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Friday, 29 January 2021

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Nelson McCausland

LGBT activists demand sacking of education adviser for sharing Christian man’s testimony

LGBT activists are calling on the Northern Ireland Education Authority to sack a board member after he shared an article of a gay man’s Christian conversion.
 
 

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Holyrood Parliament

Amendments to Scot hate crime Bill welcomed

The Scottish Justice Secretary has tabled a number of encouraging amendments to the Scottish Government’s hate crime Bill.
 
 
LGBT Youth Scotland

Scottish teachers reporting non-trans affirming parents to social services

Schools across Scotland have been reporting parents to local authorities if they are unsupportive of their child’s desire to ‘swap gender’.

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NatWest criticised for wading into gender debate

Peer demands closure of puberty blockers for kids loophole
 
School children working

EXCLUSIVE: Former Director of Education hits out at Welsh RE plans

A former Director of Education has hit out at the Welsh Government’s plan to force schools to teach humanism and atheism alongside religious views in RE lessons.
 
Drugs raid police

PM pledges to ‘cut the head off the snake’ in fight against drugs-trade

The leaders of criminal gangs will be specifically targeted as the Prime Minister announces new funding to address the “scourge of illegal drugs”.
 
 
Joe Biden

Biden moves to drop protections for women, those of faith and the unborn

The new US President, Joe Biden, has started his tenure by removing crucial protections in abortion and equality law, with major implications for individuals’ freedom of conscience.

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Ohio bans DIY abortion pills by remote prescription
 
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Archbishops call nation to prayer amid ‘enormity of pandemic’

The two most senior figures in the Church of England have invited everyone to “call on God in prayer” in response to the “terrible milestone” of 100,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19.
 
 
Lord Sumption

FEATURE: Lord Sumption and the value of human life

Viewers tuning in to The Big Questions on BBC One to hear a discussion on the pros and cons of lockdown recently may have been surprised by one man’s assertion that not all lives are equal.
 
 

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