The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted down a motion to redefine marriage by an even bigger margin than it did in October. The new motion was tabled by three Sinn Fein MLAs and debated today at Stormont. The Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Roman Catholic bishops had been urging MLAs not to support the motion. Against […]
Unnamed Tory MPs have said they are being blackmailed by the Chief Whip for voting against gay marriage. The MPs say their expenses records are being used to “bully” and “victimise” them because they failed to support the Government’s unpopular policy. Sir George Young, the Tory Chief Whip, is understood to have got the expenses […]
Christians who fear being marginalised are having their anxieties fed by David Cameron, former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has said. Writing in a national newspaper, Lord Carey warned that the Government is “aiding and abetting” a hostile secularisation “every step of the way”. And the former leader of the Church of England also warned […]
A Government report has revealed that most parents want sex education to be taught within a clear “moral context” with a particular emphasis on abstinence before marriage. Consultation Last year, the Department for Education (DfE) consulted the public about its views on making sex and relationships education (SRE) compulsory in schools, and asked respondents what […]
Christians in Iran face arrest, torture, even death. But that doesn't seem to matter to Swedish immigration officials. Sweden wants to send Iranian Christian asylum seekers, who left Islam, back to Iran where they could be killed. Iran is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Christians. As apostates from Islam, they face […]
Patients as young as 16 in Scotland would be able to tell their GP about their desire for assisted suicide, under controversial proposals from an MSP. Margo MacDonald MSP has been criticised for a revised assisted suicide Bill which would enable people aged 16 and over to have their end-of-life wishes on record. Councillor Jeremy […]
Christians living in Libya have been rounded up, beaten, and accused of proselytism, in the latest sign of the militant Islamism affecting the country since the revolution. The men, Egyptian Copts working in Benghazi, were seized by an Islamist militia but handed over to the government. One, named as Ezzat Atallah, 44, died at the […]
Religious people should be able to publicly practise their faith because people who “do God, do good”, a Government minister will say. Baroness Warsi’s comments come as new research shows that church-goers alone are providing almost 100 million hours of unpaid volunteer work on social projects a year. The research also showed that donations from […]