News Bulletin 7 August 2015

Tory MP Mark Spencer says the Government’s Extremism Disruption Orders would be used to stop teachers, including those in Christian schools, from teaching that gay marriage is wrong — Former NHS executive Sir Muir Gray says efforts should be made to cherish and celebrate older people, rather than legalise assisted suicide — Northern Ireland’s Alliance Party is set to force its candidates at next year’s assembly elections to take a pro-gay marriage stance — People raised by lesbian couples speak movingly of the vacuum created by the absence of their fathers.