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Crucial protections not in place for NI same-sex marriage introduction ([link removed])
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is failing to recognise serious concerns about freedom of expression regarding the introduction of same-sex marriage, The Christian Institute has said.


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CI warns Govt of legal challenge over NI same-sex marriage law ([link removed])




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Assisted suicide: Latest bid to weaken law fails at High Court ([link removed])
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The High Court has rejected the latest attempt to weaken the law on assisted suicide.


Welsh Govt under fire for ‘unlawful’ draft guidance on home education ([link removed])
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The Welsh Government faces a backlash over its draft Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities amidst claims it could trample the rights of parents.


BBC ‘flexible with facts’ on LGBT issues ([link removed])
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A journalist has slammed the BBC over an ‘LGBT election guide’ which played “fast and loose with the facts”.


Govt challenges Iran on treatment of Christians ([link removed])
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The Government has accused Iran of failing to protect Christians under international law.


Trans clinic is ‘experimental treatment of vulnerable children’ ([link removed])
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A governor who resigned from England’s only gender identity clinic for children says it is failing the vulnerable.

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John Lewis and M&S under fire over mixed-sex changing rooms ([link removed])


US Govt offers support for faith-based adoption ([link removed])
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The US Government has promised to support faith-based adoption agencies who believe in traditional marriage.


Ethical stem cells transforming lives ([link removed])
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Patients who have been helped by the use of adult stem cells have shared their stories of how the ethical treatments changed their lives.


Christian Institute launches Election Briefing 2019 ([link removed])
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The Christian Institute has called on the UK’s political parties to re-engage with Christians as it launches Election Briefing 2019.




FEATURE: GE2019: Why should you vote? ([link removed])
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The state is a means of God’s ‘common grace’. The Bible is very clear that the governing authorities act on God’s behalf to restrain evil and promote what is good (Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2). This benefits all people in this world, not just Christians.


FEATURE: GE2019: Biblical priorities in voting ([link removed])
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When it comes to matters of public policy, Christians have to assess biblical priorities. We can distinguish those political issues on which the Bible is absolutely clear from those on which it is not.


FEATURE: GE2019: Brexit ([link removed])
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A proper understanding of Britain’s membership of the EU has always involved questions of nationhood and sovereignty, economics and trade, democracy and accountability, defence and international relations, as well as the implications for Christian freedom.


FEATURE: Children on the front line in gender battle ([link removed])
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The animals went in two by two. Or did they? The account of Noah’s Ark didn’t sit well in Judith Lorber’s ideal ‘gender-free’ world. If Martin Luther King wanted his children to experience racial equality, she dreamed of a future where there would be ‘gender equality’.


FEATURE: Oliver Cromwell: Puritan and Protector ([link removed])
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Oliver Cromwell is a man who divides opinion like few others, but his heart was to unite the godly, rather than foster division.


FEATURE: On this day: Victory for Christian demoted over gay marriage comments ([link removed])
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On 16 November 2012, a judge ruled that Adrian Smith had ‘done nothing wrong’ in describing same-sex weddings in churches as “an equality too far”.




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