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Christian bakers face court action after refusing to make cake promoting same-sex 'marriage'
July 8th, 2014 | Same-Sex 'Parenting', Religious Freedom, Sexual Orientation
Northern Ireland’s Equality Commission has threatened to take legal action against a Christian-run bakery after it refused to bake a cake with the slogan ‘Support Gay Marriage.’
Christian group banned from holding Bible Day event in pub named after Sunday school founder
July 8th, 2014 | Religious Freedom
A Christian group has been banned from holding their annual Bible Day event in a pub that was formerly the home of Sunday school founder, Robert Raikes.
Government’s 3-parent baby plan risks genetic abnormalities, says Fiona Bruce MP
July 7th, 2014 | Bioethics
In an article for Conservative Home, Fiona Bruce MP has highlighted the growing public safety concerns surrounding the Government's plans to introduce a new IVF technique that will result in the creation of children with three parents.
Christian Concern responds to call for assisted suicide by senior doctor
July 4th, 2014 | End of life
The President of the Faculty of Public Health, the standard setting body for specialists in public health in the UK, has called for a change in the law to allow doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives.
National Governors’ Association calls for Christian school assemblies to be scrapped
July 4th, 2014 | Education
The National Governors’ Association has called for religious assemblies to be scrapped across state schools in England.
IVF babies at greater risk of suffering mental health disorders
July 4th, 2014 | Bioethics
A new study has found that children born through fertility treatment are more likely to suffer mental health problems compared to children who are born naturally.
French full veil ban upheld by European Court
July 4th, 2014 |
The European Court of Human rights has upheld legislation in France prohibiting Muslim women from wearing a full-faced veil - or niqab - in public places.
High Court to decide whether Boris Johnson acted improperly in banning Christian bus advert
July 2nd, 2014 | Religious Freedom, Sexual Orientation
This week, a High Court judge considered whether fresh evidence from the Mayor of London’s office shows that Boris Johnson personally ordered Transport for London to ban a bus advert by Christian charity, Core Issues Trust (CIT), and whether he did so for an improper purpose during his re-election campaign in 2012.
US Supreme Court rules pro-abortion mandate unconstitutional
July 1st, 2014 | Abortion
The Supreme Court has ruled that requiring for-profit corporations to provide free contraception – including abortion-inducing drugs - as part of the new HHS mandate is unconstitutional and “substantially burdens the exercise of religion.”
Marriage is the 'Ghost' at the bedside of Britain’s social ills
July 1st, 2014 | Family, Same-Sex 'Marriage'
‘The Marriage Files’, a new book launched by Christian Concern's publishing house, Wilberforce Publications, argues that the introduction of same-sex marriage is the culmination of a concerted political, economic and legal process in which marriage has been progressively diluted and dismantled.
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