Section 1. Is there a problem? ‘Religious freedom is in the news. The statutory framework affecting the manifestation of religious belief has changed extensively over the past decade in the UK – and recent high profile cases have demonstrated how… Read More ›
Month: February 2012
Fairtrade Fortnight starts today
Today marks the start of Fairtrade Fortnight. ‘Take a Step’ for Fairtrade is this year’s campaign call to people in the UK to engage with the Fairtrade Foundation’s vision of an even bigger movement for positive change on unfair trade,… Read More ›
Clearing the Ground: a game changing report
The preliminary report into the freedom of Christians in the UK from the Clearing the Ground inquiry has been launched today. The inquiry was overseen by Christians in Parliament, an official All-Party Parliamentary Group and the committee included MPs and Peers… Read More ›
Has the Church become a doormat to the temple of secularism?
This post is by Graham Goldsmith, a regular contributor to this site: ‘Awake O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.’ (Ephesians 5;14) In 2007 I read the now very well known book. ‘The God… Read More ›
This week’s news and links – focus on same-sex (gay) marriage
As we get nearer to the Government’s consultation on legalising gay marriage, now seems a good time to gather together recent articles on the subject in order to try to develop a grounded understanding. Before I go any further, I want… Read More ›
What has Christianity ever done for our society?
It’s been a remarkable couple of weeks for the relationship between Christianity and the state. We’ve had the Advertising Standards Authority ruling against Healing on the Streets – Bath and the Bideford Council prayers case at the High Court along with Eric… Read More ›
Coalition for Marriage launches today
As the Government gets ready for its public consultation on the legalisation of gay marriage, so the Coalition for Marriage is launched today. Here is the statement from the website: The Coalition for Marriage is an umbrella group of individuals and organisations… Read More ›
Will the Government keep its promise to protect our children online?
A YouGov poll in February 2011 found that 93% of Women and 73% Men (83% average total) felt that the ease with which pornographic content can be viewed on the internet is damaging to children. However, only one of the… Read More ›
Review of the Westminster Faith Debate: Religious identity in ‘superdiverse’ societies
This is a guest post from regular site contributor, Graham Goldsmith, who attended the First Westminster Faith Debate at Whitehall on 8th February. You can watch the video of the debate at the end of this post: I was recently privileged… Read More ›
This week’s news and links (mainly featuring Richard Dawkins)
Religion’s relationship role in society continued to stay in the headlines yesterday as Richard Dawkins’ Foundation for Reason and Science released the results of a poll it commissioned looking at Christian belief and practice in the UK (full Ipsos MORI report… Read More ›
Egyptian Coptic Christians forced to flee village after homes destroyed
I don’t normally choose to highlight individual cases of persecution against Christians around the world as sadly there are too many to know where to start. However I recieved a personal message about this case and feel obliged to highlight… Read More ›
Marriage Week UK and launch of the National Parenting Initiative
Today is of course Valentine’s Day, but it is also the last day of Marriage Week UK. As the nation forks out a small fortune for cards and chocolate all in the name of romantic love, Marriage Week does it’s best… Read More ›
High Court rules formal prayers at council meeting unlawful
Until today Prayers have been said at the start of Bideford Town Council meetings. This practice has been taking place for around seventy years. However all this changed today when the High Court ruled: ”The saying of prayers as part… Read More ›
Why Christians should become bankers
Banker bashing season is well and truly open for another year. It almost feels like a game trying to guess how the government is going to reign in the bonuses and which banker or ex-banker is going to be the… Read More ›
The Queen – 60 years of defending the faith
Sixty years ago today George VI died and his eldest daughter, Elizabeth ascended to the throne as Queen Elizabeth II. It has been a remarkable reign during which time she has seen twelve British prime ministers and as we know,… Read More ›
Advertising Standards Authority rules that God cannot heal the sick
You may have already read about the Advertising Standards Authority’s ruling on February 1st against Healing on the Streets (HOTS) – Bath. HOTS – Bath is a three-year old registered charity run by over 20 churches in Bath and the surrounding area… Read More ›
This week’s news and links – 1st February
A few interesting links… Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, was interviewed in Saturday’s Telegraph. In part of the interview he discussed his opposition to gay marriage. This is a short extract: “I don’t think it is the role of… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 