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        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Irish Govt pumps extra €1.5m into promoting ‘LGBT’ agenda</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/irish-govt-pumps-extra-e1-5m-into-promoting-lgbt-agenda/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Equality Minister Norma Foley has announced €1.5m in new money in pursuit of the Government’s “National LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy”.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Activists attempt to sideline religious teaching in Ireland&#039;s church schools</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/activists-attempt-to-sideline-religious-teaching-in-irelands-church-schools/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Primary school children who attend denominational schools in Ireland should no longer be taught religious instruction during school hours, an activist has claimed.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Education Secretary: &#039;Boys should be allowed to wear dresses to school&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/education-secretary-boys-should-be-allowed-to-wear-dresses-to-school/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Education Secretary has claimed that gender-confused boys should be allowed to wear dresses to school.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>MP urges lessons to be learnt from detransitioner harmed by ‘affirming care’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/mp-urges-lessons-to-be-learnt-from-detransitioner-harmed-by-affirming-care/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A girl ushered into social and medical treatments to affirm her gender confusion has called it a “terrible mistake”.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Holyrood passes controversial Bill to weaken parental opt-out in schools</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/holyrood-passes-controversial-bill-to-weaken-parental-opt-out-in-schools/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Parliament has passed legislation which significantly diminishes the rights of parents to withdraw their children from religious content in schools.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Home education protesters call out state overreach</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/home-education-protesters-call-out-state-overreach/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Protests at Westminster and Holyrood have criticised the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, saying it undermines parents.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Govt refuses to halt gender transitioning in schools</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-refuses-to-halt-all-gender-transitioning-in-schools/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[New guidance for schools on dealing with transgender issues will not put an end to &#8216;gender transitioning&#8217;, even at primary level, despite acknowledging it has significant effects on children.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Govt pares back home-ed register bureaucracy from Children and Schools Bill</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-pares-back-home-ed-register-bureaucracy-from-children-and-schools-bill/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Intrusive and administratively burdensome measures under Government plans for a register of children not in school have been significantly cut back.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Irish Govt: ‘No legal obligation on schools to use preferred pronouns’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/irish-govt-no-legal-obligation-on-schools-to-use-preferred-pronouns/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Department of Education and Youth has dismissed controversial claims that schools must pander to gender ideology.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Welsh school cleared of &#039;inappropriate promotion of Christianity&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/welsh-school-cleared-of-inappropriate-promotion-of-christianity/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Claims by secularists that a high school in Wales was improperly promoting Christianity to pupils have been dismissed.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>TDs urged to protect children from ‘dangerous ideologies’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/tds-urged-to-protect-children-from-dangerous-ideologies/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Improved measures are needed to help keep children safe from “dangerous ideologies and political activism”, Dáil Éireann has been told.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>NI Education Minister to safeguard &#039;Christian ethos&#039; following RE ruling</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ni-education-minister-to-safeguard-christian-ethos-following-re-ruling/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Northern Ireland&#8217;s Education Minister has emphasised that the Christian ethos of schools will not be swept aside.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Supreme Court reinstates ruling against ‘proselytising’ in NI RE lessons</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/supreme-court-reinstates-ruling-against-proselytising-in-ni-re-lessons/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Exclusively Christian RE lessons and assemblies in Northern Irish primary schools that don’t acknowledge other views are unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Secularists lobby Welsh Govt to ‘protect children from Christian teaching’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/secularists-lobby-welsh-govt-to-protect-children-from-christian-teaching/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The National Secular Society has urged the Welsh Government to consider stopping faith schools teaching the “tenets of their faith”.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>New National Curriculum could include Religious Education</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-national-curriculum-could-include-religious-education/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A Government-commissioned report recommends absorbing Religious Education (RE) into the National Curriculum for England, which could end local churches’ input into the subject.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Govt urged not to abandon £10k bursary for RE teacher training</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-urged-not-to-abandon-10k-bursary-for-re-teacher-training/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Government has been urged to reverse its decision to cancel the bursary for Religious Education (RE) teachers.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Church of Scotland alarmed by RE proposals&#039; risk to family life</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/church-of-scotland-alarmed-by-re-proposals-risk-to-family-life/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Church of Scotland has raised concern that allowing children to override their parents&#8217; decision to withdraw them from Religious Education (RE) could &#8220;exacerbate&#8221; family tensions.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Irish 11-year-olds to be taught they &#039;can be attracted to more than one gender&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/irish-11-year-olds-to-be-taught-they-can-be-attracted-to-more-than-one-gender/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Children as young as eleven will be told that people can be &#8216;gay, lesbian or bisexual&#8217; under the Republic of Ireland&#8217;s updated Primary School Curriculum.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Scot Govt amends school toilet guidance to refer to biological sex</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/scot-govt-amends-school-toilet-guidance-to-refer-to-biological-sex/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Schools are legally required to provide separate toilet facilities for boys and girls “on the basis of biological sex”, the Scottish Government has said.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Peer: ‘Parents face bureaucratic inertia over school sex ed complaints’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/peer-parents-face-bureaucratic-inertia-over-school-sex-ed-complaints/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Parents raising serious concerns about the promotion of politically partisan ideas in school are being failed by the complaints system, a Peer has warned.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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