London: July 4, 2011.(Church in Need) PETITIONS calling for action to protect Christians and other minorities in Pakistan have been handed in at London’s 10 Downing Street. The documents bearing the names of more than 2,000 people were presented at Number 10 by an ecumenical delegation which included Neville Kyrke-Smith, UK director of Aid to the Church in Need.
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July 4th, 2011
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July 4th, 2011The government has published data on the number of late abortions carried out in England and Wales, after the High Court ordered it to do so.
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July 4th, 2011A death sentence for a house church pastor in Iran has reportedly been annulled by the supreme court.
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July 4th, 2011At a meeting of the European Parliament Platform for Secularism in Politics (EPPSP) on 29 June 2011, there was an unexpected and controversial debate on the role of secularism and religion within the public sphere, where strong views were expressed on both sides. The debate centered on Article 17 of the Lisbon Treaty which commits the European Union (EU) to an open and transparent dialogue with churches and religious associations/communities in Member States and whether it is right to enshrine such a commitment in the Treaty.
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July 4th, 2011Twenty-six pregnancies have been aborted in the past nine years because babies would have been born with cleft lips or palates, according to figures released yesterday after a High Court ruling.
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July 3rd, 2011A Christian village in Northern Nigeria’s Kaduna State has been burnt to the ground and its wells poisoned by Muslim militants, the Bishop of Ikara writes.
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July 2nd, 2011IF you thought the fight over same-sex marriage has been tumultuous, just wait for the era of same-sex divorce. With New York State’s new law allowing same-sex marriage, not just for residents but for out-of-staters as well, a bumper crop of weddings is sure to follow — and, eventually and inevitably, a sizable number of divorces.
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July 2nd, 2011The plans have sparked controversy, with pro-life campaigners accusing advertising authorities of "trivialising" human life by treating terminations as a consumer choice like cars or washing powder.
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July 2nd, 2011David Cameron is to review No 10's guest policy after a gay nightclub owner who encourages men to strip naked at 'Porn Idol' contests was invited to an official function.
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July 2nd, 2011A federal court in Tacoma, Wash., has been asked to order that the names of signatories of a state petition seeking to protect traditional marriage be redacted to protect them from death threats from homosexual activists.