by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) has compiled a dossier highlighting and criticising the record of one of the UK’s newly appointed equality commissioners, Evangelical Alliance director Joel Edwards. LGCM says that Dr Edwards has a history of...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 19, 2008
In the UK, the government and opposition are competing to show how they will make life harder for jobless people and immigrants. Elsewhere in the world, too, politicians continue to unveil measures which target the poor and marginalised, including cuts in benefits and...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday outlined government plans to target websites promoting extremism, as part of efforts to stop “vulnerable people” being “groomed for violent extremism” by radical Jihadist groups. Critics immediately...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
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. Recently, Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 18, 2008
Hong Kong church leaders have rejected China’s decision to introduce universal suffrage in the nation’s special region by 2017, and have led thousands of marchers demanding votes for all by 2012, something that Beijing recently ruled out – writes...
