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Friday, 10 December 2021

 

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The Robertson Trust

Multimillion-pound trust admits religious discrimination against church groups

Scotland’s largest grant-making trust has formally apologised to two Christian groups for unlawful religious discrimination against them.

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Over 700 church leaders urge Govt to protect churches from ‘conversion therapy’ ban

More than 700 Christian ministers and pastoral workers have called on the Minister for Women and Equalities to ensure that the ordinary work of churches is not caught by a ban on so-called conversion therapy.

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Govt extends ‘conversion therapy’ ban consultation

 
 
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CI blasts Scot Govt’s explicit sex census for teens

Children as young as 14 are to be asked explicit questions about their sexual experiences by the Scottish Government – a move blasted by The Christian Institute.

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Children’s Commissioner’s call to pause sex survey ignored by Scot Govt

 
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Man given just 6 months to live 19 years ago thankful assisted suicide is illegal

A man who outlived two terminal illness diagnoses has written to The Daily Telegraph to warn against introducing assisted suicide to the UK.

 
 
The Tavistock Centre

‘Girls who don’t like dolls being pushed to swap sex’, says top psychiatrist

A senior psychiatrist who served as a staff governor for an NHS gender identity clinic for children has accused it of adopting a “rigid” and “simplistic” approach to treatment.

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Civil servants received ‘ideological and unscientific’ trans training

Hundreds of nurses tell regulator to ditch Stonewall

Royal College of Midwives apologises after ditching ‘mother’

 
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Thousands of women require hospital treatment after DIY abortion pills

Complications due to abortion pills have led to one in seventeen women in England taking them needing hospital treatment, a freedom of information (FOI) investigation has revealed.

 
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Columnist: ‘Prostitution is inherently dangerous and exploitative’

Decriminalising prostitution would increase the extent of the sex trade and endanger women further, a columnist has warned.

 
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Drug death toll reaches unprecedented level in US

Provisional figures released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have revealed a staggering rise in drug related deaths for 2020.

 
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Scores of MPs and peers call on Govt to keep gambling reform promises

More than 160 MPs and peers have called on the Government to introduce new gambling reforms.

 
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Masks not required for singing in churches

Churchgoers will not be required to wear masks while singing in churches in England, new Government guidance has confirmed.

 
 
Legal Defence Fund

FEATURE: Fifteen years of helping protect Christian religious freedom

This week marked the 15th anniversary of our Legal Defence Fund.

 
 
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FEATURE: Breaking up not so hard to do with DIY divorces

In October, a judge dismissed 28 divorce applications because they were identical.

 
 

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Colin Hart

Colin Hart
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