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Archive for November, 2009

It’s this Government, not the nuclear family, that’s falling apart

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Politics | Comments Off

By George Pitcher, Telegraph The traditional family structure of a mother and father raising children is doomed, according to the Government’s extraordinary new Family and Parenting Institute, headed by new chief ... Read more..

N.J. Bishops Rally Flocks to Promote, Support Marriage

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

By Lawrence D Jones, Christian Post The Catholic bishops of New Jersey are making it clear to their flocks what the Church’s teaching is on marriage in hopes of enabling them ... Read more..

This Isn’t Tolerance

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Conflict, Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

Alan F H Wisdom, The Weekly Standard A tussle over same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia reveals how high the stakes of the debate have risen. Proponents of redefining marriage ... Read more..

Global warming ‘is new CofE religion’

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

By George Conger, Religious Intelligence Global warming is the new faith of the Church of England, a Tory MEP declared last week. Writing in the Leicester Mercury on Nov 16, East Midlands ... Read more..

Assisting assisted suicide?

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

By Andrew Goddard, Fulcrum Back in September, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) issued an 'interim policy for prosecutors in respect of cases of assisted suicide'. Although this gained much publicity ... Read more..

Fresh talks aim to repair damage to Catholic-Anglican relations

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates, Arcic | Comments Off

By Abigail Frymann, The Tablet Efforts are under way to salvage Anglo-Catholic dialogue following Pope Benedict XVI's decree setting out new structures to receive groups of disaffected Anglicans into the Catholic ... Read more..

Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Culture | Comments Off

By Andrew Grice, Independent Labour's strategy for tackling poverty has reached the end of the road and Britain risks a return to Victorian levels of inequality, according to a major two-year ... Read more..

DPP circumvents Parliament with the ‘guidance’ on assisted suicide

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

From Cranmer Readers and Communicants will recall that Lord Falconer attempted to amend the Coroners and Justices Bill in the summer to allow for assisted suicide. This was thrown out by ... Read more..

The CofE and its clergy: decline is not inevitable

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

From The Ugley Vicar The Times on Saturday chose to run with the ‘news’ that the number of stipendiary Anglican clergy is in decline. According to their article, the Church of England ... Read more..

Nuclear family is broken warns parents’ group

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Culture | Comments Off

By John Bingham, Telegraph  The traditional nuclear family has irretrievably broken down and it will soon become normal for children to be raised by relations other than their parents, the head ... Read more..

The struggle against totalitarianism in Western culture

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Culture, News, Political Correctness, Politics | Comments Off

StandFirm’s Jackie Bruchi published ‘Off Topic - Climate Change: This Is The Worst Scientific Scandal Of Our Generation’ over the weekend, tackling what is now known as Climategate.  Though this ... Read more..

Press release: Court rules rights of homosexuals trump rights of Christian working for publicly-funded organisations

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

30 November 2009:    Christian Legal Centre   CHRISTIANS working for publicly funded organisations in the UK will no longer be able to act according to their consciences - after a landmark Employment ... Read more..

Italian Government blocks abortion pill

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

`The Times'       `Richard Owen’   The centre-right government of Silvio Berlusconi has blocked availability in Italy of the RU486 abortion pill, which is vehemently opposed by the Vatican and the Catholic Church. RU486, ... Read more..

Unease over mosque project in France

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Washington Post'    `Edward Cody'   MARSEILLE, FRANCE -- Notre Dame de la Garde, an elegant Roman Catholic basilica, has stood for 150 years on a promontory just south of Marseille's Old Port, ... Read more..

Christianity is being marginalised in Britain, says David Suchet.

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Daily Telegraph'  `Murray Wardrop'   The 63-year-old, most famous for playing the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, said Britain risks losing the importance of Christianity in our multi- cultural society.   Suchet, who has played ... Read more..

Letter: A Holocaust survivor’s view on Islam

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

` Illinois Conservative Beacon:’     The following letter is a true example of what can happen. For those of us who say “well it could never happen here” do not bet on ... Read more..

Muslim states back limits on free speech ahead of UN debate

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Christian Science Monitor'        `Dan Murphy'   A poll released last Friday found a sharp divide between majority Muslim states and other nations on the limits of free speech. When it comes to ... Read more..

Russian priest who criticised Islam assassinated in his church

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Daily Telegraph'   The gunman approached Father Daniil Sysoyev, 34, in his small wooden church in Moscow on Thursday night, checked his name and then shot the priest in the head and ... Read more..

Gordon Brown opens way for end to ban on monarchs marrying Catholics

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Daily Telegraph'      `Andrew Porter'   Mr Brown has made it clear he also wants to change the rule of primogeniture, which prevents women taking their place ahead of men in the line ... Read more..

Furore over lap dancing plan for town centre

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Macclesfield Express'     `Rhiannon McDowell & Ben Turner'   A MACCLESFIELD nightclub wants to bring lap dancing to the town centre for the first time.   Repent on Mill Street, a former church mission and ... Read more..