Keep families free briefing

October 2009

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Included in this briefing:

Officials to get new powers over families
Questioning kids without parents’ presence
What the law has always allowed
US officials order girl to state school for being ‘too Christian’
Much more…

Sex education briefing

July 2009

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Included in this briefing:

Compulsory sex ed for primary schools
“Disastrous” teen pregnancy strategy, says professor
Girls growing up too quickly
Promoting marriage in school
Kids, 7, to chat about anal and oral sex
Much more…

Prostitution briefing

Policing and Crime Bill

June 2009

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Included in this briefing:

Government plans changes to the law on prostitution
Current law does not criminalise buying or selling sex
Statistics on the level of prostitution
Christian care and concern for prostitutes
‘Softly, softly’ approach of other nations fails
Much more…

Undermining the age of consent

Part 4 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill 2008

November 2008

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Proposals from the Scottish Government will allow teenagers as young as 13 to legally engage in oral sex and other forms of sexual activity. This booklet explains why these proposals would leave children more vulnerable to sexual abuse and send out the wrong message to teenagers.

Age of consent

A response to the consultation on the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

February 2008

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This booklet sets out why the age of consent in Northern Ireland should not be reduced from 17 to 16.

Prostitution Law Reforms

December 2007

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A briefing on the Government’s plans to weaken the law on prostitution.

Imposing homosexual adoption on Northern Ireland

August 2006

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A summary of the effects of allowing joint adoption by homosexual and cohabitating heterosexual couples, in Northern Ireland.

Gender Recognition Bill

January 2004

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A briefing on planned transsexual-rights legislation. There are serious implications for religious liberty.

Children as trophies?

2002

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Patricia Morgan

Examining the evidence on same-sex parenting.

Locking Up Parents (Scotland)

May 2002

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Unworkable laws will catch ordinary parents. This briefing looks at the executives plans to change the law on the physical punishment of children.

Sidelining Stability and Security (Adoption Law)

March 2002

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The case against abandoning the current grounds for adoption

Transsexualism

February 2002

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A briefing from the Christian Institute

Update – Issue 1

2002

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The free UK-wide newsletter of The Christian Institute.

Updating supporters on issues the Christian Institute is working on, including: the physical discipline of children; the EU employment directive and the General Teaching Council’s draft professional code.