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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, Church and State, Sexual Orientation, Education, Religious Freedom, Social Issues, Family, Abortion, Bioethics, End of Life, Islam, Events   Headlines and Action   Academies Bill   Thank you for your prayers: on 7th July 2010 the amendment tabled by Baroness Massey of Darwen with the intention of making PSHE (including sex education) a curriculum requirement for Academies was defeated by 89 votes.  If passed, it would have meant that all schools that decide to become Academies would have had to provide compulsory sex education, including primary schools. We will keep you informed of any further news on the progress of this Bill.   Please click here to read the debate.   Please click here to see the vote.     Homosexual cleric blocked from becoming bishop   The Crown Nominations Commission has rejected calls for Dr. Jeffrey John to be made the next Bishop of Southwark, following pressure from those opposed to his appointment including CCFON. Thank you to many of you who wrote to the Archbishop and the Prime Minister to voice your concerns. Please click here to read the CCFON report.     Parliament Early Day Motions (EDM) on Abortion   Jim Dobbin MP, the chair of the all party pro-life group, has tabled two early day motions relating to Abortion. 1. The first EDM raises the issue of the controversial Marie Stopes advertisements on British TV.  It can be found here (EDM 109). 2. The second EDM explains the connection between Marie Stopes International and the cruel one child policy in China.  It can be found here (EDM 107). Please write to your MP and ask them to sign the EDMs.     Uncertainty over fate of Iranian mother sentenced to stoning   Following international outrage a woman convicted of adultery has been spared execution by stoning in Iran. However, it was unclear what will now happen to Ms Ashtiani, a mother of two – as she may still be executed by other means such as hanging. The Iranian embassy issued a guarded statement yesterday that Ms Ashtiani ‘will not be executed by stoning’.   The punishment has been written into the country's penal code since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.   The case is an example of the barbaric treatment of women under many of the legal systems based on sharia law. We must resist every attempt from those who wish to implement sharia law into our own nation and pray that such attempts will not be successful.   Click here for CCFON story and links.   BBC 'Today' (Audio): An Iranian journalist, discusses the plight of Ms Ashtiani.     Church and State   CCFON: Homosexuals could ‘marry’ in religious ceremonies.   The Daily Telegraph: Homosexual cleric blocked from becoming Church of England bishop.   BBC News: Church of England general synod debates women bishops.   Press Association: Church faces women bishops battle.   Canon Chris Sugden on the shortlisting of homosexual Dr Jeffrey John for Bishop of Southwark   BBC Radio 4 'Today', 5 Jul 10 (4m 10s)     Sexual Orientation   CCFON: Change of rules for homosexual asylum seekers.   CCFON: British Medical Association condemns counselling homosexuals.   Daily Mail: Commentary: Infantile judgment.   Guardian: Homosexual asylum seekers win protection from deportation.   Daily Mail: Millionaire homosexual fathers celebrate arrival of twins with christening ceremony.   BBC News: Sark to lower homosexual age of consent.     Education   Church Times: Church schools ‘under threat’ from Academies Bill.   HSADL: Sweden: New education law makes homeschooling illegal.     Religious Freedom   CCFON: Christians must not be sidelined, says Communities Secretary.   Belfast Telegraph: Tribunal backs redundant Christian teacher.   Christianity Today: US: Is the Christian Legal Society's loss a loss for everyone?     Social Issues   BBC News: Third of children ‘scared’ by adult drinking.   BBC News: Christian pastors bid to make streets of Bangor safer.   Reuters: U.N. creates new body on women, gender equality.   Express & Echo: ‘Disappointment’ over city’s teen pregnancy rates.   Daily Telegraph: Teenage mothers ‘more likely to give birth prematurely’.     Family   Daily Telegraph: Survey: Only one in seven parents sees smacking children as ‘very high risk’.   Daily Telegraph: Divorce ‘is contagious’, a study says.   Daily Mail: Commentary: Yes, divorce is infectious – I caught it from my friends.   ECLJ News: Freedom of expression and religion under attack: Spanish Government censors defence of traditional family.     Abortion   Zenit News: Spain: Abortion law decried as it goes into effect.   Christian Post: Commentary: When feminism kills: Abortion as ‘the lesser evil’.   Herald (New Zealand): MP's bill aims for abortion on demand in New Zealand.     Bioethics   Boston News: German court allows gene diagnose of IVF embryos.   Herald Sun: Mum of three boys resorts to Thai IVF to have girl.   Washington Post: Church's support for adult stem cell research.     End of Life   BBC News: Switzerland plans new controls on assisted suicide.   BBC News (Audio): Dignitas ‘would offer assisted suicide to healthy’.   Alex Chadenberg blog: Dutch euthanasia laws passed through covert planning.     Islam   CCFON: Most Islamic terrorists in the UK are British citizens.   Express & Star: Pool ‘modesty barrier’ for Muslims is agreed.   Europe News: Commentary: Dhimmified British police apologize to Muslims for security cameras.   BBC News (Video): Marseille mosque sparks controversy in France.   Swedish Wire: Swedish cartoonist ‘Islam's greatest enemy’.   Human Events: Commentary: Muslims lying about Islamic atrocities.   Europe News (Video): God commanded us to kill apostates from Islam, says Islamic cleric.   Daily Telegraph: Barack Obama: NASA must try to make Muslims ‘feel good’.   Christian Today: Somali Islamists execute Christian convert.   National Review: Turkey: Christians in danger.   Lancashire Evening Post: Mega mosque in Preston.     Events   Saturday 24th July: Independent Methodist Conference, 'The State of the Nation' by Andrea Minichiello Williams. The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanick, DE55 1AU.   New Wine: Monday 2nd August at 2.15pm seminar at New Wine Newark, and on Tuesday 3rd August, seminar at New Wine Central & Southwest.   Wednesday 4th August: Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, speaking at Ablaze in Swansea   Saturday 2nd October: 'Where did you pick that up?' Schools and the sexualisation of our children - conference in Central London sponsored by Anglican Mainstream. Click here for flyer.   Andrea Minichiello Williams Christian Concern for our Nation http://www.ccfon.org