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Archive for October, 2010

The BBC sucks up to Pagans

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Damian Thompson, Telegraph Utterly fawning coverage from the BBC of the pagan festival of Halloween or “Samhain”, including an interview with a chief pagan in a sheepskin. “We’ll be continuing ... Read more..

24 killed in siege in Baghdad church

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

From The Guardian Iraqi police today stormed a church which had been taken over by suspected al-Qaida-linked gunmen, releasing about 100 worshippers who had been taken hostage, Iraqi and US officials ... Read more..

Gunmen take hostages in Baghdad church

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

From BBC News Gunmen have taken around 40 worshippers hostage in a central Baghdad church, Iraqi police say. The gunmen first attacked the stock exchange in the Iraqi capital before moving ... Read more..

The marriage platform

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

By Michael J McManus, Baltimore Sun   Hat-tip:  Maggie Gallagher Divorce, cohabitation cost Maryland millions and should be part of the gubernatorial debate If I were running for governor of Maryland, here's a ... Read more..

Councils should not discriminate against Christian carers

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

Letter to the Telegraph SIR – On Monday the High Court is to be asked to rule on whether Christians are "fit people" to adopt or foster children – or whether ... Read more..

Stephen Fry shocks feminists by claiming women don’t really like sex

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in Culture | Comments Off

By Polly Vernon, Guardian Broadcaster and writer Stephen Fry has tried to establish himself as an unlikely authority on female sexuality, claiming that straight women only go to bed with men ... Read more..

FCA Southern Africa conference ends on a high note.

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA) | Comments Off

October 31, 2010   Anglican Mainstream South Africa FCA South Africa Conference Ends with Statement of purpose and commitment to the Orthodox faith clearly stated at GAFCON The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans in ... Read more..

Christians’ freedom to express beliefs is at risk, warn bishops

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Telegraph Senior bishops have warned that the freedom of Christians to express their beliefs is being eroded following the introduction of equality laws. In a letter to The Sunday ... Read more..

Christian couple who cannot accept homosexuality challenge their fostering ban

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Tim Ross, Telegraph A Christian couple who were banned from becoming foster parents because they believed homosexuality was unacceptable are taking their case to the High Court in a landmark ... Read more..

Fulcrum and women bishops: let the debate begin?

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

[...] The real difficulty, however, is when Elaine goes on to the nature of the debate still facing the Synod. Thus she writes, There are still a large number of issues ... Read more..

Investigation reveals thousands of bogus church weddings may have taken place

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

By Jonathan Wynne-Jones and David Barrett Thousands of bogus weddings may have taken place in Anglican ceremonies throughout the country, an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has uncovered. One vicar said ... Read more..

My Frank Wolf moment: A congressman vividly describes the slide of the culture—and the church

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Andree Seu for World Magazine   I heard it said that Garrison Keillor has a face for radio. Some things don't come across well on all media. Let us see if I ... Read more..

New Study Confirms Overwhelming Death Rate of IVF Human Embryos

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski for LifeSiteNews   DENVER, Colorado, October 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A report by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) on a study of IVF "efficiency" states that ... Read more..

Why on earth should children need to study ‘Women’s History’?

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in Education, Political Correctness | Comments Off

By Norman Tebbit, Telegraph Driving into London last Tuesday to attend the memorial service for the late Baroness Park of Monmouth, I turned as usual to my travelling companion, BBC Radio ... Read more..

Where Are We Headed?

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in Theology, Thought | Comments Off

By Robert J. Sanders Ph.D, Virtueonline Where are we, as a country and as Christian churches, headed? There are, of course, many answers to that question, but for my part, I ... Read more..

In the beginning were the blogs

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Media | Comments Off

By Toby Cohen, CEN TRAVELATORS CAME to the UK in the autumn of 1960, amid excited speculation that we would soon be moving around on nothing else. Fifty years on, most ... Read more..

Christians Belong in the Front Row of the Tea Party: Start marching at your local rally

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

David Brody for Christianity Today   When it comes to politics, I'm not a big fan of CW (conventional wisdom). After all, Hillary Clinton—not Barack Obama—would be President today if CW ruled. ... Read more..

Promoting compulsory sexual education at the UN

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism, Proselytization, Sex education | Comments Off

By Vincenzina Santoro, MercatorNet In most people's minds, the United Nations is associated with promoting peace, fostering development, feeding the hungry, providing peacekeeping troops, and defending human rights. But there are ... Read more..

Study says one in ten sexually-active teens has same-sex partners

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in youth culture | Comments Off

From Pink News A study of sexually-active American teenagers says that almost one in ten has same-sex partners. The research, carried out by the New York City health department, found that 9.3 ... Read more..

Humanism fails to face the horror

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Posted in Atheism | Comments Off

By Giles Fraser, Church Times ONE OF the most disturbing things to emerge from the recently leaked Iraq war logs is the story that an Iraqi doctor sold to al-Qaeda a ... Read more..