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Advertising Standards Authority 'Persecutes Cranmer'

By Peter Ould, on May 11th, 2012%

This is extraordinary!

Apparently there have been a number of complaints about one of the advertisements His Grace carried on behalf of the Coalition for Marriage. He has been sent all manner of official papers, formal documentation and threatening notices which demand answers to sundry questions by a certain deadline. He is instructed by the . . . → Read More: Advertising Standards Authority ‘Persecutes Cranmer’

Social Conservatives, Please Don't Vote Conservative Today

By Peter Ould, on May 3rd, 2012%

Today across the United Kingdom is election day. Voters up and down the country will be electing their local councillors, deciding in referenda whether they want town and city mayors, and in London will be settling the Boris v Ken battle for executive power over the capital for the next four years. In previous years . . . → Read More: Social Conservatives, Please Don’t Vote Conservative Today

Prof David Martin on Establishment

By Peter Ould, on March 22nd, 2012%

A fascinating piece is up on the Derby Diocese website by Professor David Martin, Honorary Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, exploring issues around the establishment of the Church of England. His comments are particularly interesting in the light of recent discussion . . . → Read More: Prof David Martin on Establishment

Crosses at Work

By Peter Ould, on March 11th, 2012%

News this morning that the Government is going to go to the ECHR and fight against the appeals under Article 9 on a number of cases.

In a highly significant move, ministers will fight a case at the European Court of Human Rights in which two British women will seek to establish their right to . . . → Read More: Crosses at Work

Coalition for Marriage

By Peter Ould, on February 20th, 2012%

News today of the launch of a new campaign in response to the Government’s soon to be announced consultation on same-sex marriage. Coalition for Marriage is headlined by former Archbishop George Carey, the former Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay, seven cross party MPs and four currently serving Diocesan Bishops. I would expect the key names on . . . → Read More: Coalition for Marriage

Obscenity on Trial

By Peter Ould, on January 7th, 2012%

Some of you may have noticed that a trial took place this week in London. The case involved the selling of DVDs showing a particular sexual practice which is perfectly legal to perform between two consenting adults, but some might find, to put it mildly, not to their taste. The producer of the DVD was . . . → Read More: Obscenity on Trial