The General Synod suffers because of the way it replicates Parliament ? it breeds factions, and disagreement.
In the News
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February 12th, 2010
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February 12th, 2010
Islamic scholars have forbidden Muslim travellers from passing through full body scans at airports because they violate religious rules on nudity.
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February 12th, 2010
Bishop Michael Burbidge of Raleigh and Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte are urging North Carolina?s Catholics to oppose the state Department of Public Instruction?s revised civics and economics curriculum, which compares pro-life laws to segregation and the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. All North Carolina public high school students are required to study civics and economics.
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February 12th, 2010
Devon and Cornwall police have warned they will pursue anyone involved in sex trafficking after a woman linked to the trade was jailed for money laundering.
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February 12th, 2010
Militant atheists are wrong to claim that science and religion are incompatible, members of the Church of England?s governing body said.
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February 12th, 2010
Austria has recently adopted a new 'Law on Registered Partnerships' in order to provide a legal framework for same-sex relations.
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February 12th, 2010
A Conservative frontbench spokesman, Michael Gove, has opposed plans to build a mosque in his constituency after it became the target of an 'inflammatory and offensive' online campaign.
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February 11th, 2010
Church of England clergy have been warned by a senior padre against making thoughtless criticism of the Government?s defence policy, on the eve of a new offensive in Afghanistan.
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February 11th, 2010
The Human Rights Campaign, a US homosexual activist group, is applauding the congressional introduction of the Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010.
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February 11th, 2010
Commissioners in Forsyth County, North Carolina, are deciding whether to appeal a court decision against conducting prayer at meetings.