- Dawkins hopes free Bibles will turn kids off scriptures21 May 2012, 2:42 pm
Richard Dawkins is backing a scheme to send a commemorative copy of the King James Bible to every state school, but only because he thinks it will turn kids off the scriptures. Last week Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, began sending commemorative copies of the Bibles to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James [...] ...
- Stop vilifying those who oppose redefining marriage18 May 2012, 3:04 pm
Activists seeking to rewrite the definition of marriage must stop trying to vilify those who oppose them, a gay writer has warned. “If they don’t snap out of it they’ll even lose the support of gay people like me,” said Max Wind-Cowie. He is Head of the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos and he accused [...] ... - 4 million families to get opt-out from web porn18 May 2012, 1:55 pm
One of the country’s largest internet service providers is to ask all of its four million customers if they wish to block access to pornographic websites. In March TalkTalk started asking new customers whether they wished to install a filter that blocks adult websites. The company has now revealed that it is planning to make [...] ... - Sentamu: Redefining marriage would be a misuse of the law17 May 2012, 3:27 pm
The Government’s controversial plan to redefine marriage has nothing to do with injustice and would be a “misuse of the statute”, the Archbishop of York has warned. Dr John Sentamu says changing the definition of marriage would weaken its meaning for the majority, whilst achieving “little if anything” for homosexuals. Earlier this year Dr Sentamu [...] ... - Most still want Queen to be Defender of the Faith17 May 2012, 11:52 am
Most people want the Queen to stay “Defender of the Faith” and Supreme Governor of the Church of England, a BBC survey shows. According to the survey 73 per cent of people think that the Queen and future monarchs should keep the titles of Supreme Governor of the Church of England and Defender of the [...] ... - Government sends KJV Bibles to all schools17 May 2012, 8:04 am
The Education Secretary will this week send commemorative copies of the Bible to schools in England in celebration of 400 years of the King James Version. No taxpayers’ money will be used for the project, the £370,000 cost is being met by donations from charities and individuals. Secularists have nevertheless criticised the plan, saying the [...] ... - Advertising regulator criticised for C4M probe16 May 2012, 4:30 pm
The advertising regulator has been widely criticised for launching an astonishing investigation into ads which simply support the current law on marriage. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) says it has received ten complaints that ads for the Coalition for Marriage are “offensive”. View the ad for yourself here. The ASA claimed that one of the [...] ... - Mum’s inspiring video on why she didn’t abort son16 May 2012, 2:30 pm
A mother has made an inspirational video about her love for her son, who was born with no eyes, and why she refused to abort him. Lacey Buchanan’s boy – called Christian – has a rare and severe type of cleft lip and palate. Such a condition occurs when parts of the face do not [...] ... - Obama drops in polls after backing gay marriage16 May 2012, 12:15 pm
US President Barack Obama has lost his lead in the polls after announcing his support for gay marriage. A poll for the New York Times and CBS News shows that support for the President has dropped amongst registered voters from 48 to 43 per cent. It is the first important poll since the President made [...] ... - Pressure on Home Secretary to improve free speech law16 May 2012, 8:47 am
The Christian Institute is joining with the National Secular Society, the Peter Tatchell Foundation, and others to call for reform of free speech laws. The new campaign group – Reform Section 5 – wants the word “insulting” to be stripped out of Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. Visit the website of Reform [...] ... - PM Blair warned not to say ‘God bless Britain’15 May 2012, 4:30 pm
When Tony Blair was Prime Minister, his officials warned him not to end one of his speeches with the words “God bless Britain”. Po-faced advisors told him “this is not America” and persuaded him to drop the idea, the Daily Mail reports. Mr Blair told the story at a conference organised by Holy Trinity Brompton, [...] ... - Barack Obama hailed as ‘first gay president’15 May 2012, 3:29 pm
President Barack Obama is being hailed as America’s ‘First Gay President’ on the front cover of a major American news magazine. The cover, which shows the President sporting a rainbow-coloured halo, follows his controversial endorsement of same-sex marriage last week. On Wednesday he told a US TV channel that “it is important for me to [...] ... - NHS spends £1m a week on repeat abortions15 May 2012, 8:04 am
The NHS is spending around £1 million of taxpayers’ money each week on abortions for women who have already chosen to end one or more pregnancy. Critics warn that many women view abortion as just another form of contraception. Official figures show that thousands of women are having more than one abortion, with some having [...] ... - Top Tories: leave fringe issues like gay marriage14 May 2012, 3:43 pm
Two more Government ministers have called for fringe issues like plans to redefine marriage to be put on hold. Secretary of Defence, Philip Hammond, and Children’s Minister Tim Loughton, say the Government should focus on more important matters. They join junior Defence Minister, Gerald Howarth, who was the first Government minister to speak out earlier [...] ... - Salmond tight-lipped on gay marriage in Scotland11 May 2012, 3:15 pm
Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, has refused to say whether Scotland will redefine marriage while responses to the public consultation are still being analysed. And it emerged that the consultation on an independence referendum received less than one third of the level of responses that the consultation on redefining marriage received. Alex Salmond made the [...] ...
