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Gay blogger: Same-sex marriage ignores reality

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A gay commentator says same-sex marriage is a “bare-faced state power grab”, and not “some warm fluffy equality bunny”. Paddy Manning, writing in the Irish Daily Mirror, said that with gay marriage the state remakes the institution as “an anything-goes irrelevant partnership agreement between adults”. And he commented that same-sex marriage “asks us to ignore […]

Pakistan’s Christians struggle after church bombing kills 85

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The aftermath of the attack was visible on the patio of the church, constructed in 1883, during the British colonial era. The brick was stained with blood, and dozens of pairs of sandals belonging to victims lay unclaimed. The historic white-stone church looked as if it had stood between gunmen in a battle, with hundreds of […]

‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Christians in Middle East

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For 15 years Canon Andrew White has led Iraq’s only Anglican church, in an increasingly menacing period for Christians across the Middle East. Multiple attacks by Islamists on St George’s has prompted the Iraqi government to set up three checkpoints to protect the church. The new security measures make it virtually impossible to attack the […]

Study – Atheism is Declining

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A new study says the world is more religious now than it was four decades ago, and this trend will continue to 2020 and perhaps beyond even as the global share of the nonreligious is likely to witness a sustained decrease. The percentage of the world that is religious continues to increase, according to the […]

Petition for religious freedom in India

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Release International is urging people to sign its petition on religious freedom in India following the passage of anti-conversion laws in several states. Madhya Pradesh has just passed legislation requiring anyone wanting to change their religion to obtain permission from the authorities first. Converts who fail to report their change of faith could face up to three […]

BBC religious output drops 20% in one year

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The BBC’s religious output has fallen by 20 per cent in one year, according to its latest annual report. One secularist group welcomed the figures, claiming audiences see religion as unimportant. But a recent BBC Trust report highlighted a lack of knowledge about religion amongst some BBC staff. Decreased Across the broadcaster’s TV and Radio […]

Peers told MP’s career threatened over marriage vote

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MPs are urging Peers to oppose gay marriage, saying threats were made to force MPs to vote in favour of the proposals in the House of Commons. In a letter signed by 15 MPs, including former children’s minister Tim Loughton and former defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth, Peers were told of the “varying degrees of […]

Lords’ same-sex marriage vote moved to 4th June

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The Lords’ vote on the same-sex marriage Bill has been moved by the Government from Monday 3 June to Tuesday 4 June. The timing has been changed because the Government feared it could lose a vote on the first day back after recess. The debate will still start on Monday, and continue into Tuesday with a […]

Cameron would like to forget gay marriage, but it will haunt him

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Homosexuality was once famously described as “the love that dare not speak its name”. This definition fits the Coalition’s attitude to its own Same-Sex Couples Bill. It won’t say a word about it any more. Her Majesty, speaking on the advice of her ministers, did not mention the Bill in her Gracious Speech in Parliament on […]

Christians returned to jail in Iran

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An Iranian high court has upheld the prison sentences of four Christians for converting to the faith from Islam. buy essay The decision means Pastor Farhad Sabokrooh, of the Iranian Assemblies of God, his wife Shahnaz Jayzan, and church workers Naser Zaman-Dezfuli and Davoud Alijani have had to return to jail. They were arrested in […]