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An insurance company has become the first in Australia to formally recognise customers who do not identify as male or female.
HIF, a health-insurance fund based in Perth, will allow its customers to list their gender as "other" on forms.
The not-for-profit fund will also offer the honorific "Mx" on its forms as well as traditional titles.
The Story: A new poll reveals the theological beliefs of Americans about God, sin, salvation, heaven and hell, the church, and the Bible.
The Background: Ligonier Ministries teamed up with LifeWay Research, the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, for The State of American Theology Study 2016, a poll which gets at the theological beliefs of Americans.
The poll asked numerous questions on six key doctrinal areas: God, goodness and sin, salvation and religious texts, Heaven and Hell, the church, and authority. The project was designed, notes the authors, with a large sample to allow for comparisons between groups within Christian churches and those outside the Christian faith.
Anyone looking for a way to control their negative emotions might benefit from some mindfulness meditation, according to a study.
Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) have found neural evidence that mindfulness helps control negative feelings, not just in people who are naturally disposed to be mindful or well-practiced in meditation, but in anyone.
On the basis that mindfulness can help to regulate the emotions, the team wanted to know whether someone who is not naturally mindful can enter a “mindfulness state of mind” through a decision to do so, or by undertaking a focused, deliberate effort.
Why is it okay for a printer to say ‘no’ to a book defending marriage, yet, if same-sex marriage is passed, wedding service providers with conscientious objection may be forced to comply.
Queensland GP, Dr David van Gend, discusses on Voice for Values his new book ‘Stealing From a Child, The Injustice of Marriage Equality’, and how the printer refused to print it.
Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
The law also set new criminal penalties for providers who violate abortion-related statutes as well as individuals who help a minor evade the requirement to obtain parental consent. In addition, the bill created a new, stricter inspection system for abortion clinics.
Thousands of ex-Muslims in Britain are living in fear of violent revenge for abandoning the Islamic faith while others are afraid to admit they no longer believe, a support group for ex-Muslims has said.
Maryam Namazie, founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, described a “tsunami of atheism” in Muslim communities and urged that more needs to be done to recognise the dangers often faced by those who choose to renounce their faith.
Two Christian artists in Arizona may be put in jail and slapped with fines after they refused to make invitations for gay weddings.
Christian women Joanna and Breanna, who own Brush & Nib Studio, a company that makes custom stationery and invitations for weddings and other events, are being accused of violating an ordinance passed by the city of Phoenix that protects homosexuals from discrimination, The Christian Post reports.
Britain will soon lose its right to be described as a "Christian" country, latest polling shows.
Christianity is on schedule soon to lose its place as the majority faith in Britain, a new poll by the Conservative peer Lord Aschcroft reveals.
Ashcroft, former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, polled more than 8000 voters in his annual August survey, including a question about religious affiliation.
We are in grave danger of sleep walking into a situation where Down's syndrome is eradicated in our society.
The government is widely expected to make a new, non-invasive and highly accurate Down's syndrome screening test (NIPT) available on the NHS. Calling it a "simple blood test" cannot disguise the chilling consequences the test will have. If you look at figures from Iceland, you can get a good picture of what will inevitably happen here. There, nearly every pregnant woman takes advantage of accurate screening tests for Down's syndrome and near on 100 per cent will terminate if the condition is detected. Meanwhile in the UK today, 90 per cent of people told their unborn baby will have Down's syndrome already choose an abortion.
A recently released official review of UNFPA – Evaluation of the UNFPA Support to Family Planning 2008-2013 – reveals UNFPA’s work to ensure that the drug Misoprostol is in on the essential medicines list in many countries which the evaluation notes “has revolutionised access to safe abortion.”
Misoprostol is the second drug in the RU-486 regimen which causes uterine contractions and the expulsion of the preborn child from the womb. Countries with pro-life laws do not register the first RU-486 drug, Mifepristone, since it has only one use–to bring about the death of the child in the womb.