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Archive for November, 2009

A bit of a card, what? The Tories’ PC Christmas

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Ruth Gledhill’         `The Times’   Two years ago, David Cameron, the Conservative leader, said banning Nativity plays and replacing 'Merry Christmas' signs with 'Season's greetings' risked offending people from other faiths by ... Read more..

BADMAN REPORT – PLEASE SIGN PETITION NOW!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Stephen Green’    `Christian Voice’   The Government appears to be on the point of implementing the Badman report, which would seriously oppress home-schoolers.   Graham Stuart MP is organising a Parliamentary Petition which is ... Read more..

Christmas cards by Tories didn’t mention Christmas

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   The Conservative Party has come under attack after its official Christmas card made no reference to Christmas.   The cards which bear the non-religious message “Season’s Greetings” are decorated with ... Read more..

Cold comfort over home school inspection plans

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   In a change to Government plans, officials will not be able to insist on one-on-one interviews with home-schooled children. But parents who block interviews may find that their ... Read more..

Mum: NHS should give my son, 14, sex change drugs

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   The mother of a 14-year-old boy who wants to have sex change treatment says it should be allowed on the NHS before a child reaches puberty.   Carole Smith says ... Read more..

Tories say no to married rights for live-in couples

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   The Conservative Party has signalled that it will continue to support the institution of marriage by not giving cohabiting couples the same rights as married couples.   A source close ... Read more..

Shutting the office over Christmas may ‘offend’

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   Employers have been warned that shutting the office over Christmas or putting up religious decorations could be seen as discriminatory by non-Christian staff. But organisations which must stay open ... Read more..

Protest at prelates shun attack on lesbian woman bishop

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Ruth Gledhill’        `The Times’   A new group calling itself The LGBT Anglican Coalition, network 'working for the full and equal inclusion of LGBT Christians within and beyond the Church of England', ... Read more..

`From Climategate to Copenhagen’

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Jubilee Centre’      `John Hayward’   'At an ethical level the scientific community, like the rest of society, can only function as it practises values which resonate with its Christian roots, such as ... Read more..

British Columbia Supreme Court issues mixed decision in church property dispute

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Press release from Anglican Network in Canada Vancouver, BC – Mr Justice Stephen Kelleher of the British Columbia Supreme Court issued a mixed decision today in the case involving the Anglican ... Read more..

ABC Gets Complaints for Adam Lambert Performance

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in News, Take Action! | Comments Off

CitizenLink.com More than 1,500 people called ABC on Sunday night to complain about Adam Lambert's American Music Awards performance. More than 1,500 people called ABC on Sunday night to complain about Adam ... Read more..

Support the Manhattan Declaration on Facebook

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in News, Take Action! | Comments Off

Support the Manhattan Declaration on Facebook   The Manhattan Declaration, a document outlining the biblical worldview on life, marriage and rights of conscience for 21st century Christians, has a Facebook page.  Become a ... Read more..

Maine Counselor Called Out for Marriage Support

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, News | Comments Off

by Kim Trobee, editor CitizenLink.com A complaint says social workers can have their own opinions on issues, but do not 'have the right...to make public comments.' Don Mendell, a guidance counselor at ... Read more..

The Witness of Redeemed Lives at the OSCE in Poland

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Homosexuality, News | Comments Off

by the Rev. Mario Bergner Earlier this summer, at a regional meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, the challenge was brought forth to address discrimination ... Read more..

Vicar threatened with violence if his parish goes over to Rome

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Damian Thompson Religion Last updated: November 23rd, 2009  Telegraph  Hat-tip:  StandFirm 234 Comments Comment on this article The noticeboard of St Saviour's, Walthamstow The vicar of an Anglo-Catholic church has received a ... Read more..

N.J. Lund: A case for Christian involvement in politics

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Apologetics, News, Politics, Social justice, social action | Comments Off

If God's people had always 'steered clear' of politics:    1. The Hebrew midwives wouldn’t have disobeyed Pharaoh to save the baby boys; 2. Moses wouldn’t have confronted Pharaoh in order free his ... Read more..

Where’d You Learn That?

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Rod Stodghill et al’          ` Time Magazine’    The cute little couple looked as if they should be sauntering through Great Adventure or waiting in line for tokens at the local arcade. ... Read more..

The Truth About Teen Girls

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

  ` Time Magazine’     `Belinda Luscombe'   Unless you're an adolescent male, you have already asked yourself this question, perhaps in the past few days: Is there something wrong with teen girls? Specifically, ... Read more..

Biology: The Chemistry of Desire

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Michael D Lemonick   Sonja Steptoe’     `Time Magazine'   Eight years ago, after she had a hysterectomy at age 42, Roslyn Washington was left with an unexpected side effect. Her doctors, who had recommended ... Read more..

How to Bring An End to the War Over Sex Ed

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Time Magazine'    `Amy Sullivan'   Jewels Morris-Davis is a no-nonsense kind of girl. When the high school sophomore turned 16 recently, she didn't celebrate with any My Super Sweet 16 foolishness. Nor ... Read more..