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Every Friday CCFON will bring to you stories of fundamental significance to Christians and our Nation. To equip you to pray and act. To put the hope of Christ at the centre of our Nation. Click on titles for full stories.   Donate for Christian Freedoms Please spread the word - forward this to Christians you know and encourage them to sign up to receive their own copy.   Headlines, Abortion, Bioethics, Church & State, Education, End of Life, Family, Human Trafficking/Prostitution, Islam, Religious Liberties, Sexual Orientation, Social, Events   Headlines   Government seeks public’s views on laws to repeal   The Coalition Government has set up a website at which people can suggest laws they think should be repealed because they are either unnecessary, restrict people’s civil liberties, or tie businesses and organisations up in too much red tape.  The Consultation is wide-ranging and has no planned end date.  CCFON will send an e-mail to our supporters shortly suggesting laws that should be repealed.        Act now on lap dancing   An Oxford congregation has recently lost its appeal at Oxford Magistrates to overturn a license to run a lap dancing club just 50 yards from their church. Please click here to find out how and why to act to prevent the further spread of lap dancing clubs in the UK.   CCFON: Stopping lap dancing in the UK.   CLC: Church Appeal over lap dance club in Oxford rejected.   Why lap dancing is bad for society - Andrea Minichiello Williams comments   Premier Radio, 1 Jul 10 (1m 28s)   Care Not Killing (CNK): E-Newsletter   For the latest news from CNK on Margo MacDonald’s End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill, the Resistance Campaign, the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Annual Representatives’ Meeting, new BMA and General Medical Council Guidance and all the latest news on assisted suicide and end of life care, please click here.   CCFON: God’s unlimited resources – one day at time   The state of the nation   CCFONtv (on YouTube), 18 Jun 2010 (3m 32s)     Abortion     Daily Mail: PM defies 'experts' who insist babies don't feel pain at 24 weeks.   Christian Today: Methodist Church to review position on abortion.     Bioethics   Daily Mail (Comment): IVF for older women on the NHS is another example of how the mania for equality is wrecking society.   Reuters: U.S. appeals court reinstates stem cell suit against Obama administration.   Independent: Foetal transplants for Parkinson’s patients brought closer to reality.   iStockAnalyst: Japanese laboratories find way for automatic stem cell culturing.   BioCell Center: Genetic amniocentesis and the hope for future stem cell and caridac therapies.   Washington Post: Some blind patients regain sight via stem cells.   PennLive: Stem cells from adults gave me a fuller life.   Guardian: Ovary transplants could extend women's lifespan, mice study suggests.   BBC News: Egg test 'predicts gene problems'.   Daily Mail: The troubling truth about egg freezing: It's expensive, medically risky and only FIVE babies have been born in Britain as a result.   BBC News: Study uncovers new diabetes genes.     Church & State   Evangelicals Now: Interview with Christian MP, David Burrowes.   Daily Mail: Speaker snubs Church to appoint first black Vicar of Westminster.   BBC News: Electoral reform vote 'next May'.     Education   CCFON: Consultation over church secondary school for Kingston ends with passionate plea for values of Christian education.   Guardian (Comment): Richard Dawkins's backwards logic over atheist schooling.   Independent: Special schools should be kept, urges disabled MP.   'Is there any evidence for God?' - discussion featuring Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali   BBC One 'Big Questions', 20 Jun 10 (18m 12s)     End of Life   Peter Saunders (Blog): What will it take for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to actually prosecute someone for assisted suicide?   Daily Telegraph: Legal assisted suicide creates 'slippery slope' to doctors killing without consent, expert claims.   Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Elder abuse: nearly half of the people with dementia who participated had been mistreated.   BBC News: Switzerland plans new controls on assisted suicide.   Daily Telegraph: 'Dr Death' Michael Irwin has helped at least nine people end their lives.   Daily Mail: Right-to-die GP won't be charged for aiding cancer sufferer's suicide.   BBC News: German court legalises euthanasia with patient consent.     Family   Express: Marriage: How living in sin costs us billions as marriage goes out of fashion.   Daily Mail: Money isn't everything: Family, friends and a fulfilling job all count more towards happiness, survey claims.   Guardian: Poverty tsar: shirking fathers should lose their benefits.   