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Sunday, February 20th, 2011 Posted in AIDS, Marriage | Comments Off
From David Lindsay's Blog Mass changes in behavior are credited with helping to remarkably reduce the number of people infected with HIV in Zimbabwe in recent years, concludes a report published ... Read more..What is Marriage?
Sunday, February 20th, 2011 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off
By Peter Ould I’ve just got round to reading the much talked about “What is Marriage?” by Girgis, George and Anderson. In it they put forward a non-religious argument for marriage ... Read more..Your marital status is not relevant to us now, Church tells clergy
Sunday, February 20th, 2011 Posted in Church of England, Marriage | Comments Off
by Jonathan Petre, Mailonline The Church of England has infuriated traditionalists by dropping the requirement for clergy to disclose their marital status when they apply for new posts Church officials say the ... Read more..Sunday worship
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Church of England, Worship | Comments Off
1. Choral Evensong comes from the Temple Church off the Strand in London, originally built by the Knights Templar in the 12th Century, hence the original circular design modelled on the Church of the ... Read more..London ‘megamosque’ developers are ’secretive, supremacist and sexist’: appeal hearing
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Islam | Comments Off
By Jenny Taylor, Lapido Media A planning inquiry in east London heard yesterday how a ‘secretive’ Muslim sect that wants to ‘conquer the world for Islam’ is trying to represent itself as a ... Read more..Labour calls for progress on gay marriage
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off
By Jessica Geen, Pink News The Labour Party has welcomed government announcements on gay marriage and civil partnerships. Party leader Ed Miliband said he hoped progress could made as soon as possible. He ... Read more..My Statement on Same Sex Marriages and Civil Partnerships
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage, Parliament, Religious Liberty | Comments Off
By Edward Leigh MP I am astonished and disappointed that a Conservative Government, albeit a coalition one, has announced it is consulting on whether to do away with traditional marriage which ... Read more..Conscience Trampled by the Regime
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Civil Liberty, Religious Liberty | Comments Off
By Albert Mohler The Obama administration has revoked nearly all of the conscience protections put in place by the administration of President George W. Bush. The policy change came just today, ... Read more..The liberal consensus only prevails because if you challenge it you lose your job
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Religious Liberty | Comments Off
By Rod Liddle, Spectator [...] So, the sacking of Nutt was an absurdity — but it has nothing on the more recent sacking of Dr Hans Christian Raabe from his position ... Read more..Email from Lynne Featherstone to supporters
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off
From Christian Concern Dear xxxxxx, I’m so pleased to be announcing today the next step on the road to full marriage equality for same-sex and mixed-sex couples. As many of you will know, ... Read more..Justin Bieber attacks abortion – huge coup for pro-life lobby but how long before Hollywood shuts him up?
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Culture, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off
By Cristina Odone, Telegraph Justin Bieber, pop icon and every teeny bopper’s dreamboat, has given the pro-life lobby a totally unexpected and extraordinary coup: he has told Rolling Stone magazine that ... Read more..The Anglican Communion after Dublin
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off
By George Conger, CEN The divisions within the Anglican Communion are theological, not political, and can be resolved only through an appeal to providence and Scripture, the chairman of the Gafcon Primates ... Read more..Evangelicals fear for churches that refuse civil partnership ceremonies
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Civil Partnerships, Gay Marriage | Comments Off
By Karen Peake, Christian Today The Government is considering lifting the current ban on same-sex civil partnership ceremonies being conducted in places of worship and religious settings. Despite assurances from Home Secretary ... Read more..Nigerian archbishop in Lambeth meeting with Dr Williams
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Nigeria | Comments Off
By George Conger, CEN The head of the Anglican Communion’s largest province will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury this week at Lambeth Palace. Archbishop Nicholas Okoh of Nigeria is scheduled to ... Read more..The Queen’s Speech
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off
By Charles Raven, SPREAD Earlier this week, I was listening to a bishop speaking about the sheer incomprehension of many Global South colleagues as they see the Church of England carrying ... Read more..A message from Bishop David Anderson
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in American Anglican Council, Anglican Communion, Morality | Comments Off
From AAC [...] The world of the church, the state, and morality in our society has certainly changed over my 40+ years in holy orders. The governments of several nations have ... Read more..Is Catholic confession app anti-gay?
Friday, February 18th, 2011 Posted in Homosexuality, News, Roman Catholicism | Comments Off
by Marcia Segelstein for World.mag Yes, according to a gay rights group called Truth Wins Out. But first some background. In case you missed the news, the Catholic Church has sanctioned a ... Read more..“Parliament is accountable not only to the electorate but to God”
Friday, February 18th, 2011 Posted in Parliament | Comments Off
From Cranmer According to Johann Hari in The Independent, that is the defence of the Rt Rev Lord Harries of Prentregarth for the retention of 26 Church of England bishops in ... Read more..Anglican Communion Office issues covenant study guide
Friday, February 18th, 2011 Posted in Anglican Covenant | Comments Off
From ENS A guide to assist in the discussion and study of the Anglican Covenant has been released by the Anglican Communion Office. The study guide and an accompanying question-and-answer document, available ... Read more..Pop sensation Justin Bieber shares his views on sex before marriage and abortion
Friday, February 18th, 2011 Posted in youth culture | Comments Off
From Mailonline Pop sensation Justin Bieber has declared his strong opposition to abortion, calling it 'like killing a baby'. The Canadian born singer, 16, also labelled the American healthcare system 'evil' because ... Read more..