What’s going on with the ‘conversion therapy’ ban?
We’ve been keeping you informed about proposals to ban ‘conversion therapy’ since 2020. The issue exploded into the headlines recently when it emerged Boris Johnson was preparing to drop the plans.
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If smacking were child abuse, most parents would be criminals
Picture a mother. She’s just taken her three kids with her to the supermarket to get the weekly shop. She’s now faced with a screaming toddler who refuses to get back into his car seat. No amount of chiding or cajoling makes any difference. Eventually she resorts to picking him up, wrestling him in and fastening the seatbelt.
Luther at the Diet of Worms
On 18 April 1521, Martin Luther made his stand for the supremacy of Scripture at the imperial assembly known as the Diet of Worms.
Mary Whitehouse: Ahead of her time
A couple of weeks ago the BBC released a podcast re-evaluating the life of Mary Whitehouse. For those too young to remember, Mary Whitehouse was a British Christian moral campaigner who came to prominence in the 70s and 80s. She sought to protect the public from obscene – particularly pornographic – content in an increasingly permissive age.
Mothers’ Day: ‘I’m so thankful she chose to let me live’
While Mothering Sunday was originally a day of the year in which people were expected to return to worship at their childhood church, over time the meaning broadened. Young people who lived or worked away from their family would be given the day off to return to visit their families.
On this day: Christian couple arrested for Islam conversation
On 20 March 2009, a Christian couple were arrested and accused of committing a ‘hate crime’ for allegedly criticising Islam in a discussion with a guest at their hotel.