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The video above is a remarkable display of self-unaware inconsistency.
These students are asked if a creative professional has the freedom to decline work that conflicts with his or her personal beliefs. All of the students said "yes" when the creative professional was the dress designer refusing to make a dress for Melania Trump or a Muslim singer refusing to sing in a Christian Church.
Bishops behind the Church's recent report on sexuality are warning against expecting a change in its teaching on sexuality.
The Bishops of Blackburn and Maidstone, both strong conservatives, say they are 'completely unpersuaded' the Bible supports same-sex marriage or any change to Church doctrine or practice.
Once upon a time a number of Anglican bishops and leaders from around the world were sharing on an email list-serve about how we as a Communion of Churches organize ourselves. As Anglicans we often describe ourselves as "Episcopally led and Synodically governed." It’s a shorthand way of saying that we value the leadership of Bishops as successors to the Apostles in guarding the faith of the Church. It reminds us of the Apostle Paul himself who wrote to St. Timothy, his beloved "son" in the faith, and his successor:
"What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us." 2 Timothy 1:13-14 NIV
On Monday 6th March 2017, Baroness Jay of Paddington tabled a debate in the House of Lords, asking the Government "what assessment they have made of recent legislation on assisted dying in North America; and whether those laws provide an appropriate basis for legislation in England and Wales." The Bishop of Worcester, the Rt Revd John Inge, spoke in the debate.
In years to come, it may be regarded as one of the last battles for women’s autonomy. Under an obscure Victorian law, passed when women did not even have the vote, the decision to terminate an unplanned pregnancy using pills in the privacy of a home is punishable by life in prison – for the woman and any doctor who helps her.
Now MPs are to discuss for the first time de-criminalising women who attempt to bring about their own abortion.
As experts in law, we write to commend Diana Johnson MP for her 10-minute rule bill. The bill, which is due to be heard on 13 March, offers an important first step towards taking pre-viability abortion out of the criminal law.
Abortion is currently an offence in English law by virtue of an archaic and punitive statute passed at the midpoint of the reign of Queen Victoria. Under its terms, any woman who ends her own pregnancy at any stage of gestation is potentially liable for life imprisonment. This is the harshest penalty for abortion imposed anywhere in Europe.
The Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act would bar people from using federal tax credits to buy health insurance plans that cover abortion.
If the measure is passed, abortion rights advocates fear it could compel insurers to stop offering abortion coverage at all.
"There's no reason insurers would sell any plans that cover abortion because everyone would be wanting to use these tax credits," said Adam Sonfield, a senior policy manager for the Guttmacher Institute, a research center that works to promote access to abortion.
A Conservative peer has described Britain's abortion laws as "a licence to kill for the crime of being disabled".
Lord Shinkwin, who has been disabled since birth, warned that disabled foetuses were being "killed in record numbers".
He also accused the medical establishment of treating disability "as a tragedy to be eradicated through abortion".
I was shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death, on March 9, of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi. His passing came after a brief illness and hospitalization.
Dr. Nicolosi was one of the most important leaders—historically, and right up until his death—of the “ex-gay therapy” movement (more on terminology in a moment).
Joseph Nicolosi was one of the founders of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), which was later re-named the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity.
The majority of respondents to a new U.S. poll opposed laws barring transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identities and indicated growing acceptance for gay rights, a nonpartisan research group said on Friday.
Fifty-three percent of the Americans surveyed oppose laws requiring transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth, according to the national poll by the Public Religion Research Institute.
The survey showed that 39 percent of respondents favored such laws, and almost one in 10 of the 2,031 adults surveyed in February by telephone had no opinion.