Bishop of Oxford says anti-Islam protests make the subject essential for the English baccalaureate.
In the News
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January 24th, 2011
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January 24th, 2011
A day before President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, a political action committee dedicated to electing pro-life women to Congress, is pushing for an end to federal funding for abortion.
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January 23rd, 2011
The sexual revolution of the swinging 60s – kick-started by the arrival of the pill – seems glamorous, exciting and seductive when depicted in hit TV shows such as Mad Men. But, argues Virginia Ironside, there was a bleaker side to such freedom.
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January 22nd, 2011
Will a new $40 billion maternal and child health fund include abortion? A just-announced UN commission will decide.
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January 21st, 2011
A Christian couple have lost a court battle over their refusal to allow a homosexual couple to share a room at their B&B, and have been ordered to pay them £3,600 in damages. Is this just?
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January 21st, 2011
The recent attacks on Christians in the Middle East and in particular in Iraq and Egypt have highlighted the dangers that these ancient and dwindling communities face. Members of the European Parliament from across the political divide joined together to condemn violence against Christians and any violence based on religion when they debated the situation of Christians on Wednesday (19 January). The following day they adopted a resolution on the debate.
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January 20th, 2011
The right to act in keeping with one's religious faith is being set against the right not to be offended – and is losing.
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January 19th, 2011
Christian hotel owners in Cornwall have been forced to pay damages after they refused to let a gay couple share a double bedroom. Many Christians feel that they are becoming increasingly marginalised in society and point to a number of examples.
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January 19th, 2011
Antrim councillor Adrian Watson has said he sympathises with the Christian owners of a seaside guesthouse who acted unlawfully when they refused to let a homosexual couple share a double bed.
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January 19th, 2011
Two Christian hotel owners punished for refusing a bed to a homosexual couple claimed yesterday that their religion is being suppressed.