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Friday, 24 December 2021
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Police guidance on ‘non-crime hate incidents’ is unlawful, Court of Appeal rules
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The Court of Appeal has ruled that police guidance on recording ‘non-crime hate incidents’ unlawfully interferes with free speech.
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Priti Patel tells police: ‘Let people express their lawful views’
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Churches exempt from Scotland’s new covid capacity limits
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Churches in Scotland can remain open without capacity limits under the latest covid regulations, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
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Equalities Committee branded ‘out of touch’ over gender self-ID proposals
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The Women and Equalities Committee’s demand for people to change legal sex by self-declaration, shows it is out of touch with the general public, The Christian Institute has said.
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Women and Equalities Committee again pushes for gender self-ID
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Police Scotland allows male rapists to be recorded as women
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New poll shows most Scots oppose ‘gender self-ID’ plans
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Billie Eilish: ‘Pornography destroyed my brain’
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Grammy Award-winning singer Billie Eilish has opened up about how viewing pornography “destroyed” her brain.
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Welsh Govt airbrushes ‘male’ and ‘female’ out of new sex ed curriculum
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The Welsh Government is under fire for attempting to sideline biological sex in its new sex education curriculum.
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Canada fast-tracks ‘conversion therapy’ ban into law
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Canada has brought a ban on so-called conversion therapy into law without a vote in Parliament or committee scrutiny.
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‘You’re only as old as you feel’, Mexican Supreme Court rules
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People in Mexico can now alter their birth certificates to match an age of their choosing.
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Denzel Washington: ‘I want to honour God’
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Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington has expressed his desire to live a God-honouring life in a world where he says people are increasingly becoming ‘lovers of self’.
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WATCH: The Incarnation is not just for Christmas – Revd Melvin Tinker
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At this time of year, Christians around the world reflect on the Incarnation of Christ, but we often neglect to draw on the riches of what it means for Jesus to still be human in his heavenly reign.
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FEATURE: Personal gas chambers – assisted dying the easy way
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There are many shocking things about the euthanasia and assisted suicide debate, including the use of Death Row drugs, the weakening of universal protections on the grounds of disability or mental health problems, and the euthanising of [link removed] competent adults and children. Even so, a move to the use of personal gas chambers in Switzerland is chilling.


FEATURE: Why the proposed conversion therapy ban is potentially dangerous for the work of churches
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The government’s proposals for a broad ‘conversion therapy’ ban could result in criminalising the ordinary work of churches. Dr Sharon James explains that the new law could include some prayer, preaching and pastoral care.
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Yours in Christ,

Colin Hart
Director, The Christian Institute

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