A Christian official who refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples in Kentucky has been ordered to do so by the US Supreme Court.
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September 1st, 2015
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September 1st, 2015
The Center for Medical Progress released a new video this morning — the 9th in its series of videos catching the Planned Parenthood abortion business selling aborted babies and their body parts. This latest video catches a Planned Parenthood medical director discussing how the abortion company sells fully intact aborted babies — including one who “just fell out” of the womb.
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September 1st, 2015
A clergyman may have to wait until next year to find out whether a decision to remove his right to officiate after he married another man was discriminatory.
Canon Jeremy Pemberton was refused a licence to work as a hospital chaplain by the then acting bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.
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September 1st, 2015
The NUS is collaborating with Defend the Right to Protest to oppose the government’s strategy to prevent radicalisation, which involves monitoring events & political campaigns on campus
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September 1st, 2015
A Christian official has refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples in Kentucky despite exhausting all of her legal options.
Two gay couples denied licences have requested Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis be held in contempt of court.
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September 1st, 2015
The arrest by Turkey of journalists for Vice News, just two days after the sentencing of Al Jazeera reporters in Egypt, demonstrates how easily terror laws can be abused to stifle a free and independent media.
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September 1st, 2015
Pope Francis has opened the door for women who have had abortions – an act considered a grave sin by the Catholic church – to be absolved if they express contrition and seek forgiveness from their priest.
“The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented,” the pontiff wrote in an extraordinary letter that was released by the Vatican on Tuesday.
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September 1st, 2015
The EU referendum could leave the nation "dispirited and divided", the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned as he announced that the Church of England will lead a Christian debate about the future of Britain's relationship with Europe.
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September 1st, 2015
The Government was today warned by a Conservative MP that it faced a humiliating defeat if ministers tried to force through George Osborne’s extended Sunday trading plan.
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August 31st, 2015
Several of our coalition sources in the Capitol have indicated that ABX2-12, the resurrected Physician Assisted Suicide Bill, will be heard Tuesday afternoon as part of an Extraordinary Session called by Governor Jerry Brown. The bill, dubbed the End of Life Option Act, is expected to be heard in the Public Health and Developmental Services Committee, although it is not listed on the official agenda.