Daily Telegraph: Oliver James: Mothers have lower status than road sweepers.     Human Trafficking/Prostitution   This is Oxfordshire: Church loses appeal over lap dancing.   This is Oxfordshire: Lap dancers breached club's own rules.   Guardian (Comment): Legalising prostitution is not the answer.   The Scotsman: Lap dancing crackdown bid is thrown out by MSPs.     Islam   CCFON: Parliamentary bid to ban burkha.   Daily Telegraph: Pakistan and Iran 'backing Afghan attacks on British troops'.   Daily Mail: Silence the extremists: Liam Fox blasts 'hate-filled religious protesters' at troops' parades.   Daily Mail: Son of hate preacher Abu Hamza jailed for attacking police at London demonstration.   Evening Standard: Muslim pupils taken out of music lessons ‘because Islam forbids playing an instrument’.   The Jakarta Post: Hard-line groups target Christianity with sharia law.     Religious Liberties   CCFON: Christian legal society loses right to remain Christian in California.   CCFON: European Court of Human Rights hears crucifix case.   Christian Institute: Scottish Parliament passes new ‘abusive speech’ law.   Observer: UK bill of rights plan a 'bad idea', warns head of European Court.   Daily Mail: Hands off our legal system: Top judge tells Europe to keep its nose out of British justice.     Sexual Orientation   CCFON: Minneapolis pastor targeted by homosexual magazine.   Daily Mail: Tories to keep Harriet Harman's equal pay law, but public sector equality duty may be scrapped.   The Independent: BMA declares that 'conversion therapy' for homosexuals is harmful.   Anglican Mainstream: Is ‘Conversion Therapy’ for gays ‘harmful?’ Some responses.   Associated Press: Iceland PM weds partner as homosexual marriage legalized.   BBC News: Irish Dail backs civil partnership bill.   Scotsman: Anti-homosexuality Bishop's job sparks boycott calls.     Social   Daily Telegraph (Comment): The best way to stop prisoners reoffending? Send evangelicals to proselytise them.   Daily Mail: Labour's former Home Secretary Alan Johnson: 'I failed on binge drinking'.   BBC News: Life expectancy gap 'is widening'.     Events   Sunday 4th July: All Nations Christian Centre, Temple Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 2QY. Andrea Minichiello Williams speaking on The State of the Nation at 9am and 11am services.     Andrea Minichiello Williams Christian Concern for our Nation http://www.ccfon.org   Every Friday CCFON will bring to you stories of fundamental significance to Christians and our Nation. To equip you to pray and act. To put the hope of Christ at the centre of our Nation. Click on titles for full stories.   Donate for Christian Freedoms Please spread the word - forward this to Christians you know and encourage them to sign up to receive their own copy.   Headlines, Abortion, Bioethics, Church & State, Education, End of Life, Family, Human Trafficking/Prostitution, Islam, Religious Liberties, Sexual Orientation, Social, Events   Headlines   Government seeks public’s views on laws to repeal   The Coalition Government has set up a website at which people can suggest laws they think should be repealed because they are either unnecessary, restrict people’s civil liberties, or tie businesses and organisations up in too much red tape.  The Consultation is wide-ranging and has no planned end date.  CCFON will send an e-mail to our supporters shortly suggesting laws that should be repealed.        Act now on lap dancing   An Oxford congregation has recently lost its appeal at Oxford Magistrates to overturn a license to run a lap dancing club just 50 yards from their church. Please click here to find out how and why to act to prevent the further spread of lap dancing clubs in the UK.   CCFON: Stopping lap dancing in the UK.   CLC: Church Appeal over lap dance club in Oxford rejected.   Why lap dancing is bad for society - Andrea Minichiello Williams comments   Premier Radio, 1 Jul 10 (1m 28s)   Care Not Killing (CNK): E-Newsletter   For the latest news from CNK on Margo MacDonald’s End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill, the Resistance Campaign, the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Annual Representatives’ Meeting, new BMA and General Medical Council Guidance and all the latest news on assisted suicide and end of life care, please click here.   CCFON: God’s unlimited resources – one day at time   The state of the nation   CCFONtv (on YouTube), 18 Jun 2010 (3m 32s)     Abortion     Daily Mail: PM defies 'experts' who insist babies don't feel pain at 24 weeks.   Christian Today: Methodist Church to review position on abortion.     Bioethics   Daily Mail (Comment): IVF for older women on the NHS is another example of how the mania for equality is wrecking society.   Reuters: U.S. appeals court reinstates stem cell suit against Obama administration.   