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Archive for September, 2011

Stalingrad battle ahead over same-sex marriage

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

By Julian Mann, Cranmer's Curate Cranmer's Curate learned the hard way on BBC Radio Sheffield that the battle over same-sex marriage is going to be a Stalingrad. This is not - ... Read more..

Texas School Punishes Boy for Opposing Homosexuality

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Todd Stames, Fox News An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal’s office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong. Holly Pope ... Read more..

Censorship and my right not to be offended

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Stuart James, eChurch Fr Ray Blake runs a lovely blog; very gentle, nuanced and balanced; however, just recently, he’s come under fire.   Fr Ray has written two blog posts. The first ... Read more..

Cranmer’s law and Christian conscience

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

by Peter Saunders, CMF Godwin's law is the observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990 that, ‘As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler ... Read more..

Veritas Lecture – Marriage: Why It Can and Must Be Saved

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

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Margate Christian GP Dr Richard Scott ‘crossed the line’

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From BBC News A Christian GP "crossed the line" when he asked a patient if he had considered faith in Jesus, the General Medical Council (GMC) has heard.   Dr Richard Scott spoke ... Read more..

Regarding same-sex marriage

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Peter Ould [...]  This leads us though to a further and much more serious complication for the advocates of same-sex marriage, namely that the Church of England services referenced above ... Read more..

Gay blood ban change ‘not enough’, say Lib Dems

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Medical Ethics | Comments Off

From BBC News Liberal Democrats have urged the government to go further in removing the ban on gay men donating blood.   The party conference says a decision this month to lift the ... Read more..

Conservative UK: Most Britons still oppose gay marriage

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Culture, Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Steve Doughty, Mailonline Most people still oppose gay marriage and the adoption of children by same-sex couples, a Government report revealed yesterday. More than half believe homosexual marriages should not ... Read more..

Putting children, young people and families at the heart of our mission – a challenge for the Church.

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Education | Comments Off

by Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Fulcrum There has been ferocious media criticism of children, young people and families recently. The riots and shocking images of young children out of parental control ... Read more..

You are usurpers, AMiE tells C of E ‘Establishment’

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in AMIE, Church of England | Comments Off

by Ed Beavan, Church Times THE Anglican Mission in England (AMiE), a group formed in June to provide alternative episcopal over­sight for conservative Evangelicals (News, 1 July), has compared its for­ma­­tion ... Read more..

Please pray and respond as you feel led! If Paypal can do this to Julio…

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

LifeSiteNews translator under attack A group of gay activists is targeting the funding of pro-family organizations and activists, including one of our own LifeSiteNews translators!   It is infuriating enough to me that these ... Read more..

Meeting heralds new era for episcopacy

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Women Bishops | Comments Off

From Church Times THE House of Bishops must be ready for a change of culture now, before the final vote on accepting women into the episcopate, Dr Williams heard on Monday. A ... Read more..

Invitation for Anglicans to take part in unique Bible survey

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in Bible | Comments Off

By Stephen Lyon, Co-ordinator Bible in the Life of the Church Project   As part of the Bible in the Life of the Church project we are undertaking a Communion-wide survey of ... Read more..

Shock moves

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Andrew Carey, CEN You could be forgiven for not noticing the fact that the greatest experiment in social engineering and the biggest intervention in one of society’s most basic bedrock ... Read more..

Christian Concerns raised over Coalition’s plans on gay marriage reform.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

Matt Cresswell  Church of England Newspaper CHRISTIAN GROUPS have voiced concern over the Coalition government’s plans to introduce gay marriage by 2015. At the Liberal Democrat conference this week in Birmingham, ... Read more..

Does God exist? The Great Debate in London

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

17th October at 7.30 pm in Westminster Central Hall, Storeys Gate, London SW1H 9NH Willian Lane Craig vs Stephen Law Details of how to book, and of other venues, here Read more..

Pope faces hostility from gay groups in Germany

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in Pope Benedict | Comments Off

By Jessica Geen, Pink News Pope Benedict’s first official visit to his homeland of Germany is expected to meet strong opposition today.  Up to 20,000 people, including gay rights campaigners, feminists, ... Read more..

Putting baby in nursery ‘could raise its risk of heart disease’ because it sends stress levels soaring

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in Children/Family | Comments Off

By Fiona Macrae,Mailonline Sending babies and toddlers to day-care could do untold damage to the development of their brains and their future health, a leading psychologist has claimed. Aric Sigman, a fellow ... Read more..

France imposes first niqab fines

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

From BBC News Two French Muslim women who continue to wear the full-face veil in defiance of a new law banning it in France have been issued fines by a court.   Hind ... Read more..