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Friday, 27 March 2020

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CI: We support Destiny Church’s action against Edinburgh Council

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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UK Govt commits to defend freedom of religion worldwide

Poetry Library makes ‘courageous’ stand for free speech

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Govt to impose extreme abortion law on NI next week

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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Govt says dangerous home abortion guidelines were ‘published in error’

NZ allows abortion up to birth for any reason

Ethicist: ‘Down’s babies need equal protection in law’

Channel 5 drama criticised for blasphemy

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

Secularists apologise for religious key workers complaint

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

Ofsted failures on equality law leaves Jewish school at risk of closure

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.

Puberty blockers lead kids towards sterilisation, warns columnist

“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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Gender-neutral facilities criticised for making women feel unsafe

Activists see COVID-19 as an ‘opportunity’ for assisted suicide online

Assisted suicide activists have been criticised for seeking to use COVID-19 as a “unique opportunity” to lobby for the expansion of assisted suicide.

‘Fear not’: Christian MLA tells Assembly about his trust in God

A Christian MLA has spoken of his trust in God during a Northern Ireland Assembly debate on COVID-19.

FEATURE: Now thank we all our God

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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Colin Hart
Director, The Christian Institute

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