News Bulletin 3 June 2011

Celebrities Dame Judi Dench, Sir Richard Branson, and musician Sting have signed a letter urging David Cameron to decriminalize the possession of drugs, A Scottish health agency guide tells teenagers that smoking cannabis and tobacco can be relaxing and make people feel more at ease, The BBC is unfairly representing Christianity in its programming according to the Corporation’s own research, The Church of Scotland is set to lose another minister following the General Assembly’s decision to permit openly homosexual clergy, Parents in Canada have decided to raise a genderless baby, in what they say is a tribute to freedom and choice, Schools minister Nick Gibb has said that parents should retain the right to take their children out of sex education classes if they wish to, And England’s last remaining Roman Catholic adoption agency Catholic Care has lodged an appeal to preserve its religious ethos.