The CEO who was unfairly dismissed by Scotland’s largest grant-making trust over his church’s views on marriage has shared how...
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** EXCLUSIVE: Kenneth Ferguson on his battle with The Robertson Trust ([link removed])
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The CEO who was unfairly dismissed by Scotland’s largest grant-making trust over his church’s views on marriage has shared how The Christian Institute helped him through the ordeal and secure an important legal victory.
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Campaign group Let Us Pray has defended the Christian belief in the existence of hell following an article in Scottish daily The Herald which challenged the freedom to preach the Gospel.
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** Tech entrepreneur: ‘Silicon Valley is hostile to Christian belief’ ([link removed])
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US firms such as Google and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, are antagonistic to Christians, a prominent figure in the technology sector has said.
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** Wrecking amendment sees Australian religious liberty Bill shelved ([link removed])
** Tony Blair: ‘Voters are woke weary’ ([link removed])
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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for common-sense in the debates on biological sex, trans rights and free speech.
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** House of Lords ditches Stonewall scheme following ‘pregnant people’ row ([link removed])
** Doc accused of transphobia for announcing ‘it’s a girl’ at birth ([link removed])
** Welsh Govt smacking ban will tyrannise innocent parents, campaigners warn ([link removed])
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Parents do risk being arrested if they give their child a gentle smack, the Welsh Government has confirmed.
** Scottish census legal challenge thrown out by judge ([link removed])
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A legal challenge to questions on sex and gender in the upcoming census in Scotland has been thrown out by the Court of Session.
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** Teens crowdfunding to pay for ‘sex-swap’ surgery ([link removed])
** Teachers told to go ‘gender-free’ ([link removed])
** McArthur Bill misrepresents assisted suicide, palliative care body warns ([link removed])
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A collaboration of over 100 organisations has criticised Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill for using the term ‘assisted dying’.
** Cambridge college axes ‘pride’ flag ([link removed])
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A Cambridge college will no longer fly the multicoloured LGBT flag, after senior academics said the college flag is the only one which “speaks for all of us”.
** Harm caused by drug and alcohol abuse in NI ‘significant and growing’ ([link removed])
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Substance misuse is placing unsustainable pressure on resources in Northern Ireland, a Stormont Committee has said.
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** ‘We will not condone drug-taking’: Minister slams calls for Scot drug rooms ([link removed])
** Mum who refused to abort daughter says she’s ‘proof there is always hope’ ([link removed])
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A mother who refused to abort her daughter when she was diagnosed with a brain condition said her story is “proof there is always hope”.
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** VIDEO: Kenneth Ferguson: My battle with The Robertson Trust ([link removed])
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In July 2021, an Employment Tribunal ruled that Kenneth Ferguson was unfairly dismissed by multimillion-pound grant-maker The Robertson Trust and subjected to religious discrimination by the Trust and its Chair, Shonaig Macpherson.
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