This week’s decision by the Supreme Court to reject the right-to-die case brought by Paul Lamb, Jane Nicklinson and a third man known only as Martin, was a welcome relief to those of us who believe that legalising assisted suicide is anything but… Read More ›
Today’s guest post is by Neill Harvey-Smith. Neill works for the Church of England in Lichfield. He writes in a personal capacity and tweets @nhs999. ———— It is wrong that people who have served their time should remain in prison, if… Read More ›
Today’s post is written by regular guest contributor. Edward Kendall. Tweet @Edward_Kendall. ———— Earlier this month it was announced that David Ford, Northern Ireland’s justice minister, is to launch a consultation on whether Northern Ireland’s abortion law should be changed to allow abortion… Read More ›
Every now and then I’m keen to offer the opportunity to younger writers to voice their opinion on a current issue that has been making the headlines. Today’s post has been written by Edward K. He is fresh out of school… Read More ›
Dr David Drew, a former clinical director at Walsall Manor Hospital and a Christian, was dismissed in December 2010 after sending communications to his colleagues with religious content. This was after raising a series of concerns about the quality of… Read More ›
Listening to and reading the coverage of yesterday’s ruling on a defendant’s right to wear the niqab (full face veil), it was hard to find anyone who agreed with the judge’s ruling. As usual when it comes to competing interests, a… Read More ›
This blog has been following the story of four Christians who have taken freedom of religion cases to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for most of the last year. You can read a the background details on each applicant’s case here. These… Read More ›
Just over a week ago I ended up appearing on Question Time. As the May 16th broadcast was coming from my local town of Ipswich it seemed like a good idea to apply in the hope that I might be able to… Read More ›
Prior to yesterday’s ruling at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), I was hoping that we would get some legal clarity on the issues of religious freedom that had been presented. If anything I was hoping for this more… Read More ›
When it comes to legal issues, I have to admit I’m a long way short of being an expert. I do however regularly follow the UK Human Rights Blog, which covers a whole range of legal topics, some of which are… Read More ›
We’ve been waiting years to get to this point and finally the ruling is almost upon us. Yesterday the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced that it will be giving its ruling on the four freedom of religion cases involving British Christians on Tues… Read More ›
Thanks to Barnabas Fund and Stuart James at eChurch who have publicised the news of the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling earlier this month that people who are persecuted in their native countries due to their religion have the right to… Read More ›
This is big. Four Christians who have all lost cases relating to freedom of religion in the UK courts will be going to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) next Tuesday (4th September) seeking to have their judgements overturned. … Read More ›
After what seemed like a very long wait the decision on Tony Nicklinson’s right-to-die case came out yesterday with the three High Court judges unanimously upholding the current law which says it is an offence to end someone’s life through… Read More ›
This post was originally going to be part of Monday’s on the British Medical Association and euthanasia, but having made a start I felt it deserved its own space, so here it is. Last Thursday the General Medical Council (GMC)… Read More ›
There were two things that happened at he end of last week that saddened me and both involve doctors. The first was the British Medical Journal’s (BMJ’s) decision to run the headline on its cover, ‘Why medical bodies should be… Read More ›
Yesterday was a busy day for Christian Concern. Lesley Pilkington the Christian psychotherapist who was struck off by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) after she was tricked into providing ‘gay cure’ counselling for a fake client who was secretly an undercover… Read More ›
Every now and then an issue comes along that unites groups who will normally have nothing to do with each other or worse. It would be a rather big understatement to say that the National Secular Society and the Christian… Read More ›
Having been away from a computer for most of last week, I didn’t get a chance to comment on the fuss that erupted over the proposed gay/not-gay/ex-gay/post-gay London bus ads that area and aren’t happening this month. For those not… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 