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Breaking News: ECHR rules against forced application of Sharia law
December 19th, 2018 | Islam
Christian Concern welcomes today’s ruling by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the application of Sharia law in Europe. Christian Concern intervened in the case because of the increasing influence of Sharia law across Europe, including in the UK.
Has the European Court banned freedom of speech?
December 17th, 2018 | Freedom, Freedom of Speech, Religious Freedom
At the Council of Europe, 13 December 2018, Roger Kiska raised concerns about a recent ruling over freedom of speech, but has the European Court effectively banned freedom of speech and "weaponised political correctness"? Roger argues that rather than being free to disagree with each other, hate speech laws "shut down debate" and create censorship. You can watch his speech in the video, or read the transcript below.
New 'co-parenting' trend lacks the love of a faithful marriage
December 14th, 2018 | Family, Family and Sexual Ethics
A report this week on BBC Radio 4’s 'The World Tonight' examined the rise of ‘co-parenting’. Rebekah Moffett, communications officer at Christian Concern, comments on the impact that ‘co-parenting’ could have on society.
The heresy of claiming a child wants a mother and a father
December 14th, 2018 | Adoption, Family and Sexual Ethics
Claiming that a child would be better off with a mother and a father than with two men is now state heresy argues Tim Dieppe as he discusses the case of Richard Page who was dismissed as a magistrate by the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice in 2016 for stating exactly that. Mr Page has now won the right to appeal this shocking decision. When judges are dismissed for breaching state orthodoxy and trying to protect children we are in totalitarian territory.
Reflections from within a terror manhunt: Strasbourg and the impotence of muscular liberalism
December 13th, 2018 | Islam
Christian Legal Centre’s Roger Kiska reflects on his visit to Strasbourg to speak at the Council of Europe in a week which saw the city hit by a mass shooting.
Bishops launch biased inquiry into 'conversion therapy'
December 12th, 2018 | Church and State, Sexual Orientation, Family and Sexual Ethics
Senior Church of England Bishops have announced they want to begin an inquiry into ‘gay cure’ therapy amid calls to ban it for being ‘harmful’ and ‘dangerous’.
New CofE guidance on gender transition services follows "devastating trajectory"
December 11th, 2018 | Church and State, Family and Sexual Ethics
Christian Concern's chief executive Andrea Minichiello Williams, who is a lay member of the Church of England's General Synod, responds to new Church of England guidance on how to formally recognise and 'celebrate' a person's gender transition.
Why Christians must defeat the global attack on ‘conversion therapy’ for homosexuality
December 10th, 2018 | Sexual Orientation, Family and Sexual Ethics
Dr Carys Moseley looks at the campaign against so-called ‘conversion therapy’ and the possible effects of banning help for people with unwanted same-sex attraction.
If you can change gender, why not your age?
December 7th, 2018 | Family and Sexual Ethics
In a bizarre case of alleged discrimination, Dutch television personality Emile Ratelband, has lost his legal bid to change his age. Having argued that at age 69 he struggled to find work and love, the courts have now ruled that it would be wrong to lower his age to 49.
Government refuses to say evangelism isn't hate speech
December 7th, 2018 | Church and State, Freedom, Religious Freedom
Lord Pearson began a discussion in the House of Lords this week with an oral question on religious hate speech. During the debate, the government minister was asked if someone proclaiming the uniqueness of Jesus or the divinity of Allah could be arrested for hate speech. The minister did not deny that someone could be arrested for such proclamations. Tim Dieppe discusses the debate and the unwillingness of the government to state that no one should be arrested for preaching the gospel.
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