Posts from 2013

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BBC religious output drops 20% in one year

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The BBC’s religious output has fallen by 20 per cent in one year, according to its latest annual report. One secularist group welcomed the figures, claiming audiences see religion as unimportant. But a recent BBC Trust report highlighted a lack of knowledge about religion amongst some BBC staff. Decreased Across the broadcaster’s TV and Radio […]

Peers told MP’s career threatened over marriage vote

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MPs are urging Peers to oppose gay marriage, saying threats were made to force MPs to vote in favour of the proposals in the House of Commons. In a letter signed by 15 MPs, including former children’s minister Tim Loughton and former defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth, Peers were told of the “varying degrees of […]

Lords’ same-sex marriage vote moved to 4th June

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The Lords’ vote on the same-sex marriage Bill has been moved by the Government from Monday 3 June to Tuesday 4 June. The timing has been changed because the Government feared it could lose a vote on the first day back after recess. The debate will still start on Monday, and continue into Tuesday with a […]

Cameron would like to forget gay marriage, but it will haunt him

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Homosexuality was once famously described as “the love that dare not speak its name”. This definition fits the Coalition’s attitude to its own Same-Sex Couples Bill. It won’t say a word about it any more. Her Majesty, speaking on the advice of her ministers, did not mention the Bill in her Gracious Speech in Parliament on […]

Christians returned to jail in Iran

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An Iranian high court has upheld the prison sentences of four Christians for converting to the faith from Islam. buy essay The decision means Pastor Farhad Sabokrooh, of the Iranian Assemblies of God, his wife Shahnaz Jayzan, and church workers Naser Zaman-Dezfuli and Davoud Alijani have had to return to jail. They were arrested in […]

NI Assembly defeats same-sex marriage for second time

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The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted down a motion to redefine marriage by an even bigger margin than it did in October. The new motion was tabled by three Sinn Fein MLAs and debated today at Stormont. The Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Roman Catholic bishops had been urging MLAs not to support the motion. Against […]

Tory MPs ‘blackmailed’ for voting against gay marriage

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Unnamed Tory MPs have said they are being blackmailed by the Chief Whip for voting against gay marriage. The MPs say their expenses records are being used to “bully” and “victimise” them because they failed to support the Government’s unpopular policy. Sir George Young, the Tory Chief Whip, is understood to have got the expenses […]

Carey: PM feeds fears of sidelining Christians

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Christians who fear being marginalised are having their anxieties fed by David Cameron, former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has said. Writing in a national newspaper, Lord Carey warned that the Government is “aiding and abetting” a hostile secularisation “every step of the way”. And the former leader of the Church of England also warned […]

Sex Education Should Promote 'Value of Abstinence' says Govt Report

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A Government report has revealed that most parents want sex education to be taught within a clear “moral context” with a particular emphasis on abstinence before marriage. Consultation Last year, the Department for Education (DfE) consulted the public about its views on making sex and relationships education (SRE) compulsory in schools, and asked respondents what […]

Sweden Denies Asylum to Christians Facing Persecution

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Christians in Iran face arrest, torture, even death. But that doesn't seem to matter to Swedish immigration officials. Sweden wants to send Iranian Christian asylum seekers, who left Islam, back to Iran where they could be killed. Iran is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Christians. As apostates from Islam, they face […]