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Hackney has launched a consultation into the safety of pupils and the quality of education in unregistered schools following scrutiny from the NSS and critical media reports.
The consultation came after pressure from the National Secular Society to clarify just how many unregistered, illegal faith schools were thought by the local authority to be operating in Hackney.
While Christians welcome specific secular arguments for marriage that contribute to sound public policy, our civilization can’t eventually avoid a head-on clash between Christian sexual ethics and non-Christian sexual ethics as they play themselves out in our culture. The problem with secular arguments for sexual ethics (including arguments for “traditional” marriage [= marriage]) is that they spring from the same root as arguments for same-sex “marriage”: human autonomy.
Female managers are more likely to favour gay and lesbian job applicants over heterosexual candidates who are just as well qualified, according to a study which suggested that men preferred to recruit straight candidates.
Academics at the University of Sussex claimed that the study was the first to discover a positive bias for gay and lesbian jobseekers.
It was based on the responses of 400 participants who were shown four fictitious CVs. One was clearly from a lesbian, one from a gay man and the other two from a straight woman and straight man. Homosexuality was indicated through membership of a gay professionals group. All other details, including candidates’ professional experience, were the same.
Donald Trump's government has revoked guidance to US public schools that allowed transgender students to use toilets matching their gender identity.
The guidance, issued by his predecessor Barack Obama, had been hailed by as a victory for transgender rights.
But critics said it threatened other students' privacy and safety, and should be decided at state level.
Three British street preachers will appear before a British court Thursday charged with public order offenses for preaching the gospel and offending bystanders.
On July 6th, 2016, Michael Overd, Adrian Clark and Michael Stockwell were sharing about the differences between Islam and Christianity at an outdoor event in Bristol, England.
Then police officers interrupted the event and forced them to stop speaking to a crowd that had gathered.
A devout Muslim who said he had been married under Sharia law and could not be divorced in UK has lost a High Court fight.
The man's wife, who has dual British and Pakistani nationality, had issued a petition for divorce in England.
But the man said divorce could only be approved in Pakistan.
The German state of Bavaria has announced plans to ban the full-face veil in government workplaces, schools, universities and while driving.
"Communication happens not only via language but also looks, facial expressions and gestures," said state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann.
But critics say the ban will have little practical impact in a state with only a small number of Muslims.
Supreme court justices have unanimously backed Theresa May's "particularly harsh" £18,600 minimum income rule for British citizens to bring non-European spouses into Britain that campaigners say has led to tens of thousands of families being separated.
But the supreme court ruling does acknowledge that the rule has caused hardship for thousands, and criticises the lack of focus on the treatment of children and the ability of Home Office staff to consider alternative assets when they assess the earning ability of the British spouse.
New YouGov research finds that whilst just under half of Britons think that people are born gay, 31% believe homosexuality is a choice
Despite the weight of scientific evidence suggesting that homosexuality is not a choice, new research by YouGov finds that nearly one in three Britons (31%) still believe that being gay or lesbian is just the way some people choose to live.
By contrast, just under half of Britons (49%) believe that people are born gay or lesbian, whilst a further 3% believe that it is the result of a person’s upbringing. The remaining 17% don’t know one way or the other.
In this summary and analysis of recent events in the Church of England Peter Sanlon concludes that we must face a
spiritual analysis of what is going on in the Church of England. The House of Bishops have commended to the international Anglican Church a blueprint for the Church of England, which they are committed to delivering. Their paper on same-sex marriage and pastoral care divides the teaching of Jesus Christ, from the praxis of what Jesus Christ says his church should uphold. In so doing, they have commended a vision to the church which is abhorrent to Jesus Christ.