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Archive for April, 2009

No time for pessimism on same-sex marriage

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Rod Dreher, Mercartornet Now that several states have legalised same-sex marriage, is it time to throw in the towel? Maggie Gallagher says No.    Rod Dreher is a columnist for the Dallas ... Read more..

Couple’s £1m claim for child’s ‘wrongful birth’

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute A couple who claim they were robbed of their chance to abort their disabled son are suing an NHS Trust for his “wrongful birth”. The son, now aged ... Read more..

Michael Nazir-Ali: Is the much-debated Covenant fit for purpose?

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Covenant | Comments Off

From CEN (Hat Tip: Kendall Harmon) This week the Anglican Consultative Council meets in Jamaica. One of the items on its agenda is the latest draft for an Anglican Covenant. This ... Read more..

Anglican Church in North America

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Consultative Council, Global Anglican Future Conference | Comments Off

From the Church of Ireland Gazette The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Peter Jensen, made a significant impact on Church of Ireland evangelicals during his visit to the Evangelical Fellowship ... Read more..

Unanswered Questions

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Covenant | Comments Off

By Dr Philip Turner, ACI The posting of a stream of private emails that came from an unnamed source, including the correspondence of senior Bishops of this church and their lawyer, ... Read more..

On the Communion Partners Bishops Statement

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Covenant, TEC | Comments Off

By Leander Harding (Hat Tip Kendall Harmon) With the help of the Anglican Communion Institute the Communion Partners Bishops have produced an extremely important document. It is the most lucid and ... Read more..

We’re In The Fast Lane to Polygamy

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Homosexuality, Polygamy | Comments Off

Remember same-sex-marriage proponents rolling their eyes at talk of what might be next? By Mark Steyn, Macleans.ca What’s my line on legalized polygamy? Oh, I pretty much said it all back in ... Read more..

Equality Bill ‘will force gay plays into theatres’

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Coercion, Homosexuality | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute Homosexual campaigners have boasted about how they hope to use the new Equality Bill to force local councils to back their demands. The claim is made on a ... Read more..

Groups Furious U.K.’s Faith Schools, Parents to be Given Exemption for Mandatory Explicit Sex-ed Program

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Homosexuality, Sex education | Comments Off

By Hilary White, LifeSite News LONDON, April 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The British government announced this week that it will adopt the recommendations of homosexualist activists and pro-abortion groups to make ... Read more..

The Oxymoron of Church Politics

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

By A S Haley Perhaps no event in current memory has so well brought into focus the aims and aspirations of the LGBT wing in ECUSA as the recent publication of the ... Read more..

Audio interview with Archbishop Peter Jensen and the Church of Ireland Gazette

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Sydney Anglicans | Comments Off

The Archbishop of Sydney, Archbishop Peter Jensen 's recent interview with the Church of Ireland Gazette can be heard here.   Read more..

‘Hate crimes’ bill likely to pass House, thanks to Dems

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Faith, Freedom Of Speech, Politics, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From OneNewsNow A Republican Congressman who attempted to derail the controversial "hate crimes" bill with numerous amendments says, in the end, the Democrats simply had the votes to ram it through ... Read more..

Review finds governance failings at Lambeth Conference

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Lambeth Conference | Comments Off

From Charity Finance The governance arrangements for last year’s loss-making Lambeth Conference, the Church of England’s ten-yearly assemblies of bishops convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, were “less robust than they ... Read more..

Anglican Consultative Council gathers in Jamaica in early May

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Consultative Council | Comments Off

By Marites N Sison, Anglican Journal  Proposed province on the agenda The last time the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) met, in 2005, Canadian and American delegates sat on the sidelines. They were there ... Read more..

Head of BBC Religion ‘doesn’t need to be a Christian’ says Churches Media Council

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

From Ekklesia The director of the Churches Media Council (CMC) has said that whether the new head of Religion and Ethics is ‘a Muslim or a Methodist, a Hindu or a ... Read more..

Euthanasia will be debated in the Scottish Parliament

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute An MSP has gained enough support from colleagues to have a full debate on assisted suicide in the Scottish parliament. Margo MacDonald wants to allow terminally ill patients ... Read more..

Pupils aged 11 to learn about gay sex

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Sex education | Comments Off

By Alexandra Frean, Timesonline Compulsory sex and relationships lessons for 11-year-old children are to include classroom discussions on gay unions and civil partnerships. Secondary pupils will learn about contraception and sexually ... Read more..

Your signatures requested to support orthodox Christian teaching in the Church of Scotland

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Dear friends in Christ, As you will no doubt already have seen in a spate of recent press articles, this year will see a highly charged General Assembly, with some of ... Read more..

Parents Excluded from Multisexual Issues in Schools

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Bisexuality, Children/Family, Culture, Education, Homosexuality | Comments Off

From Christian Newswire Parents are being purposely excluded from multisexual issues in schools, as seen in mounting evidence from California school districts, the National Educational Association, and more. Kindergarteners learn the definition ... Read more..

The Truth Delusion of Richard Dawkins

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Apologetics | Comments Off

By Melanie Phillips, The Spectator (Read Also: Telling Lies for Atheism, by Bill Muehlenberg) The most famous atheist in the world, biologist Professor Richard Dawkins, poses as the arch-apostle of reason, a ... Read more..