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        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Parents who challenge child&#039;s claim to same-sex attraction must not be criminalised&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/parents-who-challenge-childs-claim-to-same-sex-attraction-must-not-be-criminalised/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Government&#8217;s plans to outlaw &#8216;conversion practices&#8217; would exacerbate family tensions, a prominent gender-critical campaigner has warned.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>NI public overwhelmingly rejects push to ban so-called conversion therapy</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ni-public-overwhelmingly-rejects-push-to-ban-so-called-conversion-therapy/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[More than 93.5 per cent of public consultation responses opposed Eoin Tennyson’s Private Member’s Bill on &#8216;conversion practices&#8217;, Assembly officials have revealed.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Telling someone &#039;you are not a cat&#039; could be illegal under Govt&#039;s conversion practices Bill</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/telling-someone-you-are-not-a-cat-could-be-illegal-under-govts-conversion-practices-bill/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Attempting to convince a person that they are human, and not a cat, could be illegal under the Government&#8217;s draft &#8216;conversion practices&#8217; Bill, a Policy Exchange report has warned.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Labour voters don&#039;t want Government criminalising parents and pastors</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Labour voters are overwhelmingly against the Westminster Government&#8217;s plans to ban ‘conversion practices’ due to the impact it would have on parents and pastors, a new poll has revealed.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Westminster committee warned against ‘tyranny’ of Govt’s Conversion Practices Bill</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/westminster-committee-warned-against-tyranny-of-govts-conversion-practices-bill/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Oral evidence on the Government’s controversial draft Bill to ban so-called conversion practices began this week.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>US school district apologises over ‘hide your Bible’ diktat</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-school-district-apologises-over-hide-your-bible-diktat/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A Washington state school district has ditched a policy that forced pupils to hide Christian literature received at a school-hours Bible club.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian care homes denied euthanasia conscience protections in Zurich</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-care-homes-denied-euthanasia-conscience-protections-in-zurich/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Christian care homes in the Swiss city of Zurich will no longer be afforded conscience protections from offering euthanasia on their premises.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>CI urges Phillipson to ditch &#039;ill-judged conversion therapy ban&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ci-urges-phillipson-to-ditch-ill-judged-conversion-therapy-ban/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Christian Institute has challenged Bridget Phillipson over her recent claims that Government proposals to ban so-called conversion therapy do not threaten freedom of religion or parental rights.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Belfast Court hears Pastor Clive Johnston&#039;s appeal</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/belfast-court-hears-pastor-clive-johnstons-appeal/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Pastor Clive Johnston’s appeal against his conviction for preaching on John 3:16 in an abortion buffer zone was heard in Belfast today.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Radical ‘conversion practices’ motion set for SNP conference vote</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/radical-conversion-practices-motion-set-for-snp-conference-vote/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[SNP party members are set to vote on a pro-LGBT motion pushing for an expansive ‘conversion practices’ law in Scotland.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>SNP de-platforms pro-life group</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/snp-de-platforms-pro-life-group/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The SNP has come under fire for cancelling a pro-life group from its party conference over claims it would make members &#8216;uncomfortable&#8217;.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Pro-lifer pleads not guilty to silent prayer charges</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Co-director of March for Life UK, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, faces new charges under England and Wales’ abortion buffer zone laws.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Let Us Pray challenges Scot Govt’s ‘one-sided’ approach to conversion therapy ban</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/let-us-pray-challenges-scot-govts-one-sided-approach-to-conversion-therapy-ban/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Equalities Minister has been challenged on her “one-sided” engagement with proposed legislation to ban so called ‘conversion therapy’.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Pastor Clive Johnston to appeal conviction for preaching John 3:16</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A retired pastor’s appeal against his conviction for preaching on John 3:16 in one of Northern Ireland’s abortion censorship zones will be heard on 15 October.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Franklin Graham proclaims the &#039;Gospel of Jesus Christ&#039; in Manchester</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/franklin-graham-proclaims-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ-in-manchester/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Thousands gathered at Manchester’s Co-op Live arena to hear Franklin Graham share the Bible’s message of hope and peace.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Disappointing&#039;: Stormont votes to progress conversion practices Bill</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disappointing-stormont-votes-to-progress-conversion-practices-bill/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted to push forward with plans for a new &#8216;conversion therapy&#8217; law.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Parents battle state to protect gender-confused daughter</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/parents-battle-state-to-protect-gender-confused-daughter/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The parents of a US girl taken from them after ‘untrue and unsupported’ accusations of abuse and neglect are seeking to prevent her being given cross-sex hormones.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Lib Dems to review ‘faith inclusion’ after discriminating against Christian candidate</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/lib-dems-to-review-faith-inclusion-after-discriminating-against-christian-candidate/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democrats are set to investigate how they treat those within the party who hold religious beliefs.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Stormont exposes flaws of &#039;hazardous&#039; conversion therapy Bill</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/stormont-exposes-flaws-of-hazardous-conversion-therapy-bill/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[MLAs have warned that a new &#8216;conversion therapy&#8217; law would endanger parents and the ordinary work of churches.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Stormont ‘conversion therapy’ Bill enables self-ID in law, top KC warns</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/stormont-conversion-therapy-bill-enables-self-id-in-law-top-kc-warns/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A private member’s Bill to ban so-called conversion practices in Northern Ireland would enshrine “gender self-identification&#8221; into law, a distinguished KC has warned.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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