Independent: Foetal transplants for Parkinson’s patients brought closer to reality.   iStockAnalyst: Japanese laboratories find way for automatic stem cell culturing.   BioCell Center: Genetic amniocentesis and the hope for future stem cell and caridac therapies.   Washington Post: Some blind patients regain sight via stem cells.   PennLive: Stem cells from adults gave me a fuller life.   Guardian: Ovary transplants could extend women's lifespan, mice study suggests.   BBC News: Egg test 'predicts gene problems'.   Daily Mail: The troubling truth about egg freezing: It's expensive, medically risky and only FIVE babies have been born in Britain as a result.   BBC News: Study uncovers new diabetes genes.     Church & State   Evangelicals Now: Interview with Christian MP, David Burrowes.   Daily Mail: Speaker snubs Church to appoint first black Vicar of Westminster.   BBC News: Electoral reform vote 'next May'.     Education   CCFON: Consultation over church secondary school for Kingston ends with passionate plea for values of Christian education.   Guardian (Comment): Richard Dawkins's backwards logic over atheist schooling.   Independent: Special schools should be kept, urges disabled MP.   'Is there any evidence for God?' - discussion featuring Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali   BBC One 'Big Questions', 20 Jun 10 (18m 12s)     End of Life   Peter Saunders (Blog): What will it take for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to actually prosecute someone for assisted suicide?   Daily Telegraph: Legal assisted suicide creates 'slippery slope' to doctors killing without consent, expert claims.   Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Elder abuse: nearly half of the people with dementia who participated had been mistreated.   BBC News: Switzerland plans new controls on assisted suicide.   Daily Telegraph: 'Dr Death' Michael Irwin has helped at least nine people end their lives.   Daily Mail: Right-to-die GP won't be charged for aiding cancer sufferer's suicide.   BBC News: German court legalises euthanasia with patient consent.     Family   Express: Marriage: How living in sin costs us billions as marriage goes out of fashion.   Daily Mail: Money isn't everything: Family, friends and a fulfilling job all count more towards happiness, survey claims.   Guardian: Poverty tsar: shirking fathers should lose their benefits.   Daily Telegraph: Oliver James: Mothers have lower status than road sweepers.     Human Trafficking/Prostitution   This is Oxfordshire: Church loses appeal over lap dancing.   This is Oxfordshire: Lap dancers breached club's own rules.   Guardian (Comment): Legalising prostitution is not the answer.   The Scotsman: Lap dancing crackdown bid is thrown out by MSPs.     Islam   CCFON: Parliamentary bid to ban burkha.   Daily Telegraph: Pakistan and Iran 'backing Afghan attacks on British troops'.   Daily Mail: Silence the extremists: Liam Fox blasts 'hate-filled religious protesters' at troops' parades.   Daily Mail: Son of hate preacher Abu Hamza jailed for attacking police at London demonstration.   Evening Standard: Muslim pupils taken out of music lessons ‘because Islam forbids playing an instrument’.   The Jakarta Post: Hard-line groups target Christianity with sharia law.     Religious Liberties   CCFON: Christian legal society loses right to remain Christian in California.   CCFON: European Court of Human Rights hears crucifix case.   Christian Institute: Scottish Parliament passes new ‘abusive speech’ law.   Observer: UK bill of rights plan a 'bad idea', warns head of European Court.   Daily Mail: Hands off our legal system: Top judge tells Europe to keep its nose out of British justice.     Sexual Orientation   CCFON: Minneapolis pastor targeted by homosexual magazine.   Daily Mail: Tories to keep Harriet Harman's equal pay law, but public sector equality duty may be scrapped.   The Independent: BMA declares that 'conversion therapy' for homosexuals is harmful.   Anglican Mainstream: Is ‘Conversion Therapy’ for gays ‘harmful?’ Some responses.   Associated Press: Iceland PM weds partner as homosexual marriage legalized.   BBC News: Irish Dail backs civil partnership bill.   Scotsman: Anti-homosexuality Bishop's job sparks boycott calls.     Social   Daily Telegraph (Comment): The best way to stop prisoners reoffending? Send evangelicals to proselytise them.   Daily Mail: Labour's former Home Secretary Alan Johnson: 'I failed on binge drinking'.   BBC News: Life expectancy gap 'is widening'.     Events   Sunday 4th July: All Nations Christian Centre, Temple Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 2QY. Andrea Minichiello Williams speaking on The State of the Nation at 9am and 11am services. Andrea Minichiello Williams Christian Concern for our Nation http://www.ccfon.org