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The BBC is reporting today about a petition to change the rules in Scotland on blood donation.
A petition by gay rights campaigners against what they believe is discrimination over who can give blood is to be considered by MSPs.
The LGBT Network said safe sex practices meant men who have had sex with other men could [...]
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Cranmer has the best summary and comment on this story by far:
The Christians who sued Google
Not quite as bold as ‘The man who sued God’, but it is manifestly a David and Goliath battle which is to be admired, for the outcome has considerable implications for Christians in the areas of equality and freedom [...]
In another extraordinary piece of bad PR, the Chinese Government is employing the same unit that killed people in Tibet last month to guard the olympic flame.
The Chinese guards of the Olympic flame seen fending off protesters in London and Paris are elite members of the paramilitary units which crushed dissent in Tibet, it has [...]
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It’s very simple Mr Darling and Mr Brown. If you take away someone’s 10% tax rate and replace it with a 20% tax rate, they will pay more tax.
Genius.
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It promises to be fantastic
Guido can confirm the Times’ Sam Coates exclusive that Boris will lead for the Tories against Harriet Harman tomorrow at PMQs. Repeated misleading references to Boris by Gordon Brown were the trigger for Cameron’s decision to give Boris an unprecedented right of reply in the PM’s absence. The last time [...]
You may have already seen this nonsense in yesterday’s Independent.
Exclusive: right-wing Christian group pays for Commons researchers
As the Prime Minister bows to church pressure on embryology legislation, Jane Merrick and Brian Brady investigate the long parliamentary reach of a pro-life group opposed to the Bill.
An evangelical Christian charity leading opposition to new laws on embryo [...]
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Back in 1789 a piece of history was being made. While the French were revolting, William Wilberforce put forward the first of his bills to abolish the Slave Trade in the British Empire. Of course, the Bill was voted down, but Wilberforce continud his struggle year after year until finally Parliament agreed with him that [...]
Now the Archbishop of Canterbury steps in to highlight the problems with mixing DNA.
Dr Williams attacked proposals in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill which could open the door to research into hybrid embryos and which would remove the reference to the need for a father when under going fertility treatment.
He said: "The hybrid question [...]
The BBC is reporting on News 24 that Gordon Brown will allow a free vote on "3 key clauses". Don’t hold your breath until we find out what those sections of the Bill are.
Update - Watching the One O’Clock News. The three areas allowed a free vote during the Committee stage are:
Creation of Saviour Siblings
IVF [...]
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In another example of the totally mixed up thinking of this Government, the authorities in this country have decided to deport to Iran a young man, despite the fact that he is in danger of being executed, simply because he has engaged in homosexual acts. Here’s the BBC report (which I can’t seem to fathom [...]
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In case you hadn’t noticed, the Government is pushing through a piece of legislation that looks set to be the most anti-God piece of law that this country has ever seen. Forget the legalised slaughter of tens of thousands of children each year or the evaporation of the concept of blasphemy. The Human Embryology and [...]
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Great stuff in the Daily Mail
David Cameron has made the bold and politically controversial decision to vote to lower the legal limit for abortions from 24 weeks to 20 weeks when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill comes before the Commons in a few weeks. The reason he has stuck his neck out on such [...]
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As always, his Grace is right on target:
The law of blasphemy is a long-standing part of our constitutional settlement. It recognises the unique role which the Christian faith has played in shaping our law, culture and values over many centuries. Atheists and others calling for abolition wrongly argue that the law is a threat to [...]
His Grace raises the issue:
This is the judgement of the Governments ‘Rural Advocate’, Dr Stuart Burgess. He asserts that almost one million households in rural England live in poverty because they have incomes below the official poverty line of £16,492. The report thus talks of ‘shocking deprivation’ and hundreds of thousands of ‘disadvantaged individuals’ living [...]