Former counsellor for the charity Relate, Gary McFarlane - who objected to giving sex therapy to gay couples because he said it was in conflict with his principles - discusses whether Christians are made to feel ashamed of their faith.
In the News
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December 2nd, 2010
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December 2nd, 2010
Britain is one of least family-friendly countries in the developed world, a report has found.
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December 2nd, 2010
Former Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has slammed attempts to "air-brush" Christianity out of society - a trend he said is gaining speed as Christmas nears.
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December 2nd, 2010
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Virginia dismissed Liberty University's lawsuit that argued the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) is unconstitutional and would permit the religious institution's insurance payments to cover abortion services.
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December 2nd, 2010
Abortion rates among teenagers in the Royal Borough are some of the highest in the UK.
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December 2nd, 2010
Teenagers would rather be taught about family values than about sex, a survey has found. They see the responsibilities of being a parent as the number one ‘fact of life’ – ahead of sexual intercourse, contraception and sexually-transmitted infections.
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December 2nd, 2010
Somali hardliners have accused the Horn of Africa country's separatist region of Somaliland for allowing Christian missionaries to open schools and commence Christian religious teaching in the predominantly Muslim country, Radio Garowe reports.
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December 2nd, 2010
Today the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency released an updated EU-wide legal analysis: Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Parliament had previously asked the Agency to analyse the legal situation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the European Union.
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December 1st, 2010
A Christian organization that recently had its Apple iPhone app removed from Apple’s App Store has sent a letter to protest the removal, asking CEO Steve Jobs to reconsider the decision.
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December 1st, 2010
Amid announcements by the religious forces in the country to resist any move to change the blasphemy laws, former information minister and Pakistan People’s Party MNA Sherry Rehman has submitted a bill to the National Assembly Secretariat seeking an end to the death penalty under the existing blasphemy laws.