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  • 23 Feb 2010
    Bishops to back end of ban on civil partnerships in religious premises

    Senior Church of England bishops in the House of Lords say that they will now support an amendment to the Equality Bill to lift the ban on civil partnership ceremonies taking place on religious premises.

  • 11 Feb 2010
    Will the C of E position on equality hold water?

    Rowan Williams has given a clear account of where the church stands on the Equality Bill, says Simon Sarmiento. It rejects the very concept of putting any limiting definition of its exemptions into law. But is it thereby opening a massive legal can of worms?

  • 9 Feb 2010
    Archbishop says sorry to gays but defends Church's discrimination

    In a speech aimed at calming the warring factions within the C of E and the worldwide Anglican Communion, Rowan Williams apologised to gay people but said that unelected bishops were right to oppose equality legislation.

  • 5 Feb 2010
    An open letter to the Bishop of Winchester

    Iain McLean FBA, Professor of Politics at Oxford University and author of What's Wrong with the British Constitution? highlights inconsistencies in the arguments of the bishops in the recent votes on amendments to the Equality Bill.

  • 4 Feb 2010
    Row continues over Pope's remarks on equalities in the UK

    The argument over Pope Benedict's comments about equalities legislation continued last night, with the government seeking to minimise the impact of his remarks.

  • 3 Feb 2010
    Pope criticised for 'inept' attack on UK Equality Bill

    The Cutting Edge Consortium, which brings together people of all faiths and none to support the Equality Bill currently going through the British Parliament, has criticised the Pope's recent comments on the issue of discrimination.

  • 27 Jan 2010
    Church opposition to equality is counter-witness

    The bishops' highly publicised defence of discrimination in the Equality bill damages the image of the church, says Savi Hensman. Their political victory in the House of Lords this week is a moral and spiritual defeat.

  • 26 Jan 2010
    Public bodies seek an end to religious discrimination against teachers

    The Accord Coalition for inclusive schooling has been joined by several major organisations in expressing grave concerns over the extent to which taxpayer-funded faith schools can currently discriminate against teaching staff.

  • 26 Jan 2010
    Lords vote to reduce protection for religious groups' staff

    Human rights campaigners, trades unions and several religious groups have reacted with dismay to a House of Lords vote allowing religious organisations greater exemptions from anti-discrimination law in matters of employment.

  • 26 Jan 2010
    Government to consider legal status for religious same-sex partnerships

    The government has agreed to consider measures to give legal recognition to religious same-sex partnership ceremonies, after the proposal received support in the House of Lords. No religious elements are currently allowed in civil partnerships.