by Sean Reilly | Nov 2, 2007
A deadline is reached today for churches and others who help London’s homeless, to protest against a proposed ban on soup runs. London Councils – most notably Tory run Westminster Council – have put forward a proposal to prevent or restrict the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
An English magistrate who says he felt forced to resign because he was unwilling to enact the law on adoption by gay and lesbian couples has lost his appeal over claims that he was subject to anti-Christian discrimination. Andrew McClintock says he will fight on, and...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Religion and culture are abused when they are employed illegitimately to justify the suppression of women and the denial of their equal humanity, human rights lawyer Chrie Booth argued yesterday in a lecture at Chatham House in London. Ms Booth, who is married to...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, who is head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the 77 million Anglican Communion, yesterday (31 October 2007) held talks in Jerusalem with Israel’s Chief Rabbis. The Archbishop, who was accompanied by...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
The heated row over abortion continued last night after an official report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (S&TC), released yesterday, said there was no scientific justification for calls to lower the 24-week limit for terminations. But...
