 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Janice |title=Bible-basher Beat Children With Leather Belt |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/bible-basher-beat-children-with-leather-belt-959564 |access-date=29 April 2017 |publisher=The Daily Record |date=1 July 2012}}</ref> and even the [[United Free Church of Scotland|United Free]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Duke |first1=Barry |title='Wee Frees' minister wins lottery but his church won't see a penny of the dosh |url=http://freethinker.co.uk/2010/11/11/%E2%80%98wee-frees%E2%80%99-minister-wins-lottery-but-his-church-wont-see-a-penny-of-the-cash/ |access-date=29 April 2017 |publisher=The Free Thinker |date=11 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary – Craigie Aitchison |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/6860258/Craigie-Aitchison.html |access-date=29 April 2017 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=21 December 2009}}</ref> (the very body the name was supposed to distinguish from) are called by the epithet. The Free Church has publicly tried to distance itself from the name calling it a "derogatory and offensive slur".<ref>{{cite web |title=Media enquiries |url=https://freechurch.org/contact/media-enquiries |publisher=Free Church of Scotland |access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Free Church in plea over nickname "Wee Frees" |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21545940 |access-date=22 February 2013 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 February 2013}}</ref> However some people inside<ref>{{cite news |title=Such a messy schism |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12215222.Such_a_messy_schism/ |access-date=29 April 2017 |publisher=The Herald |date=1 February 2000}}</ref> the denomination and outside<ref>{{cite news |title=Spendidly Pointless Second City Debate |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6f4d18a6-7f3f-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0 |access-date=29 April 2017 |publisher=The Financial Times}}</ref> don't mind, even if it causes some to cringe. [[David Robertson (minister)|David Robertson]], a Free Church minister, uses a version of it in his blog<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=David |title=The Wee Flea |url=https://theweeflea.com/ |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> after being called a flea by a well known atheist.
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== In literature ==
[[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Wee Free Men]] is an epithet for his [[Nac Mac Feegle]] who appear in some of his [[Discworld]] novels.
== See also ==
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