Christian Weekly News 14/11/08

CCFON Comment , CCFON Announcements, Abortion, Blasphemy, Bioethics, Church & State, Crime, Education, End of Life, Equality, Family Values,

Obama Administration set to Liberalise Abortion and Embryo Research – a warning of what is to come. http://www.ccfon.org/view.php?id=656

MediaMarch Parliamentary Conference:Monday 17th November: CCFON Legal Policy Consultant, Louise Brown, will give a talk at the conference entitled 'The Harmful Effects of Violent Films and Computer Games on Young People’s Behaviour, and Effective Preventive Action'. Louise's contribution will focus on how the law should be changed. If you would like a copy of her talk please contact kathryn.wakeling@ccfon.org.

Wimbledon and District Life Group Meeting: Drake House, St. George's Road, Wimbledon. Wednesday 19^th November at 8pm.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Where are we now? Speaker, Andrea Minichiello Williams.

Nadine Dorries wins 2008 Threadneedle/Spectator Parliamentarian Awards for Readers' Representative for her vigorous and unstinting use of parliamentary procedure to raise concerns about the law governing abortion. See section entitled 'Readers' Representative'

http://www.spectator.co.uk/parliamentarian/2636701/matthew-danconas- parliamentarian-awards-speech.thtml

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the government of India to provide adequate protection for religious minorities, with particular reference to the violence against Christians in Orissa.

Chicago Tribune: Catholic bishops plan to confront Obama on abortion.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i64rYxpt7S59R2qV9ibf_Qqv-g1AD94C87H00

Christian Legal Centre: Christian denied access to justice in Jesus statue case

Daily Mail: Patient 'functionally cured' of HIV after bone marrow stem cells transplant.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1085317/Patient-functionally-cured-HIV- bone-marrow-transplant.html

Guardian: Shortage brings call to let sperm donors father more children.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/nov/12/fertility-sperm-donors-children- health

Times: Vatican fires off warning to Barack Obama over embryonic stem cell research.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5132491.ece# cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

Reuters: Umbilical cord blood stem cells may help build heart valves.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4A97BN20081110

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/7719183.stm

Taipei Times: Scientist reveals potential of umbilical cord stem cells.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/11/09/2003428096

Times: Has the economic downturn driven the West back to religion?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/ article5126662.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2270657

Daily Telegraph: ‘Singing from the same hymn sheet’ may upset atheists.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/3406276/Singing-from-the- same-hymn-sheet-may-upset-atheists.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083596/Britain-official-drugs-capital- Europe-youngsters-use-cocaine-ecstasy-amphetamines.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/nov/06/drugsandalcohol-drugstrade

BBC News: Staff fears about restraining violent pupils are behind the rise in toddler exclusions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/education/7715499.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3442097/Allow- terminally-ill-help-to-die-MPs-say.html

Guardian: Euthanasia is too much of an easy answer, says Peter Beresford.

Daily Mail: UK slides five places in three years in global gender equality rankings.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1085131/UK-slides-FIVE- places-years-global-gender-equality-rankings.html

Daily Mail: Feminist myths 'are making equality laws unfair to men'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083966/Feminist-myths-making-equality- laws-unfair-men.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/13/baby-p-dysfunctional- families

Daily Mail: Homosexuals should not be allowed to adopt children, more than a third of people believe.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1085000/Gays-allowed-adopt-children- people-believe.html

BBC News: Church of Scotland calls for consultation of children on age-of-consent change.

Daily Mail: Student unions ban blood donation advertising posters...because they discriminate against homosexual men.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1084680/Student-unions-ban-blood- donation-advertising-posters--discriminate-gay-men.html

Daily Telegraph: Happy hours and cheap alcohol should be banned, say MPs.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3411958/Happy-hours-and-cheap-alcohol- should-be-banned-say-MPs.html

Times: Pope appeals against violence in God's name at Islam-Vatican conference.

Daily Mail: Beware this Saudi deal to help bail out Britain—it comes with a devastating IOU.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1084335/Beware-Saudi-deal-help-bail- Britain-It-comes-devastating-IOU.html

BBC News: Muslims' free speech 'threatened' says Centre for Social Cohesion.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7718715.stm

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b4a3db36-ae8f-11dd-b621-000077b07658.html? nclick_check=1

Daily Mail: Gordon and Jamie can keep on swearing on TV, says Channel 4 boss.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1085112/Gordon-Jamie-swearing-TV-says- Channel-4-boss.html

Daily Mail: Christianity and Celebrity Big Brother to spearhead Channel 4 winter programming.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1085075/Christianity-Celebrity-Big-Brother- spearhead-Channel-4-winter-programming.html

Daily Mail: 'Try something new today...' blundering Sainsbury's gives explicit booklet to eight-year-olds.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1085069/Try-new-today--blundering- Sainsburys-gives-explicit-booklet-year-olds.html

Daily Telegraph: Parents oppose school play that tells kids 'it's OK to be homosexual'.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3417922/Parents-angered- by-school-play-that-tells-kids-its-OK-to-be-gay.html

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