The governing body of the Methodist Church has voted to redefine marriage, conduct same-sex weddings and affirm cohabitation.
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** Methodist Church abandons biblical teaching on marriage ([link removed])
The governing body of the Methodist Church has voted to redefine marriage, conduct same-sex weddings and affirm cohabitation.




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** MPs pushing abortion for any reason up to birth ([link removed])
Pro-abortion MPs are trying to make abortion available up to birth for any reason across England and Wales.


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** Scots consultation: DIY abortions unsafe and unwanted ([link removed])




** Child who wanted to give ‘alms’ to the poor reported to Prevent ([link removed])
A primary school pupil who told his class he wanted to give ‘alms’ to the needy was reported to the controversial Prevent programme because his teacher thought he had said ‘arms’.




** BBC ‘Pride’ group want to vet Today programme on trans issues ([link removed])
LGBT activists at the BBC are seeking to be involved in the editorial process for Radio 4’s Today programme on transgender issues.


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** Top public school accused of promoting trans ideology ([link removed])

** Stonewall ‘coerces’ employers to champion trans agenda ([link removed])

** Court of Appeal to rule on landmark legal case against gender clinic ([link removed])

** Cabinet Office among latest to announce exit from Stonewall ‘diversity’ scheme ([link removed])




** Schools Minister: ‘I wouldn’t support a ban on smacking’ ([link removed])
Schools Minister Nick Gibb has said he does not want to see parents criminalised for smacking their children, amid calls to ban the practice in England.




** Former Supreme Court judge: ‘Laws are not there to regulate opinions’ ([link removed])
A former Supreme Court judge has hit out at activists pushing for the law to criminalise the expression of beliefs they deem ‘offensive’.




** CSJ: Poor performance of white working-class pupils due to collapse of marriage ([link removed])
White children in Britain’s poorest communities are failing in education because they largely come from unmarried families, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has said.



** Jersey citizens’ jury votes for legal euthanasia ([link removed])
A citizens’ jury in Jersey has voted in favour of making assisted suicide and euthanasia legal on the island.



** Christian fostering agency challenges High Court ruling on sexual ethics ([link removed])
England’s only evangelical Christian fostering and adoption agency has been at the Court of Appeal to challenge a ruling which said it was discriminating by not accepting same-sex couples as foster carers.





** FEATURE: Anti-smacking academics continue their anti-parent campaign ([link removed])
A new study claiming that smacking damages children has been published in The Lancet and widely reported in the press.
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