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Archive for October, 2009

Good News: St. Louis Agrees to Allow Religious Speech

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, News | Comments Off

CitizenLink.com A federal judge issued an order Tuesday that will permit a Christian ministry to hand out literature and speak about religious viewpoints at a public event in St. Louis. The ... Read more..

UN Petition for the Unborn Child Re-Launched, Seeks One Million Names

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News, Take Action!, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

LifeSiteNews WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2009 (C-FAM) - An international coalition of pro-life and pro-family groups has re-launched a petition that is expected to gather one million signatures in support of ... Read more..

Vatican Guilty of “Divisiveness” for Anglican Reunification Offer: Leftist Critics “Progressives,” Leftists and Womynpriest Supporters in a Fury

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion, News, Pope Benedict, Roman Catholicism | Comments Off

VATICAN CITY, October 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The battle lines in the culture wars within both the Anglican and Catholic Churches have become clearly visible with the announcement of new ... Read more..

Battle in Maine over “same-sex marriage” in dead heat

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage, News | Comments Off

By Peter J. Smith for Life Site News AUGUSTA, Maine, October 22, 2009 - In less than two weeks, voters in Maine will have the opportunity to decide the fate of ... Read more..

Follow Forward in Faith Assembly in London on 23 and 24 October on Twitter here

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

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Please respond! Barnardo’s need to hear from you. II. Barnardo’s

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, From Lisa's Lookout, Take Action! | Comments Off

For those of you who believe that children at risk both need and deserve the best parents possible, and that it is pernicious to ensure that adopted  children will never have ... Read more..

Whose rights matter the most? Gay parents or children at risk. I. Barnardo’s

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

We received this letter at AM and felt our readers needed to hear the other side.  Name and address supplied. LSN As an adoptee who has both previously fully lived and celebrated the gay ... Read more..

Swedish church agrees to conduct gay weddings

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Church of Sweden, Culture, Gay Activism, Gay Marriage, Marriage, News, Secularism | Comments Off

By Ilze Filks in Uppsala Sweden's Lutheran Church agreed yesterday to conduct gay weddings, becoming the first major church to do so. The church said it would begin wedding same-sex couples on ... Read more..

Secular Thought for the Day decision expected

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Christian Institute' The BBC Trust is expected to announce within weeks a decision on whether to allow secular and humanist views on its Radio 4 slot, Thought for the Day.   Secularists ... Read more..

Government home ed plans ‘deeply sinister’

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Christian Institute' The Government is taking its powers “a step too far” if officials are allowed to question children without their parents present, warns a Daily Telegraph columnist.   Philip Johnston, writing ... Read more..

Peer’s 11th hour bid to legalise assisted suicide

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Christian Institute' A Peer in the House of Lords has launched another bid to legalise assisted suicide, just weeks after the House rejected a different attempt to weaken the law.   Lord ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury’s solution to keeping ‘Orthodox’ Anglicans from defecting to Rome – FCA?

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, which has previously been denounced by liberals of ‘splitting’ the Anglican Communion, could be the solution for an Archbishop of Canterbury who wants to keep ... Read more..

New Assisted Suicide Amendment—Please E-mail Peers Now

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Take Action! | Comments Off

`Christian Legal Centre' At the end of July, the House of Lords ruled that the Director of Public Prosecutions should publish his policy on prosecuting those who assist others to commit ... Read more..

Obama czar tied to ‘radical’ homosexual group

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `onenewsnow'      Pete Chagnon A conservative organization says "safe schools czar" Kevin Jennings was once a member of a radical "bullying" homosexual activist group.   Calls are mounting for the removal of Kevin Jennings, President Obama's ... Read more..

Commentary from Church of England on Vatican Offer

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Church of England website:       http://www.cofe.anglican.org 1.  Commentary on ‘Personal Ordinariates’ The Rt Revd Christopher Hill, Bishop of Guildford and Chair of the Council for Christian Unity, has written a commentary on the ... Read more..

Call to prayer from Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans South Africa for All Saints Day

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Bishop Bethlehem Nopece, Episcopal Patron of the FCA Southern Africa has been led to call the FCA and all orthodox Anglicans to a special time of prayer. This is for Sunday ... Read more..

Gay Reversal Advocates Say School Libraries Banning Their ‘Ex-Gay’ Books

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Activism, Homosexuality, News | Comments Off

FOX NEWS by Diane Macedo Hat Tip:  Jackie Bruchi for Stand Firm Visit most public school libraries and you'll find an array of books that address the subject of homosexuality. Many include ... Read more..

Interim Assisted Suicide Guidelines Published and Consultation Launched

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `CARE' The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has now published his interim guidelines on prosecuting cases of assisted suicide. He has also launched a 12 week public consultation on the ... Read more..

Assisted suicide must stay illegal, say MLAs

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

'The Christian Institute' Two Northern Ireland MLAs have spoken out against any weakening of the law on assisted suicide, saying it should be “strenuously opposed”. Jeffrey Donaldson and Simon Hamilton made clear ... Read more..

Barnardo’s calls for more gays to adopt

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `The Christian Institute' The children’s charity Barnardo’s is looking for more same-sex couples and individuals to adopt, its head of adoption has told a gay news website.   Carolyn Oliver, head of adoption ... Read more..