EU discrimination Directive on goods and services
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Undermining the age of consent
Part 4 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill 2008
Proposals from the Scottish Government will allow teenagers as young as 13 to legally engage in oral sex and other forms of sexual activity. This booklet explains why these proposals would leave children more vulnerable to sexual abuse and send out the wrong message to teenagers.
Response to the Charity Commission’s draft guidance on public benefit and religious charities
The Charity Commission is currently holding a public consultation on its Draft Public Benefit Guidance for religious charities. The Commission has asked a series of questions to which it invites responses. However, in addition to these questions, The Christian Institute wishes to highlight issues about which the Commission has not asked.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill briefing
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The ‘homophobic hatred’ offence, free speech and religious liberty
Clause 126 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
Clause 126 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill introduces a new offence of inciting hatred on grounds of sexual orientation. There is wide-spread concern about ‘hate speech’ legislation and its impact on freedom of expression. This booklet sets out the concerns about the impact of a proposed ‘homophobic hatred’ law on free speech and religious liberty.
The morning-after pill
Uncovering the truth
In this comprehensive but plain-speaking book John Ling sets out how the morning-after pill works and its wider social effects. Taking in evidence from science to philosophy, and from God’s law to British law, he argues that the morning-after pill demands a powerful Christian response.
J C Ryle
The man, the minister and the missionary
David Holloway
In this short, easy-to-read booklet David Holloway gives an engaging and clear-sighted overview of the life of a giant of Evangelicalism – J C Ryle. Even those who are familiar with Ryle’s works may not know the real-life sufferings and heartbreaks of the first Bishop of Liverpool.