- Dawkins hopes free Bibles will turn kids off scriptures21 May 2012, 2:42 pm
Richard Dawkins is backing a scheme to send a commemorative copy of the King James Bible to every state school, but only because he thinks it will turn kids off the scriptures. Last week Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, began sending commemorative copies of the Bibles to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James [...]... - Most still want Queen to be Defender of the Faith17 May 2012, 11:52 am
Most people want the Queen to stay “Defender of the Faith” and Supreme Governor of the Church of England, a BBC survey shows. According to the survey 73 per cent of people think that the Queen and future monarchs should keep the titles of Supreme Governor of the Church of England and Defender of the [...]... - Government sends KJV Bibles to all schools17 May 2012, 8:04 am
The Education Secretary will this week send commemorative copies of the Bible to schools in England in celebration of 400 years of the King James Version. No taxpayers’ money will be used for the project, the £370,000 cost is being met by donations from charities and individuals. Secularists have nevertheless criticised the plan, saying the [...]... - Pressure on Home Secretary to improve free speech law16 May 2012, 8:47 am
The Christian Institute is joining with the National Secular Society, the Peter Tatchell Foundation, and others to call for reform of free speech laws. The new campaign group – Reform Section 5 – wants the word “insulting” to be stripped out of Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. Visit the website of Reform [...]... - PM Blair warned not to say ‘God bless Britain’15 May 2012, 4:30 pm
When Tony Blair was Prime Minister, his officials warned him not to end one of his speeches with the words “God bless Britain”. Po-faced advisors told him “this is not America” and persuaded him to drop the idea, the Daily Mail reports. Mr Blair told the story at a conference organised by Holy Trinity Brompton, [...]... - No mention of God in revised local council ‘prayer’4 May 2012, 2:22 pm
Gloucestershire County Council has removed all references to God in its council ‘prayer’, after just three councillors objected. The council leader claims the form of words, which still ends with “Amen”, “does the trick without being related to God”. Earlier this year the Government wrote to all local councils in England, telling them that new [...]... - Anglican lay reader ‘suspended’ for supporting C4M petition4 May 2012, 12:41 pm
An Anglican lay reader has been suspended after encouraging his congregation to support traditional marriage, despite this being the official position of the Church of England. Peter Gowlland, who has been a lay reader for 50 years, was encouraging his congregation to sign the Coalition for Marriage (C4M) petition, which supports the current definition of [...]... - Bibles are ‘homophobic’, Scots police told27 April 2012, 7:32 am
Scottish police forces have been told not to accept a gift of free Bibles from the Gideons because the book “condemns homosexuality”. The Bibles have been offered to Scottish police forces featuring each force’s badge. But the Gay Police Association (GPA) is against the move, and has issued a statement demanding that the forces refuse [...]... - Court upholds ban on Christian radio advert26 April 2012, 7:26 am
The High Court has upheld a ban on a Christian radio station broadcasting an ad that asks Christians whether they’re being sidelined at work. The court said the ad was “political”, but Premier Christian Radio says the decision seemed “reminiscent of a totalitarian state” and has vowed to appeal. The 30 second ad, which was [...]... - Cornish schools to teach paganism in RE lessons20 April 2012, 1:47 pm
School children in Cornwall are to be taught about paganism as part of their religious education classes for the first time. The controversial move means that the youngsters will be taught about pagan beliefs, such as witchcraft, in addition to faiths like Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The contentious requirements say that children should begin learning [...]... - Lord Carey: Christians in Britain are being vilified16 April 2012, 4:05 pm
Christians in Britain are being treated as “bigots” and sacked for expressing their beliefs, a former Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. Lord Carey, who served as Archbishop from 1991 to 2002, also warned of a “drive to remove Judaeo-Christian values from the public square”. He accused Britain’s courts of consistently applying “equality law to discriminate [...]... - Concern at council’s move to scrap prayers11 April 2012, 9:11 am
A council in Staffordshire is facing criticism after it ditched the saying of prayers at the beginning of its meetings. The move comes despite the Government writing to all local councils in England telling them that new laws restore their power to hold prayers at official meetings. A church minister usually leads the prayers at [...]... - BBC’s Evan Davis calls for secular Thought for the Day10 April 2012, 11:13 am
Thought for the Day, the three-minute religious slot on the BBC’s Today programme, should include non-religious speakers, Today co-presenter Evan Davis has said. Mr Davis, who is an atheist, claims there is a “very serious debate” about whether “‘serious and spiritually minded secularists’” should be introduced into the segment. But critics point out that the [...]... - High Court defers decision on Christian radio ad case2 April 2012, 12:00 pm
The High Court has deferred a decision on whether a watchdog was right to ban an advert that asked Christians to report experiences of workplace marginalisation. The original ad, which was due to air at the time of the last general election, quoted surveys showing that 60% of active Christians were being increasingly marginalised at [...]... - Bishop numbers set to be cut in reformed House of Lords2 April 2012, 7:44 am
The number of bishops in the House of Lords should be reduced, according to a controversial recommendation that looks set to be accepted by the Government. The recommendation comes from a cross-party committee of Peers and MPs that is looking into the issue of reworking the House of Lords, according to a BBC report. The [...]...
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