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US ‘Hate crimes’ bill – bad news for believers
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Homosexuality, Intolerance, Religious Liberty | Comments Off
From One News Now A vote is looming this week in Congress on a bill that one conservative activist warns would not only silence Christian opposition to homosexuality, but also would ... Read more..Public fund gay events while D-day is ignored
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Culture, Homosexuality | Comments Off
From The Christian Institute War veterans have criticised council bosses in Glasgow for spending thousands on ‘gay rights’ events while failing to recognise the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Glasgow City Council has ... Read more..Same-Sex Marriage: Opening The Door To Polygamy
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage, Polygamy | Comments Off
By Gregory J Sullivan, The Bulletin (H/T Virtueonline) With the decision by the Iowa Supreme Court and an enactment of a statute Vermont Legislature sanctioning same-sex marriage, a great deal of ... Read more..Upholding the Sanctity of Life and Opposing RCRC (Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice)
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off
By Jeff Walton, The Institute on Religion & Democracy Diocesan conventions across The Episcopal Church (TEC) have been preparing resolutions for the General Convention in Anaheim, California this July. By now, ... Read more..Drugs hotline gives teens wrong advice
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off
From The Christian Institute The Government’s drugs helpline is telling 13-year-olds that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol, it has been revealed. When a reporter rang the FRANK helpline posing as a ... Read more..Sex and the City Conference
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off
Read more..Stephen Noll: THE RIDLEY CAMBRIDGE DRAFT: An Appreciation
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Covenant, Global Anglican Future Conference, Jerusalem Declaration | Comments Off
From Stephen's Witness I have written several articles on the topic of an Anglican Communion Covenant: one proposing a blueprint; another offering an “Evangelical Commentary” on the first “Nassau” draft; and ... Read more..STATEMENT by Canon Dr Chris Sugden in relation to acknowledged errors in Rowan’s Rule
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off
I am grateful to Rupert Shortt, author of Rowan’s Rule, published by Hodder and Stoughton, a biography of Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, for acknowledging two factual errors in ... Read more..Wilders plans new film about ‘Islamisation’ of West
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Islam | Comments Off
By Vanessa Mock, Independent The far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders is planning a follow-up of his provocative anti-Koran film, Fitna. The outspoken, peroxide-blond leader of the opposition Freedom Party, who has ... Read more..Analysis: churchgoing in the UK at Christmas and Easter
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off
By Peter Brierley, Religious Intelligence The Church of England recently published figures for attendance at Christmas services for 2007. These totalled some 2.7 million people and came with the comment, “The ... Read more..Boost for gay marriage campaigners
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off
By George Conger, Religious Intelligence Supporters of gay marriage won two victories last week in the United States after the Vermont legislature turned back a veto by the state’s Republican governor ... Read more..Anglican entity has blessing of bishops
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off
By Charles Lewis, National Post (H/T Barbara Gauthier) The move to create a new conservative Anglican jurisdiction in North America got an enormous boost yesterday as bishops representing three-quarters of the ... Read more..Church of England bishop accused of trying to set up rival church
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off
By Chris Hastings, Telegraph.co.uk One of the Church of England's leading bishops has been accused of setting up a rival church by another senior Anglican clergyman. The Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael ... Read more..Religion ‘brings communities together’
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off
By Matt Cresswell, Religious Intelligence Major new research claims that religion helps bring communities together rather than creating obstacles for cohesion. A paper presented to the British Sociological Association’s annual conference in ... Read more..Holy Matrimony, Holy Trinity
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 Posted in Apologetics, Marriage | Comments Off
By Jim Tonkowich, Institute on Religion & Democracy Last week was a tough one for proponents of traditional marriage. Iowa and Vermont were added to the list of states legalizing same-sex ... Read more..Archbishop Carey: TEC Likely to ‘Clean Out’ Conservatives
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off
By Eric Turner, The Living Church The Most Rev. George L. Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991-2002, offered a sober and sometimes bleak assessment of the Communion’s future and had challenging ... Read more..Presiding Bishop: Jesus is not the only way to God
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off
By George Conger, CEN JESUS is a way, but not the only way to salvation, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev Katharine Jefferts Schori has told members ... Read more..Romania Weighs Decriminalizing Consensual Incest
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Culture, Incest | Comments Off
Alina Wolfe Murray and George Jahn, Associated Press Surprising as it may seem, incest is not always a crime in Europe. Three European Union nations -- France, Spain and Portugal -- do ... Read more..Court bid to regain control of Forward in Faith parish
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off
By George Conger, CEN THE DIOCESE of Pennsylvania has filed suit against the flagship parish of the Forward in Faith movement in the US, the Church of the Good Shepherd in ... Read more..CRI Staff Threatened over Day of Silence
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Coercion, Homosexuality, Marriage | Comments Off
From Christian Newswire Our staff is receiving threatening voicemails and emails, some of which are featured in our brand new Louder than Silence video. This mail is all in response to ... Read more..