The Case for Equal Rights
A very moving video via @pme200. It’s not an argument for gay marriage in any sense, but it does show how without the rights that civil partnerships / unions bring some people are left in a complete legal limbo when …
Month: May 2012
The Ante is Upped in the Church of Ireland
The Archbishop of Dublin and the Bishop of Down and Drowmore have put forward the following motion to be debated at the General Synod of the Church of Ireland this Thursday. 8 A: HUMAN SEXUALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF CHRISTIAN …
Reflections on Outing
A reminder of some words I wrote a year ago. — The core of the argument against having Jeffrey John as the Bishop was laid out in a legal opinion offered from the legal team at Church House. In it they suggested …
Euro 2012 Prediction Competition
Do you remember the 2010 World Cup Prediction competition we had two summers ago? We’ll be repeating it next month for the Euros. To enter you will need to be a registered user of the site. Simply go here and …
Mountains out of Molehills?
A story that has been doing the rounds on the internet for the past week has finally made it to the mainstream media (but not into print yet). Here’s the Daily Telegraph on a kerfuffle in Southwark Diocese. Peter Gowlland, …
Social Conservatives, Please Don’t Vote Conservative Today
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 …
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