Primary schools should not be intimidated into creating a pro-LGBT curriculum, The Christian Institute has warned.
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** Stonewall guide ‘misleads and intimidates’ schools over ‘inclusive’ Ofsted checks ([link removed])
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Primary schools should not be intimidated into creating a pro-LGBT curriculum, The Christian Institute has warned.
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** Gay rights activist: NI lacks free speech protections for same-sex marriage ([link removed])
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A veteran gay rights activist has criticised the Government over a lack of free speech protections ahead of the introduction of same-sex marriage.
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** Red Wednesday: Landmarks light up to highlight Christian persecution ([link removed])
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Landmarks were bathed in red light on Wednesday night to highlight the persecution of Christians around the world for Red Wednesday.
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** Cardiff Uni SU adopts official pro-abortion policy ([link removed])
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Pro-life students at Cardiff University have been left feeling pushed out after the Students’ Union formally adopted a pro-abortion position.
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** Detransitioning: ‘How do I go back to who I was?’ ([link removed])
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A Newsnight report has highlighted the growing phenomenon of ‘detransitioners’ – those who underwent the process of ‘changing sex’, but later regretted it and now wish to return to their birth sex.
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** Universities' union says people can ‘self-identify’ their ethnicity ([link removed])
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** Legalising cannabis ‘no liberation at all’ ([link removed])
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A columnist for The Times has warned of the serious mental health problems associated with cannabis, in the face of calls to legalise the drug.
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** Hospitals tell of drug horror on wards ([link removed])
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** Gambling machine time restrictions not enough, says Bishop ([link removed])
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Restrictions placed on betting machines do not go far enough to prevent gambling-related harm, a Bishop has said.
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** Election Briefing 2019: Manifesto pledges now available ([link removed])
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The Christian Institute has added to its popular General Election resources with a simple guide to some key manifesto commitments.
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** FEATURE: GE2019: Issues on the horizon ([link removed])
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The new Parliament elected on 12 December 2019 could vote on laws affecting religious liberty, freedom of speech, transgender rights, abortion, assisted suicide, divorce liberalisation, drugs legalisation and gambling.
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** FEATURE: GE2019: Candidate or party? ([link removed])
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In the ‘first-past-the-post’ system for Westminster elections you vote for a particular candidate. So there are two key factors we all must consider when deciding who to vote for.
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** FEATURE: GE2019: Making your views known ([link removed])
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Candidates or their canvassers may come to your door, call by telephone or stop you in the street to ask how you intend to vote. This presents an ideal opportunity to find out where the candidate stands on key moral issues.
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** FEATURE: MPs caused this gambling crisis. Now they must tackle it ([link removed])
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A report issued this month calls for a series of measures to tackle gambling-related harm in the UK.
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** FEATURE: The Puritans: Among God’s Giants ([link removed])
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Revd Dr Richard Turnbull opened The Christian Institute’s fourth Autumn Lecture challenging the idea of the Puritans as “straight-laced bigots”.
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** FEATURE: On This Day: Anniversary of Isaac Watts’ death ([link removed])
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On 25 November 1748, the father of English hymnwriting, Isaac Watts, died at the age of 74.
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