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Friday, 31 July 2020

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Relief for NI churches as wedding threat climbdown confirmed

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Threat to NI church weddings withdrawn after CI pressure

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LGBT website: ‘Saying only females get cervical cancer is a disgustingly transphobic lie’

Prominent LGBT website PinkNews has branded the social media hashtag #OnlyFemalesGetCervicalCancer a “disgustingly transphobic lie” after the phrase began trending on social media.

Scottish Labour: ‘Hate crime Bill could threaten free speech’

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’

Law Society of Scotland: ‘Vague hate crime Bill could criminalise unpopular views’

National Lottery loophole sees children gamble £350 a week

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

Abortion giant admits founder was eugenicist and racist

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

Bishop of Truro to lead global religious freedom group

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’

FEATURE: Fact check: Did a YouGov poll find half the British public back ‘trans rights’?

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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