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The Christian Institute has expressed its support for an Edinburgh church’s legal action against the City Council for unlawful discrimination.


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The Government will impose an extreme new abortion regime in Northern Ireland next Tuesday, despite massive resistance from the public in its consultation.


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A TV critic has decried the ‘distasteful blasphemy’ portrayed in a new Channel 5 television drama.


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The National Secular Society (NSS) has apologised after complaining that religious staff could be classified as ‘key workers’ during the COVID-19 outbreak.


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An Orthodox Jewish school has been told it risks being shut down by the Department for Education (DfE) because it refuses to promote LGBT lifestyles – despite this not being a legal requirement.



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“Serious questions” need to be asked about the medical pathway which leads gender-confused kids to sterilisation, a columnist has warned.


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Activists see COVID-19 as an ‘opportunity’ for assisted suicide online ([link removed])
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Assisted suicide activists have been criticised for seeking to use COVID-19 as a “unique opportunity” to lobby for the expansion of assisted suicide.


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‘Fear not’: Christian MLA tells Assembly about his trust in God ([link removed])
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A Christian MLA has spoken of his trust in God during a Northern Ireland Assembly debate on COVID-19.



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We live in anxious times. As coronavirus spreads across the world, we may have many reasons to worry; concern for elderly relatives, financial uncertainty, the emptying of supermarket shelves. And this is hardly helped by a 24/7 news cycle providing minute-by-minute updates.




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