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Abortion, Bioethics, End of Life, Sexual Orientation, Family and Education, Social, Religious Freedom, Islam, Events
Abortion
Moscow Times: Abortion ban gains support in Russia.
Zenit: Promoting abortion in the Year of Youth.
Bioethics
Cross Rhythms: Josephine Quintavalle talks about the value of the human embryo.
Daily Telegraph: Egg and sperm donors could get up to £800 in payments.
Daily Telegraph: IVF: the hidden story of Britain’s ‘snowbabies’.
ADF Media: US federal court halts Obama administration’s embryonic stem cell policy.
End of Life
BBC News: Religion may influence doctors’ end-of-life care.
Daily Telegraph: Doctor in assisted suicide case has ‘no regrets’.
Telegraph blog: Dignity in Dying proves that it lives in the same fantasy world as Ray Gosling.
BBC News: Locked-in syndrome man learns to walk again.
Sexual Orientation
Independent: Transsexual worker to sue over dismissal.
Daily Mail: Commentary: Since when was a Ladyshave razor tax deductible?
AFP News: Homosexuality against word of God: African bishops.
Reuters: Marines don’t want to share rooms with homosexuals, says US general.
Family and Education
BBC News: Survey finds most working parents want more family time.
Spectator: Commentary: The family is the best agent of welfare.
Christian Today: Church educationalist rejects Dawkins’ ‘scaremongering’ over faith schools.
Christian Today: More students taking Religious Education GCSE.
Social
CCFON: Binge drinking increases promiscuity and abortions.
CCFON: Increase in STIs calls sex education into question.
CCFON: Church of England Bishop says BBC needs Religion Editor.
Daily Telegraph: Cameron to push ahead with ‘cold turkey’ drug policy.
Wales Online: Sex slaves shame of Welsh brothels.
Daily Telegraph: Church accused of ‘lacking moral authority’ over Claudy bombing.
Religious Freedom
BBC News: Village hall row over pro-Israel group in Flintshire.
BBC World Service: Heart And Soul—Christianity In China.
BBC News: China invests in confident Christians.
Christian Today: Christian group calls for ‘meaningful action’ on North Korea.
Visandvals: Commentary: An attack on religion and counselling.
Dallas blog: Richard Dawkins and the battle for humankind’s future.
Islam
BBC News: Rise in Islamic practice of female genital mutilation in London.
BBC News: Lincoln mosque appeal turned down by government.
Europe News (Video): Consequences of practice of cousin marriage in Muslim communities.
Scotsman: Man’s spinal cord to be cut, rules Sharia Judge.
CBN News (Video): Mega mosque plans target America’s heartland.
American Thinker: Another mega mosque going up—this time in Tennessee.
American Thinker: The truth about Obama's Muslim ‘faith’.
AFP News: After Islamic food and banking: halal travel.
Interfax: St. Petersburg authorities issue warning to lawyer for establishing Shariah court.
The National: Kazakhstan bonds with Sharia-compliant finance.
BBC News: Bangladesh bans Islam dress code.
Christian Post: Muslim men attack Somali Church leader in Ethiopia.
Events
State of the Nation
Speaker: Andrea Minichiello Williams
Date and time: 7 September 2010, at 7.30pm
Venue: Lower Ford Street Baptist Church, Lower Ford Street, Coventry CV1 5QJ
Andrea Minichiello Williams speaking
Wednesday 22nd September: Northern Ireland, more details to follow
Where did you pick that up?
Schools and the sexualisation of our children – a conference in Central London sponsored by Anglican Mainstream – click here for the flyer.
Date: Saturday 2nd October
Andrea Minichiello Williams
Christian Concern for our Nation
Andrea can be contacted at andrea@ccfon.org and 020 7935 1488
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