Gordon Brown is pushing for British civil partnerships to be recognised across the EU - including Eastern Europe, he has told Attitude magazine.
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December 16th, 2009
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December 16th, 2009
A terminally ill Somerset man, who survived an apparent suicide pact in which his wife died, has defended the decision to try to end their lives.
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December 16th, 2009
The other day, I heard Chuck Swindoll quote John Vernon McGee saying, 'We are called to fish, not to clean the fishbowl.' As I struggled to understand what this meant, it occurred to me ? is it realistic to expect the secular world to honor and uphold Christian values? In the early church, I don't recall Rome honoring Christian values. In fact, people who decided to follow Christ knew it was going to cost them something.
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December 16th, 2009
Adverts in Mexico City are reminding residents that abortions have been legal for the past two years but law-makers across the country have voted to sanction them with up to 50 years in jail.
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December 16th, 2009
In response to a Swiss vote banning the construction of new mosque minarets, a group of Muslims this month went into a church building in eastern Turkey and threatened to kill a priest unless he tore down its bell tower, according to an advocacy group.
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December 16th, 2009
More than half of MPs believe doctors should be allowed to assist a terminally ill patient to commit suicide, a survey has found.
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December 16th, 2009
Devout Christian Euan Murray remains part of Andy Robinson?s Scotland plans despite ruling himself out of the Six Nations opener with France because it is being played on a Sunday.
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December 15th, 2009
Nearly half of all fathers don't get home in time to see their children, according to a study.
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December 15th, 2009
Almost one-third of teenage girls and 8 per cent of boys have come under pressure to start having sex, according to research presented yesterday by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA).
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December 15th, 2009
As the Catholic Church in Ireland is engulfed in controversy, its clergy and congregations face their greatest modern crisis. Father Colin Crossey is a recently-ordained priest who believes that it can reclaim what it has lost. He spoke to BBC News Online.