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Politician jokes about killing Miss California over her ‘gay marriage’ views

Conservative frontbencher Alan Duncan may face a police investigation after joking on TV that he wanted to murder Miss California because she disagrees with gay marriage.

BBC news: Teacher scolds girl, 5, for talking about Jesus

A BBC Spotlight news report of a five-year-old girl from Devon was left in tears after her teacher reprimanded her for talking about Jesus in class and her mummy could be facing the sack.

Meridian News: Funding restored to Christian care home

A Brighton care home for elderly Christians has won back thousands of pounds of funding withdrawn by the local council because of its religious beliefs on homosexuality.

CBN News: ‘Diversity’ rules see nurse suspended for prayer offer

A Christian nurse from Somerset has been suspended because bosses say her offer to pray for a patient broke equality and diversity rules.

Clips from a BBC drama portraying pro-life murderous terrorists

Clips from a BBC drama lauded for its realism which depicted a group of pro-life campaigners as violent extremists who kidnap children, killing one, and demand the BBC broadcast its pro-life campaign video.

Atheist bus ads hit the streets (Guardian.co.uk)

Guardian.co.uk report about an atheist advertising campaign which declares “There’s probably no God” has been launched on public transport across Britain.

BBC: Islington wins appeal in Lillian Ladele case

A BBC London report of Islington Council’s successful appeal in the case of Lillian Ladele, a Christian employee and registrar who faced dismissal after seeking a conscience exemption from performing homosexual civil partnerships.

Weakening the age of consent in Scotland?

Evidence given by The Christian Institute (David Greatorex) and Care Scotland (Gordon Macdonald) to the Justice Committee on the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill.

Minister: sex ed more important than maths

Schools minister Jim Knight has implied as long as children remember their sex education lessons he doesn’t mind if they forget what they learn in maths and history.

Moving into Wilberforce House

The Christian Institute moved into their new offices, Wilberforce House, in July 2006.

Jerry Springer the Opera: Cardiff witness

About 1,200 Christians gathered outside The Millennium Centre in Cardiff for the opening night of Jerry Springer the Opera, to sing hymns and read Scripture as a Christian witness against the blasphemous show.

Gospels slated on BBC’s Mastermind

John Humphrys has attacked the Bible’s four gospels on the BBC quiz show Mastermind, saying they are unreliable accounts of the life of Jesus.

MSNBC: Christian actor says he’ll only kiss his wife

An American actor says his commitment to his marriage means he won’t take part in scenes where he would be required to kiss a female co-star.

CBN News: Google Okays Pro-life Ads in Settlement

Pro-life Christian organizations may now advertise on Google for the first time after the search engine giant settled out-of-court with a religious organization in the UK.

Fox News: Google Allows Pro-Life Group to Buy Ads

For the first time, pro-life groups will now be able to place ads on Google as long as they are “factual.”

Police: “you can’t preach here, this is a Muslim area”

Two church workers from Birmingham have been told you cant preach here, this is a Muslim area by a police community support officer.

Christian charities and public benefit

How new rules for charities, including churches, could affect religious liberty.

Christian registrar wins discrimination case (BBC News)

A Christian registrar from Islington who was bullied and threatened with the sack because of her religious beliefs on same sex unions has succeeded in her claims of unlawful discrimination by the council.

Couple quizzed by police for complaining about ‘gay rights’

In 2005 a Christian couple were interrogated by police because they complained about their local council’s ‘gay rights’ policy. The police said they were responding to a reported ‘homophobic incident’.

Google settlement in abortion ad case

Internet giant, Google, has settled out of court with The Christian Institute and will now allow religious groups to place factual and campaigning ads on the subject of abortion.

Going on-air from Wilberforce House

Audio equipment enabling the Institute to do studio-quality interviews on the radio, has been installed at Wilberforce House.

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