Homosexual couples could be allowed to 'marry' in traditional religious ceremonies for the first time, a government minister has said.
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July 3rd, 2010
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July 2nd, 2010
Swiss assisted suicide organisation Dignitas is under growing pressure, as questions about its finances and urns of ashes found in Lake Zurich coincide with plans for a law that would make it harder for foreigners to end their life in Switzerland.
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July 2nd, 2010
An evaluation of Swedish law shows that criminalising the purchase, but not the sale, of sex has been a great success.
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July 2nd, 2010
The gap between average life expectancy and that of the poorest in England is widening, a report says.
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July 2nd, 2010
A referendum on changing the voting system is planned for 5 May 2011, the BBC understands, if the government can get it through Parliament.
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July 2nd, 2010
Patrick Strudwick?s comments of gay to straight therapy do an enormous injustice to British psychotherapy and to the thousands of people, young and old, who wish to embark on a different avenue in life.
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July 2nd, 2010
The Dail in the Irish Republic passes a bill recognising civil partnerships between same-sex couples.
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July 2nd, 2010
Gay rights campaigners were celebrating "a watershed moment" yesterday after doctors said so-called "conversion therapy" designed to change sexuality was discredited and harmful.
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July 2nd, 2010
It?s hardly pushing boundaries, but a new Channel 4 strand on religion impresses Damian Thompson.
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July 2nd, 2010
It was announced with much fanfare as the move that would finally let the public break free from an interfering and overbearing state.