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News Bulletin 1 July 2011

MPs tell the Prime Minister to keep his promise to give married couples a tax break. Premier Christian Radio has won permission to go to court over a ban on one of its adverts. Margo MacDonald MSP has said she will make another attempt to legalise assisted suicide. In the Netherlands, 21 dementia patients have been killed by doctors under the country’s euthanasia laws. The Church of England has said churches should have unfettered freedom to decide whether they wish to register civil partnerships in their premises. The Government is asking internet companies to shield children from pornography by automatically blocking access to explicit websites. Friends star, David Schwimmer, says girls should be told that they do not need to use their bodies to be popular.

News Bulletin 24 June 2011

A court case against the Scottish Government has been halted following news that the sectarianism bill will be delayed by 6 months, – Consultation on allowing civil partnerships to be registered in churches in England and Wales has closed, – traditional marriage has received a boost in both the French Parliament and in a new survey in America, – a group of MPs have said that more pro-life groups should be appointed to advise the Government on sexual health, – Trevor Phillips, the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission claims Christians are more militant than Muslims when it comes to complaining about discrimination, – The Church of England has issued new guidance saying that homosexual clergy in celibate civil partnerships could be ordained as Bishops, – The Church of Scotland looks set for two more congregations to leave the Church as the fallout continues from its decision to permit openly homosexual clergy, – and Music Producer and Songwriter Mike Stock has said that Pop music has taken a slow but unmistakable descent into pornography.