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  • Sydney Morning Herald: How the campaign for same-sex marriage could fail
    August 1st, 2016

    Weekend reports by Fairfax Media that advocates for same-sex marriage are divided about the way to achieve change produced a strong feeling of deja vu among people who remember the 1999 referendum on the republic.

    The signs of defeat for republicans were there well before the official campaign began. They were apparent as soon as republicans could not decide what type of republic Australia should be - one with a directly elected president or one with a president elected in a joint sitting of Parliament.

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  • Christian Today: Another gay Anglican priest marries long-term partner
    August 1st, 2016

    Another gay Anglican vicar has married his long-term male partner, defying the Church of England's ban on clergy entering same-sex marriages.

    Rev Paul Collier has kept his position as priest of St Hugh's in the Diocese of Southwark after he converted his civil partnership to a marriage in early June with a celebratory service in London.

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  • Chronicle Live: Sex education classes could become compulsory in UK primary schools
    August 1st, 2016

    Primary school children could be legally required to attend sex education classes if Northumbria's Police and crime commissioner gets her way.

    Vera Baird QC said mandatory classes are needed to help combat the spiraling number of child sexual exploitation cases in the UK which require huge police resources.

    At present sex education classes are only compulsory in maintained secondary schools - and not even academies.

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  • Economist: Religious leaders grapple with doctor-assisted dying
    August 1st, 2016

    LIFE’S beginning and end are, to most religions, sacred moments. Therefore politicians are accustomed to religious leaders weighing in on matters such as contraception and abortion—and on whether and how doctors should be allowed to intervene to speed a patient’s passing.

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  • Archbishop Cranmer: Why is it 'great to welcome' Muslim hate-preachers to Lambeth Palace?
    July 31st, 2016

    “Great to welcome Herod Antipas to the Cenacle on Mount Zion today,” tweeted Jesus, just after the Tetrarch of Galilee has ordered the decapitation of the notorious hate-preacher John the Baptist, whose head was then served up on a silver platter. You can’t go around Perea baptising unauthorised prophets willy-nilly and denouncing the governor’s marriage as incestuous and contrary to Jewish law, so Antipas was urged to deal swiftly with the problem. It was a religious duty.

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  • Mail: Islamic street preacher confronts police officer investigating complaint
    July 29th, 2016

    An Islamic street preacher has been filmed angrily shouting at a police officer who was investigating a complaint made about him.

    In the alarming footage filmed in Birmingham city centre the policeman is seen approaching the man who is wearing traditional Islamic dress and standing with another man and a woman.

    It seems a complaint had been made about the preacher by a member of the public - it is unclear what about - but the man is already highly agitated when the footage begins.

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  • Guardian: Abortion banned by controversial Mexican state governor
    July 29th, 2016

    A controversial Mexican state governor has pushed through a draconian anti-abortion bill as his term comes to a close. Lawmakers in Veracruz state approved a constitutional amendment on Thursday to “protect life from conception” – effectively outlawing abortion in all circumstances.

    “I congratulate legislators of the Veracruz legislature for saying yes to life,” Governor Javier Duarte tweeted after the vote.

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  • Times (£): 'Named person plan will go ahead'
    July 29th, 2016

    The Scottish government has flatly rejected calls to abandon its controversial “named person” scheme after a Supreme Court ruling found the legislation to be “incompatible” with European human rights law.

    The policy sets out to appoint a single point of contact, such as a teacher or health visitor, to assist all youngsters under 18. It was due to come into force at the end of next month, but the judgment outlaws the new rules.

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  • Times (£): 'Named person' lessons
    July 29th, 2016

    The Supreme Court’s ruling on the future of the Scottish government’s controversial “named person” legislation offers something to all parties. The government can point to the fact that the broad principle governing the measure was deemed lawful by the court. There is nothing intrinsically objectionable about a so-called state guardian acting as a single contact point for child protection and welfare agencies.

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  • Guardian: Search engines' role in radicalisation must be challenged, finds study
    July 28th, 2016

    More than 484,000 Google keyword searches a month from around the world, including at least 54,000 searches in the UK, return results dominated by Islamist extremist material, a report into the online presence of jihadism has revealed.

    The study found that of the extremist content accessible through these specific keyword searches, 44% was explicitly violent, 36% was non-violent and 20% was political Islamist in content, the last being non-violent but disseminated by known Islamist groups with political ambitions.

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