Assisted Suicide (Scotland)
Liam McArthur MSP has introduced a Bill to enable people in Scotland deemed to be terminally ill to get help to kill themselves.
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Salt and light in education
Christians have always been heavily involved in education.
The little book of non-violent extremists (updated)
This little booklet makes the big point that some non-violent ‘extremists’ turn out to be heroic people of global significance. The Government’s Levelling Up Secretary, Michael Gove MP, has published a new definition of extremism. At its lowest threshold, it includes promoting an ‘intolerant’ ideology that aims to “negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others”. Our little list of heroes could easily have been accused of breaching this threshold if it was in place in their day.
Criminalising prayer and parenting?
Conversion therapy update
Public concern about a planned new law on ‘conversion therapy’ continues to grow. Much of the opposition stems from the serious lack of clarity about what is to be outlawed.
The “gold standard” conversion therapy ban?
The reality of the law in Victoria, Australia
Those calling for a broad conversion therapy law have consistently called for governments across the UK to follow the example of Victoria, Australia.
Abortion (Ireland)
During the campaign to repeal Ireland’s protections for the unborn, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pledged that abortion would become “safe, legal and rare”. Yet in the years since the 2018 repeal of the eighth amendment, over 28,000 abortions have already been carried out.
Euthanasia (Ireland)
Campaigners for so-called ‘assisted dying’ want to enable terminally ill adults to get help to end their lives.
Hate crime (Ireland)
The term ‘hate crime’ has become embedded in the public consciousness over the last few years.
Conversion therapy (Ireland)
The Government intends to ban ‘conversion therapy’. A new law covering both sexual orientation and gender identity is being drafted, overseen by Equalities Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD.
Critical Theory
Increasingly in our culture, the individual experience of those deemed to be ‘oppressed’ settles every argument and overrides objective evidence. Their perception is seen as all important. An ‘oppressed’ person’s feelings cannot be questioned. Feelings are more important than facts. (6 pages)