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  • Telegraph: Oregon moves toward allowing third gender option on drivers' licenses in US first
    May 11th, 2017

    Oregonians may soon be able to identify themselves as neither male nor female as Oregon works toward becoming the first US state to allow a third gender option on its drivers' licenses and state identification cards.

    Last June, Multnomah county circuit court Judge Amy Holmes Hehn granted a request by Jamie Shupe, an Army veteran who has been transitioning since 2013, to change the retired sergeant's gender from female to a third, non-gender option. It was believed to be the first decision of its kind in the United States.

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  • Christian Institute: UK Supreme Court to hear arguments on Ashers
    May 10th, 2017

    The Ashers Baking Company case is to go before judges at the highest court in the United Kingdom.

    The UK Supreme Court has listed a hearing to consider a possible appeal by the Belfast-based bakers, over their refusal to bake a cake bearing the campaign slogan 'Support Gay Marriage'.

    The Christian-owned company, operated by the McArthur family, has been dragged through the courts in Northern Ireland for more than two years by the country’s state-funded equality watchdog, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI).

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  • Telegraph: Police swap helmets for caps to attract more transgender officers
    May 10th, 2017

    A police force has replaced helmets with caps in a bid to attract more transgender officers.

    Northamptonshire Police say research has revealed the new headwear will eradicate the issue of transgender officers having to make a choice between the traditional custodian helmets for male officers and bowlers hats for females.

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  • Conservative Woman: Doctors and social workers need to stop condoning sex with children by Normal Wells
    May 10th, 2017

    Rochdale, Rotherham and Oxfordshire. They have all become synonymous with horrific cases of child sexual exploitation. And they do not stand alone. Within the past five years, regions as far apart as Torbay, Liverpool, Thurrock, Hampshire and Bristol have also been the subject of serious case reviews in relation to the sexual exploitation of minors.

    The evidence from these reports is striking. They all reveal what can only be described as a paralysis in child protection. But why? How could professionals charged with keeping children and young people safe be so negligent and fail to take decisive action against the perpetrators of exploitation and abuse?

    When a 13-year-old girl from Liverpool became pregnant, why was it that 'no agency addressed the unlawful aspect' of her sexual activity? And why did the GP confirming the pregnancy ‘not think to raise the question of underage sex or the identity of the father’ with the child, her mother or anyone else?

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  • BBC: Babies with involved fathers learn faster, study finds
    May 10th, 2017

    Babies learn faster if their fathers engage with them in the first few months of life, a study suggests.

    An active male role in the early stages of babies' development produced better performance in cognitive tests by the age of two, researchers found.

    The team from Imperial College London, King's College London and Oxford University, says the findings show the value of early paternal involvement.

    They said the signs could be seen from as early as three months.

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  • Barna: Competing Worldviews Influence Today's Christians
    May 10th, 2017

    We live in a world of competing ideas and worldviews. In an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, Christians are more aware of (and influenced by) disparate views than ever. But just how much have other worldviews crept into Christians’ perspectives? Barna’s research shows that only 17 percent of Christians who consider their faith important and attend church regularly actually have a biblical worldview1. So, if Christians are open to nonbiblical perspectives, what are they believing?

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  • Life Site: Massive pro-life petition stuns parliament in New South Wales
    May 10th, 2017

    The Legislative Council (upper house) of the New South Wales parliament was brought to a shocked silence as one of the largest official parliamentary petitions in its history was tabled by the Hon. Greg Donnelly MLC.

    The petition with 56,559 signatures opposed the Abortion Law Reform (Miscellaneous Acts Amendment) Bill 2016. The Bill aims to "repeal offenses relating to abortion, to specify a ground of unsatisfactory professional conduct by a medical practitioner with respect to abortion, and to establish exclusion zones in order to prohibit certain behavior near premises at which abortions are provided."

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  • Christian Today: Blueprint for Church schism revealed as conservative Christian leaders plot separate Anglican structure
    May 10th, 2017

    A blueprint for schism seen by Christian Today reveals extensive plans by conservative evangelicals to form a rival Anglican structure to the Church of England in the UK.

    The proposals, born out of concerns about liberal teachings on homosexuality, include suggestions for a new synod, new liturgy, an appointments system for new bishops, new church canons and new statements of belief.

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  • PinkNews: Tim Farron: NHS should provide HIV-preventing PrEP drugs for gay sex
    May 10th, 2017

    Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has thrown his weight behind HIV-preventing drugs on the NHS.

    Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drug Truvada can drastically reduce the risk of being infected with HIV if taken daily.

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  • Mail: School insists that children must walk with hands behind backs
    May 10th, 2017

    A primary school has been accused of 'going back to Victorian times' by insisting children walk around the grounds with their hands behind their backs.

    Teachers at Market Harborough Church of England Academy say the antiquated rule is for the 'safety' of pupils and to encourage a 'calm' atmosphere.

    The ruling is also in force when youngsters finish their lunchtime break and return to classrooms.

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