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Friday, 29 November 2019

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Stonewall guide ‘misleads and intimidates’ schools over ‘inclusive’ Ofsted checks

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

A veteran gay rights activist has criticised the Government over a lack of free speech protections ahead of the introduction of same-sex marriage.

 
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Red Wednesday: Landmarks light up to highlight Christian persecution

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

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?’

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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Artist ‘no-platformed’ after trans activists complain

Universities' union says people can ‘self-identify’ their ethnicity

 
 
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Legalising cannabis ‘no liberation at all’

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

 
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Gambling machine time restrictions not enough, says Bishop

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

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

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?

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. 

 
 
Parliament

FEATURE: GE2019: Making your views known

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.

 
 
Roulette wheel

FEATURE: MPs caused this gambling crisis. Now they must tackle it

A report issued this month calls for a series of measures to tackle gambling-related harm in the UK.

 
 
Revd Dr Turnbull

FEATURE: The Puritans: Among God’s Giants

Revd Dr Richard Turnbull opened The Christian Institute’s fourth Autumn Lecture challenging the idea of the Puritans as “straight-laced bigots”.

 
 
Isaac Watts

FEATURE: On This Day: Anniversary of Isaac Watts’ death

On 25 November 1748, the father of English hymnwriting, Isaac Watts, died at the age of 74.

 
 

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Colin Hart

Colin Hart
Director, The Christian Institute

 
 
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