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  • 11 Mar 2009
    US clergy call for an end to abstinence-only sex education

    The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing has called on the US administration to end federal funding for abstinence-only programmess and commit to comprehensive sexuality education.

  • 11 Feb 2009
    Church welcomes Obama social justice moves and asks for more

    The United Church of Christ and its partners have welcomed several policy and legislative decisions in support of justice issues made by US President Obama, but are calling for more.

  • 8 Feb 2009
    We need a different way of doing politics

    Following Obama's advent, there has been debate about whether Britain might one day get a black Prime Minister, says Jonathan Bartley. A better question is whether we will ever be able to make our political system truly representative

  • 22 Jan 2009
    Church leader urges Obama to embrace global neighbours

    At a service attended by Barack Obama after his inauguration, the president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), called on the leader to chose compassion, faithfulness and love over vengefulness, anger and fear.

  • 21 Jan 2009
    Re-investing democracy with hope

    There is something genuine about Barack Obama's desire to bring governance and people closer together, says Simon Barrow. This is an approach we need to emulate in Britain, where cynicism is eroding social hope.

  • 20 Jan 2009
    Brown greets Obama, but could it happen in Britain?

    Gordon Brown welcomes President Barack Obama as a "new chapter in the world's history", but a human rights activist says Britain cannot have a black head of state because of the institution of monarchy.

  • 20 Jan 2009
    Bishop Gene Robinson's invocation for President Obama

    Bishop Robinson chose to eschew specifically Christian language for the occasion, saying that the texts and beliefs he holds sacred are not so held by all Americans. But his prayer could hardly be accused of pulling punches or resting on polite diplomacy.

  • 20 Jan 2009
    Criticism over gay bishop's omission from Obama broadcast

    The USA's premium cable channel has expressed regret for not broadcasting an invocation by openly gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson for the televised Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.

  • 17 Jan 2009
    Ekklesia on the TV this weekend

    If you are in Britain and near a television on Sunday 18 January you can catch my Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley...

  • 18 Jan 2008
    US presidential candidates urged not to make religion a divisive issue

    US presidential candidates locked in often bitter struggles for their party nominations have been urged not to make religious capital out of politics and political capital out of religion as the campaign trail hots up.