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Prime Minister condemns rioters
August 10th, 2011 | Family, Social
Following days of riots in London and across the nation, Prime Minister David Cameron has said that every action will be taken to restore order and noted the rioters' “complete lack of responsibility” and a “lack of proper parenting.”
Increasing support for life issues among young people
August 8th, 2011 | Abortion, End of life
A new ComRes poll commissioned by Premier Christian Media has revealed that young Christians are more concerned about life issues such as abortion and euthanasia than elderly believers are.
Atheist clergy in Dutch churches
August 6th, 2011 | Social
According to a recent news report, one in six clergy in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) and six other denominations is either an atheist or agnostic.
BCAP Abortion Consultation
August 5th, 2011 | Abortion
The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice is consulting on whether to relax the rules on advertising abortion services, which would enable commercial abortion providers to advertise on television for the first time (currently only not-for-profit providers may advertise).
£205,000 of lottery money spent to provide “voodoo” healers through NHS
August 4th, 2011 | Social
The National Lottery has given £205,000 to fund a two year research project which will make spiritual “healing therapies” available on the NHS.
American public support for 9/11 cross memorial
August 4th, 2011 | Religious Freedom
A recently conducted survey shows that 72% of the American public agree that a steel beam cross found in the wreckage of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks should remain publicly displayed on the memorial site.
Government Sharia inquiry ceases after ‘challenges’
August 2nd, 2011 |
An investigation into how Sharia courts are operating in the UK has been dropped after the inquiry faced “challenges to undertaking more robust research.”
Palm cross employee suspended
August 1st, 2011 | Religious Freedom
Colin Atkinson, the Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) employee who was in the news recently for fighting for the right to keep displaying a palm cross in his van, has been suspended from work following continued harassment.
John Stott’s pro-life legacy
July 29th, 2011 | Abortion, Bioethics
Before his death this week, the much loved and widely esteemed evangelical leader John Stott was a vigorous pro-life advocate, pleading for the protection of human life “from the womb to the tomb.”
Britain’s most premature twin leaves hospital after parents advised to abort
July 27th, 2011 | Abortion
Jacob McMahon has left hospital 5 months after being born at only 23 weeks of pregnancy. After his twin sister died of an infection a week earlier the doctors recommended an abortion, but before the parents decided, Jacob decided for them.
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