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** Friday, 31 July 2020
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Relief for NI churches as wedding threat climbdown confirmed ([link removed])
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The General Register Office for Northern Ireland (GRO) has written to churches in the Province to confirm that they are not at risk of being stopped from performing wedding ceremonies.


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Threat to NI church weddings withdrawn after CI pressure ([link removed])
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LGBT website: ‘Saying only females get cervical cancer is a disgustingly transphobic lie’ ([link removed])
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Prominent LGBT website PinkNews has branded the social media hashtag #OnlyFemalesGetCervicalCancer a “disgustingly transphobic lie” after the phrase began trending on social media.



Holyrood


Scottish Labour: ‘Hate crime Bill could threaten free speech’ ([link removed])
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The Scottish Labour Party has warned that the Scottish Government’s controversial hate crime Bill could endanger freedom of expression.


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Scot Police Federation: ‘Hate crime Bill could result in thought police’ ([link removed])
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Law Society of Scotland: ‘Vague hate crime Bill could criminalise unpopular views’ ([link removed])
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The National Lottery


National Lottery loophole sees children gamble £350 a week ([link removed])
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The National Lottery is allowing children to gamble hundreds of pounds a week online, according to latest figures.


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MP calls for review of ‘toxic’ online gambling industry ([link removed])
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Planned Parenthood


Abortion giant admits founder was eugenicist and racist ([link removed])
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Planned Parenthood will remove the name of founder Margaret Sanger from its Manhattan clinic because of what it called her “harmful connections to the eugenics movement”.


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Georgia and Tennessee will defend pro-life laws ([link removed])
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Houses of Parliament


Bishop of Truro to lead global religious freedom group ([link removed])
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The Bishop of Truro is set to lead a new forum for religious freedom, following his influential report last year into global Christian persecution.


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Open Doors: Christian persecution ‘should concern everyone’ ([link removed])
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Transsexualism


FEATURE: Fact check: Did a YouGov poll find half the British public back ‘trans rights’? ([link removed])
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Earlier this week, The Independent boldly claimed: “A large majority of the British public support transgender people having the right to ‘self-identify’ and choose their own gender, a new poll has found.”




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