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stories of fundamental significance to Christians and our Nation. To equip you to pray and act. To put the hope of Christ at the centre of our Nation  Click on titles for full stories       5-Minute Video, Equality, Religious Freedom, Bioethics, Islam, Family, Sexual Orientation, Social, Events   5-Minute Video on Assisted Suicide – Watch and Act!   Please watch the video, pray and act!   CCFON: Pamphlet: How Suicide Killing of Human Life Became a Human Right in the United Kingdom   CLC: Press Release: Pro-Life campaigner denied access to legal redress over Purdy decision decision   Cross Rhythms: Assisted suicide: Interview with Dr Peter Saunders.   CCFON: Archbishop of Canterbury: Changing the law on assisted suicide would ‘cross a moral boundary’.   The Times: Vulnerable people need reason to live, not right to die.   Daily Telegraph: Pope Benedict XVI criticises ‘tide of secularism’ in UK and support for euthanasia.   Church Times: Dr Sentamu warns of ‘mercy killings’.   EPC blog: Dutch Euthanasia Society promoting euthanasia for people who are ‘tired of life’.   People Daily: Research challenges euthanasia legislation plan by Quebec government.   Question Time Debate on Assisted Suicide   BBC One, 4 Feb 2010 (13m 46s)     Equality and Diversity   CCFON: Church should accept equal rights for homosexuals, says Conservative Party leader David Cameron.   Guardian: Commentary: Amendments to Equality Bill should stay.   Daily Telegraph: Church of England exodus feared unless women bishops plans changed.   Daily Telegraph: General Synod: Church of England suffering from 'testosterone deficit'.   The Times: Harriet Harman says we will be equal in a ‘new social order’.     Religious Freedom   CLC: Nadia Eweida, BA Cross case, Loses Discrimination Case in Court of Appeal   CLC: Victory for London Church as Council Settles Noise Battle Out of Court   Documentary: Moses and the Law   Conservative MP and Christian Ann Widdecombe goes in search of the law of Moses, tracing the historical origins of the Ten Commandments and their profound influence on British society and law-making for over two millennia.   Click here to watch the documentary   CCFON: Church of England to discuss BBC’s alleged bias against religion.: Church of England to discuss BBC’s alleged bias against religion.   The Times: Labour has erased God from political life, warns Bishop of Durham.: Labour has erased God from political life, warns Bishop of Durham.   Spero News: EU delegation visits Indian districts tortured by anti-Christian violence.: EU delegation visits Indian districts tortured by anti-Christian violence.   Crosswalk News: Moroccan authorities raid Bible study, arrest Christians.: Moroccan authorities raid Bible study, arrest Christians.   Discussion on Politics, featuring Andrea Williams, CCFON   Genesis TV 'The Politics Programme', 28 Jan 2010 (56m 40s) One News Now: Moment of silence replaces prayer in US schools.   Crosswalk News: Two Churches forced to close in Indonesia..     Bioethics   Daily Telegraph: Infertile men are begetting infertile sons.   Daily Mail: Eugenics fears after the offer of online gene tests.   Business Week: Ethical adult stem cell research makes another advance.   Medical News: Adult stem cell therapy improves Ejection Fraction in patient with severe heart disease.     Islam   CBN News: London’s Islamic radicals speak out.   The Times: Commentary: You, Britain, are the breeding ground for Muslim terrorists.   Daily Mail: Passengers stunned after Muslim bus driver pulls over to pray in the aisle.   East London Advertiser: Islamist emails from Tower Hamlets council address sent to UKIP.   Daily Mail: Christian teacher forced out after complaining about Muslim pupils.   BBC News: Young British Muslim ex-prisoners unrepentant on views.   Irish Central: Muslim man demands right to bring second wife to Ireland.   AFA News (Video): Free speech threatened by Muslim students at UCI.   One News Now: Muslim man wins discrimination case in Sweden.   New American: Commentary: Will politically incorrect opinion become a hate crime?   Europe News: Pakistan: Christian sentenced to life in prison for blaspheming Islam..     Family   CCFON: British married couples pay a third more in tax than other OECD countries, says report.   BBC News: Marriage rate falls to lowest level since records began.   Guardian: Parents will raise happier children ‘if they put them second to their marriage’.   Daily Mail: Commentary: It’s time to put your husbands first, ladies.     Sexual Orientation   Daily Telegraph: Church set for new row over homosexual clergy.   Telegraph blog: DaveWatch: The reincarnated Blair Lama puts Christians right on homosexuality.   Catholic Culture: Australia: Bill would allow surrogate mothers to bear children for homosexuals.   One News Now: US: 'Sleight of hand' measure favours homosexuals.     Social   Daily Mail: Schoolgirls aged just ten falling pregnant as underage pregnancies continue to rise.: Schoolgirls aged just ten falling pregnant as underage pregnancies continue to rise.   The Times: We are living in broken Britain, say most voters.: We are living in broken Britain, say most voters.   Daily Mail: Life story: Cannabis user's life disintegrated into chaos.: Life story: Cannabis user's life disintegrated into chaos.   STV News: Inquiry to probe Scotland's human trafficking industry.: Inquiry to probe Scotland's human trafficking industry.   Guardian: Anglican Church calls for tighter regulation of violent computer games.: Anglican Church calls for tighter regulation of violent computer games.     Events   Awake, Arise O Church!   If we are to transform the legal, social and political landscape of this nation it is critical that we, the church, rise up and take action. Join us for this one-day conference where we will be addressing: How to get involved in Public Life (Baroness Cox);   The State of the Nation (Andrea Minichiello Williams); The Law on Evangelism and Faith at Work (Paul Diamond) and The Church in Social Action (Ade Omooba).   Saturday, 20 March 2010, 10am-4.30pm, Emmanuel Centre, London, SW1P 3DW.   To reserve your place, please register online at: http://www.ccfon.org/awake.php     Wilberforce Academy   Calling all future lawyers, politicians, journalists, civil servants, and all who want to make a difference in public life.   21-26 March 2010, Oxford University Click here for details.       Life and Death Matters: Disability Rights and Incapacity   All invited to this symposium which aims to consider issues in end-of-life care and to permit a critical evaluation of healthcare provision for the elderly and incapacitated, thereby creating a forum for a wide range of interested parties, including lawyers, patient advocacy groups, policy makers, students, the disabled and healthcare professionals.   Monday, 29 March 2010, London Metropolitan University, E1 7TP.. Click here for details..

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