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Archive for March, 2011

AN MP speaks out against the BBC on Israel

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Judaism, Medical Ethics | Comments Off

By Melanie Phillips, Spectator A startling opinion piece in this morning’s Daily Telegraph by Conservative MP Louise Bagshawe shows there is still some decency and integrity left in Britain’s governing class. ... Read more..

Deputies leave historic meeting eager to discuss same-gender blessings with wider church

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Same-sex blessings | Comments Off

From ENS Church House of Deputies left a historic March 18-19 churchwide consultation on same-gender blessings here promising to tell their colleagues and their dioceses about the work they did in ... Read more..

UK gov’t funding Planned Parenthood, Marie Stopes to tune of £9.4 million

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

From Hilary White, LifeSite News This week, the UK government revealed that it is continuing to provide International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and Marie Stopes International (MSI) with nearly £9.4 million ... Read more..

US Army now warning Chaplains: If you don’t like the homosexual agenda, get out!

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

From Mass Resistance After "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal Among the first casualties in the homosexualization of the US military caused by the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) are the ... Read more..

Women Bishops and Church Unity

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Women Bishops | Comments Off

From Reform Carrie Sandom gives a brief description of the complementarian theological position, Mark Burkill explains how opponents of women bishops could be treated as if they are heretics, and Lorna ... Read more..

Listen here to “The Report” BBC Radio 4, Thursday 24 March at 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Media, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

The newspaper headlines read "Christian couple barred from fostering children because of their views on homosexuality" and "B&B owners punished for being faithful to Christian teaching". They refer to two recent ... Read more..

At UN Vatican denounces vilification of those who oppose homosexual behavior

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Rebecca Millette, LifeSite News The Vatican representative told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday that many who oppose homosexuality are being unjustly attacked for their views.  ... Read more..

Lenten Meditations

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Lent | Comments Off

Thur Mar 24 am: Ps 70, 71 pm: 74 Jere 4:9-10, 19-28 Rom 2:12-24 John 5:19-29 SECOND THURSDAY OF LENT - Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Monk and Mystic, 1396 LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY:  Born in 1343, Walter ... Read more..

Queer I Stand: An Introduction

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Culture, sex | Comments Off

By P. Sufenas Virius Lupus,  Patheos (Hat Tip: Grant LeMarquand) [...]  But, perhaps more to the point in the present context, I am "queer" in a variety of ways. As I ... Read more..

Disaster pushes Japanese beyond secular thinking

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

From Baptist Press Thousands of the little wooden prayer tablets rattle softly in the cold, spring breeze, a symphony of soft clattering that drifts out from the Shinto shrine. Images and characters ... Read more..

Raise high the crucifix!

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Andrew Brown, Guardian The attempt to drive religious symbols from Italian classrooms was wrong and potentially disastrous. We should be glad it failed The decision of the European court of Human ... Read more..

Gay and bisexual HIV infections rise 70% in ten years

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in AIDS | Comments Off

By Jessica Geen, Pink News New figures show that HIV infections in gay and bisexual men have risen by 70 per cent in the last decade.   In 2001, 1,810 men who have ... Read more..

The Continuing Rise of the Pink Shirts

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Phelim McIntyre, A Line in the Sand Something nasty is happening across the Western world where free speech and human rights are being suppressed by a vocal minority. This is ... Read more..

George Osborne needs to think of families as engines of growth

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, economics | Comments Off

By Jill Kirby, Conservative Home The Chancellor should reflect on the role of families in creating a thriving economy. Working families experiencing falling incomes are about to suffer NI rises and ... Read more..

Lesbian couple’s £9.99 a month fertility clinic is country’s first aimed only at same-sex couples

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Homosexuality | Comments Off

by Claire Ellicott, Mailonline A lesbian couple are to open Britain’s first gay-only fertility centre. Natalie Drew and Ashling Phillips, who have two children by a sperm donor, said they decided to ... Read more..

Church must ’speak out against sexual violence’ in Africa

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Injustice | Comments Off

By Riazat Butt, Guardian Churches can "no longer remain silent on the issue of sexual violence", according to a Christian NGO, which said religious institutions were failing the communities they were ... Read more..

Praying to the god of anti-homophobia at Catholic school board

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, Prayer | Comments Off

By Patrick B Craine, LifeSite News The Toronto Catholic school board, the largest in Canada, opened a workshop to develop their policy on equity and inclusive education earlier this year with ... Read more..

Irish High Court overturns ban on Christian ad accused of ‘homophobia’

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

By Rebecca Millette, LifeSite News The Irish High Court today overturned a decision by the Belfast Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that banned a Belfast Christian church’s ad on account of “homophobia.” ... Read more..

Lenten Meditations

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Lent | Comments Off

Wed Mar 23 am: 72 pm: 119:73-96 Jere 3:6-18 Rom 1:28-2:11 John 5:1-18 SECOND WEDNESDAY OF LENT    Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c.332 LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: On this day we remember the first Bishop ... Read more..

Christian publisher forced to cancel launch of ‘gay cure’ book

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Posted in Censorship, Gay Activism | Comments Off

from Pink News A Christian publisher says she had to cancel the launch of a book which claims Jesus can cure homosexuality because of a planned protest by gay rights activists. Eileen ... Read more..