News Bulletin 11 November 2011

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has given his backing to Christian employee Adrian Smith, demoted for a private post he made on facebook — The Appeal Court hearing of Christian B&B owners, Peter and Hazelmary Bull, who were fined over their double room policy has taken place this week — Muslim and Roman Catholic leaders in Scotland will meet to discuss a joint response to the Scottish Government’s plans to redefine marriage — David Cameron risks losing the votes of churchgoers by pressing ahead with his plans to redefine marriage — Lord Dear has said he supports calls to improve Section 5 of the Public Order Act by removing the word ‘insulting’ — Baroness Cox has said on the BBC, that her Bill to tackle problems caused by Sharia councils operating in the UK, will help prevent discrimination against women — Dr Philip Nitschke is set to hold a seminar on suicide methods in Eastbourne, which has one of the highest populations of retired and elderly people in the UK — and Songs of Praise will remain a Christian programme and not become multi-faith.