From The Christian Institute
Every home in Glasgow will receive a “vote for marriage” leaflet this week, urging voters to quiz local council candidates on the issue of redefining marriage.
Campaign group, Scotland for Marriage, has produced more than 300,000 of the leaflets – enough for every household in the city – and the flyers will be [...]
By John Smeaton, SPUC
Lynne Featherstone, the British government's Equalities minister who is leading the government's campaign for same-sex marriage, told Parliament recently that:
"Religious people may continue to believe that marriage can be only between a man and a woman. That is not the state’s view. We do not take the Orwellian view that “All animals [...].jpg)
By Alexander Boot
A week ago Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s senior Catholic cleric,delivered the kind of courageous message Anglican prelates tend to save until their retirement.
He referred to same-sex marriage as a ‘grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right’, adding that Dave’s chosen re-election stratagem would ‘shame the United Kingdom in the eyes of [...]
By David Lindsay
All three parties supported Harriet Harman's Equality Bill, as it then was, under which Catholic schools are to be pursued for having dared to teach that marriage can only ever be the union of one man and one woman, which at this moment is still the law of the land.
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by Michael Merrick, Outside In (Hat Tip: eChurch)
Some while back the CES e-mailed Catholic schools with information about the Coalition for Marriage’s campaign to provide political opposition to the Gospel of Dave, providing information on how to sign the petition to protect the traditional (and only) definition of marriage. Whilst I’m quite confident in saying [...]
By A N Wilson, Independent
The Somerset couple who complained about the quarter-hour chimes are in the wrong place. Ringing goes straight to the heart
A busybody's work is never done. Nick Yates, spokesman for North Somerset Council, last week informed the world: "Our case officer has assessed the complaint, as has a colleague, and they are [...].jpg)
by Michael Nazir-Ali, Standpoint
Marriage has had a good press lately. More people are marrying and more people are staying married. This is welcome news. I have recently met a number of community groups that promote marriage in schools, colleges and generally in society, an encouraging and hopeful experience for me. But of course while I [...].jpg)
by Phil Vinter, Mailonline
Film features graphic scenes of computer generated couple having sex
Conservative MP says education video is 'shattering the innocence of childhood.'
The BBC is to review a controversial film for youngsters which shows a computer-generated couple having sex, after it was slammed by MPs.
Corporation bosses were summoned by concerned Schools minister Nick Gibb to [...].jpg)
By Melanie Phillips, Mailonline
At last, a member of the judiciary has broken ranks to warn of a social disaster that has taken place on the courts’ own watch.
Tomorrow, a High Court family judge, Sir Paul Coleridge, will launch a foundation to promote marriage and to warn of the catastrophic consequences of family breakdown.
[...] The institutionally [...]
by James Chapman, Mailonline
Sir Paul Coleridge said family breakdown is 'destructive' to society
Tomorrow the judge will launch a campaign to promote marriage
He voiced concern over the 'Hello! magazine, Hollywood image' of marriage
Britons have an addiction to divorce fuelled by a 'Hello! magazine' attitude to marriage, a top judge has warned.
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From the Daily Express
DAVID Cameron was warned yesterday against ignoring the views of his party’s traditional backers.
The warning came after a poll suggested his support for gay marriage could cost the Tories between eight and 30 seats in a general election.
The survey was for the Coalition For Marriage, which campaigns against same-sex couples marrying on [...]
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From T19
(This was sponsored by Guildford DEF[Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship] which is part of the Church of England Evangelical Council in England). You may listen to it all through the audio file which may be found over here (an MP3 file).
Herewith a flyer sent out as an invitation to this event:
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by John Richardson
If you follow this link to the Thinking Anglicans website, you will find a summary of the message the Bishop of Salisbury delivered to the 'Cutting Edge Consortium' last weekend (as discussed here).
It is as clear, and as absolute, an endorsement of same-sex marriages as anyone could hope to find. Indeed, according to [...].jpg)
Report on the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Open Meeting on April 26th on the Sunday Programme
Listen here (around 0.05.00)
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1. The bells of St Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire – BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gnhrr
2. Choral Evensong from Chichester Cathedral recorded on the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist on Wednesday – BBC Radio 3 – available now for a week
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ghg90
3. Choral services from the chapel of St John's College, Cambridge [recorded last term and [...].jpg)
by George Conger, Anglican Ink
To All Confessing Anglicans in North America: Greetings in this happiest of seasons, when we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and grow in the knowledge of what it means to live as people who have been “raised up with Christ.” (Colossians 3:1-4)
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By Glen Owen and Brendan Carlin, Mailonline
David Cameron is under intense pressure to ditch his gay marriage initiative amid claims that Tory MPs fear they are 'haemorrhaging' votes over the issue.
