PA: British Isles & Ireland
Thursday, 13 June 2013 19:57
Marriage Bill to be scrutinised in Committee
On Wednesday, the House of Lords voted against a motion which would have vetoed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill by 390 votes to 148. Whilst this is disappointing, there are grounds for hope as we…
Thursday, 13 June 2013 19:55
Boy, 3, taught about gay marriage in nursery
A three-year-old boy has been taught by his nursery carer that when he grows up he will be able to marry a boy or a girl. The boy’s identity is being protected, but his parent wrote…
Thursday, 13 June 2013 19:52
Our beliefs risk being made ‘illegal’, says adoption agency
Scotland is ‘on the brink of declaring illegal the belief that every child where possible deserves a mother and father’, the chairman of a threatened Roman Catholic adoption agency has said. It follows the agency being…
Thursday, 13 June 2013 19:12
Trumpet call - Praying for our nations
Many are sensing the importance of the day of prayer and worship to be held in Birmingham on the 15th of this month. The British Isles are in increasing turmoil as we see and experience the…
Thursday, 13 June 2013 19:08
Freedom of religion
Over the past year we have been praying for Nadia Eweida, Shirley Chaplin, Lilian Ladele and Gary McFarlane as they took freedom of religion cases to the European Court of Human Rights. Last Tuesday three of…
Thursday, 13 June 2013 18:56
Leprosy Mission says levy on charities 'unfair'
The Leprosy Mission has hit out at suggestions that the Treasury might take a share of Gift Aid or impose a levy on charities. The call came from the Charity Commission, which has warned that it…