Irish voters overwhelmingly accepted the Lisbon Treaty on October 2nd after they were given guarantees that their pro-life and pro-family laws would be protected. While some pro-life and pro-family voices hail the guarantees as a step forward, many analysts argue that the nature and extent of those guarantees are far from certain and that the ?yes? vote will eventually lead to intense pressure on Ireland from the European Union (EU) to liberalize its laws and policies on abortion and homosexual 'marriage.'
In the News
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October 8th, 2009
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October 7th, 2009
A new report on what it means to be a Muslim in Britain says that a secular British state allows Islam to be practised freely in an atmosphere of respect, security and dignity.
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October 7th, 2009
More than 150 German investigators fanned out across Berlin Wednesday, searching dozens of apartments allegedly linked to "potentially violent Islamic extremists," a police spokeswoman told CNN.
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October 7th, 2009
It ushered in the 1960s sexual revolution and gave women control over their own fertility. But according to a new study, the Pill may also have changed women's taste in men. Scientists say the hormones in the oral contraceptive suppress a female's interest in masculine men - and make boyish men more attractive.
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October 7th, 2009
The lax Labour licensing regime which has turned town centres into 'battle zones' will be torn up, and new taxes will be introduced to clobber heavy drinkers and late opening off licences and pubs, Chris Grayling vowed today.
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October 7th, 2009
A spokesman for the Catholic Church has compared a Scottish government plan to set up sex clinics in all secondary schools to 'pouring petrol on a fire.'
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October 7th, 2009
According to figures published at the end of August 2009, there was a 1.8% rise on the 2008 statistics in the number of students taking full course Religious Education at GCSE. It was the eleventh annual rise in entrants. 182,000 took the subject. The proportion of young people taking the subject increased also. In terms of grades, 73.4% of RE students achieved a grade between A* and C in August (compared with 72.5% last year).
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October 7th, 2009
The American Family Association says it has now secured over 500,000 signatures from those pledging to boycott the PepsiCo Company over its continued support of same-sex marriage and homosexual advocacy. AFA has been promoting a boycott of PepsiCo since January, 2009.
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October 7th, 2009
Since the loss of donor anonymity in 2006, there has been an on-going debate about the lack of sperm donors and availability of donor sperm. Amanda Tozer is a fertility consultant who started her own collection system to combat the problem but says it is vital that a proper co-ordinated system is brought in across the UK.
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October 7th, 2009
Children as young as four are to become the youngest in Scotland to be given sex education lessons under a new curriculum from Glasgow City Council.