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By Julian Mann, Virtueonline Orthodox bishops in the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, meeting this week in London, are gathering in a capital city where the Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson has just banned this statement from London buses: “Not gay. Post-gay, ex-gay and proud. Get over it.” Such censorship of these advertisements, responding to the earlier [...]: . The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Wednesday , April 25, 2012 St . 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I’m linking to a short bio by Dick Hewetson, a former Episcopal priest. Just a few observations and a question: —It appears that this man functioned as an Episcopal priest for nearly 15 years, while not believing even in the existence of God, much less the tenets of the Christian faith. Indignation for the people [...]: . , , The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Monday , April 16, 2012 URGENT Please Help St . Anthony's School Gujranwala , Punjab , Pakistan St . Anthony's School Gujranwala , Punjab , Pakistan from James Pressley After long reflections and survey we came to the decision to start a Primary School at Gujranwala for the brick kiln brick makers’ children children . Children are innocent and they are just like clay . It was our vision to see books in their hands instead of playing with brick-bats . Being a good potter and father of these innocent children of Anglican Community , along with the Pak-Anglican Social Services PASS Team we shown our priority to start an
‘What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.’ Jesus (NIV, c. 1984) Dear Readers, AM’s sponsorship of the bus campaign (‘Not gay! Ex-gay, post-gay and proud. Get over it’) has elicited a [...]
By Jennifer Roback Morse, MercatorNet In my work as a social conservative, I have been puzzled by some of the rhetorical strategies of my opponents. Sometimes I feel my head spinning, as if I have been going around in circles, with no obvious conclusion in sight. I have been seeking the key to understanding them, [...]
By John Bingham, Telegraph Lord Carey says worshippers are being “vilified” by the state, treated as “bigots” and sacked simply for expressing their beliefs. The attack is part of a direct appeal to the European Court of Human Rights before a landmark case on religious freedom. In a written submission seen by The Daily Telegraph, [...]: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Sunday , April 15, 2012 The First Sunday After Easter The . Collect ALMIGHTY Father , who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins , and to rise again for our justification Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness , that we may always serve thee in pureness of living and truth through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord . . Amen The Epistle 1 St . John v . 4. WHATSOEVER is born of God overcometh the world : and this is the victory that overcometh the world , even our faith . Who is he that overcometh the world , but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God This is he that came: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Saturday , April 14, 2012 Justin Martyr Justin was born around 100 both his birth and death dates are approximate at Flavia Neapolis ancient Shechem , modern Nablus in Samaria the middle portion of Israel , between Galilee and Judea of pagan Greek parents . He was brought up with a good education in rhetoric , poetry , and history . He studied various schools of philosophy in Alexandria and Ephesus joining himself first to Stoicism , then Pythagoreanism , then Platonism , looking for answers to his . questions While at Ephesus , he was impressed by the steadfastness of the Christian martyrs , and by the personality of an
by Rev. James V. Schall, S.J. “I grew up in Kansas. When I began my book Render Unto Caesar in 2006, I had in my mind the America I always knew—or thought I knew. But that America, I admit, has been passing for fifty years, and probably longer.” —Charles Chaput, September 2010 The Catholic thinkers, [...]: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Friday , April 13, 2012 The Octave of Easter At Morning Prayer , instead of the Venite , the following shall be said , and may be said throughout the . Octave CHRIST our Passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast , Not with old leaven , neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth . 1 Cor . v . 7. CHRIST being raised from the dead dieth no more death hath no more dominion over him . For in that he died , he died unto sin once : but in that he liveth , he liveth unto God . Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin , but alive
By Julian Mann [...] It is truly frighterning that Mr Johnson is not prepared to leave Londoners themselves to make up their own minds on the question of gay conversion. Does he believe that his electors are incapable of deciding on whether they think that homosexuality is an innate condition or that sexual orientation is [...]
The FCA (Southern Africa) and Bishop Bethlehem Nopece, bishop of Port Elizabeth – South Africa) invites Members of Anglican Churches in the British Isles and all South Africans resident in the UK, both clergy and lay, for an evening of fellowship, information and prayer for Southern African Christianity. Bishop Bethlehem Nopece of the Diocese of [...]