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NSS chief executive Stephen Evans says giving registrars a right to refuse to conduct same-sex civil marriages would drive a coach and horses through equalities legislation. (Scroll down to see the letter)
Confusion has surfaced over what has been agreed by councillors on Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in a vote over the guidance the authority will give to local secondary schools regarding Catholic sex education resources.
Schools should make it "a priority" to begin delivering the new RSE (relationships and sex education) curriculum as soon as possible in the light of a rise in online grooming offences that "accelerated" under lockdown, says children's commissioner Anne Longfield.
Project backed by Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman hopes to raise £4.5m for the purchase, but there are concerns about intentions of Christian groups involved.
Ministers are being urged to improve hate crime reporting after offences against the British Sikh community soared by 70 per cent over the last two years.
The United States has placed Nigeria for the first time on a religious freedom blacklist, paving the way for potential sanctions if it does not improve its record.
Several forces are driving this trend but the most powerful one is the waning grip of a set of beliefs closely linked with the imperative of maintaining high birth rates, says Ronald F. Inglehart.
A shadow minister was wrong to say religious registrars should be able to opt out of providing same-sex marriages. And her comments are a reminder that we don't need a ministerial office for faith, says Stephen Evans.
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