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Archive for May, 2010

Normalising abortion ignores women’s needs

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Bonnie Johnson’                  `The Guardian’   Cath Elliott has called Marie Stopes's new abortion advertisement "innocuous" because the only abortion- or pregnancy-related term it uses is "late". Laurie Penny has interpreted the advert's ... Read more..

Religious Exemption Adopted in Council of Europe ‘Anti-discrimination’ Resolution

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Hilary White’                          `LifeSitenews’   STRASBOURG, May 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family advocates at the Council of Europe have scored a victory with substantial changes of language to protect religious freedom of expression ... Read more..

Global Day of Prayer

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`ccfon'   2 - 6pm at West Ham Stadium. £5 per ticket. Click here for tickets. Read more..

Let girls keep morning-after pill at home, says Govt body

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   Teenage girls and young women should stockpile the morning-after pill at home, according to new draft guidance by the Government’s health body.   The morning-after pill can cause an early ... Read more..

Tv adverts for abortion services

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`ccfon'   The first TV advert for abortion services was shown on Monday evening on Channel 4. The advert, from Marie Stopes International, does not mention abortion by name and encourages women ... Read more..

Portuguese Bishops: Gay “Marriage” is a “Step Backward”

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Patrick Craine’                   `Life Site News’   LISBON, Portugal, May 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Catholic bishops of Portugal have denounced Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva's decision this week to approve same-sex "marriages" ... Read more..

Waterfront Christian Fellowship

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`ccfon'   Speaker: Andrea Minichiello Williams, Director of CCFON/CLC on The State of the Nation.   8 June 2010 at 7pm, William Street Church, William Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3XH.   Read more..

The Blame Game

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in Anti Semitism, News | Comments Off

by Dexter Van Zile  New English Review I could have skipped the Sunday service and gone straight to the B2P presentation held in the church basement afterwards, but I wanted to ... Read more..

No prosecution for man who assisted his wife’s suicide

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   A man who helped his wife suffocate herself will not be prosecuted for assisting her suicide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has revealed.   However, the decision has increased concern ... Read more..

Motor Neurone Disease Group Donates £800,000 for Human/Animal Hybrid Clone Research

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Hilary White’                    `LifeSiteNews’   NORTHAMPTON, May 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK’s Motor Neurone Disease Association has announced it will donate £800,000 (US $1,200,000) to fund human/animal “hybrid embryo” cloning research by ... Read more..

Bargain booze at Tesco despite binge drink pledge

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   Tesco has been criticised for selling alcohol for as little as 69p a pint, just days after its Chief Executive hit out at cheap drink promotions.   Last week Sir ... Read more..

Support for Repealing Health Care Bill Higher than Ever: Rasmussen

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Kathleen Gilbert’                     `Life Site News’   WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Nearly two out of three U.S. voters now want to see the federal health care law repealed, according to ... Read more..

Moscow Refuses Permit to “Gay Pride” Parade Organizers

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Matthew Hoffman’                      `Life Site News’   MOSCOW, May 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - For the fifth year in a row, the government of the city of Moscow has defied the international homosexual lobby ... Read more..

BBC TV execs see faith coverage as ‘tiresome’

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   BBC television is in the hands of “secular and sceptical” executives who ignore religion, a Radio 4 presenter has said.   Bosses at the Corporation’s TV channels “view religious coverage ... Read more..

Homosexuals In Military Three Times More Likely to Sexually Assault Than Straights: Survey

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Kathleen Gilbert’                       `LifeSiteNews’   WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - An analysis of publicly available documents indicates that homosexuals in the military are three times more likely to commit sexual assaults ... Read more..

Anti-binge drinking champ set to become a Tory peer

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   A prominent anti-binge drinking campaigner is set to be made a Conservative peer in the House of Lords.   Helen Newlove, of Warrington in Cheshire, has campaigned against binge drinking ... Read more..

Researchers Argue Homosexuals Should be Allowed to Give Blood

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Thaddeus Baklinski’                 `Life Site News’   OTTAWA, May 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two Canadian researchers have published an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) saying that the federal ban on ... Read more..

G8 Abortion Push Weakened as Study Finds Newborn Mortality at All-Time Low

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`LifeSiteNews'   May 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A new report released yesterday demonstrates that worldwide mortality for children under age 5 has dropped at a rate faster than expected and shows that child ... Read more..

Padded bra aimed at 7-year- olds on sale in another store

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   Parents have slammed a sports store for marketing a padded bra to girls aged seven, just weeks after other shops removed similar controversial products.   Sports Direct was criticised for ... Read more..

ACNA and AMiA

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Thinking Anglicans'                   The Anglican Mission in the Americas, which is linked to the Anglican Communion by its affiliation with the Province de l’Eglise Anglicane au Rwanda, has announced an intention ... Read more..