Students at a Welsh university voted in May
to ban the tradition of putting Bibles in
their halls of residence
in the name of
‘multiculturalism’.
Even though only one
in ten students
voted
in
the
referendum, Aberystwyth
University bosses have said that they will
now decide whether to accept the students'
demands.
Lib Dem: no freedoms
Christian Concern /
The Christian Institute
Tim Farron MP, favourite to succeed Nick
Clegg as the Liberal Democrat Party leader,
called in May for a disestablishment of the
Church of England.
He also expressed the view that Christian
businesses should not have the freedom to
act in line with their ethos in the provision
of goods and services. Supporting compulsory sex education, he also said he would
rather church schools did not exist.
S/he baptism?
Christian Concern
The CofE has been asked to debate plans for
a ceremony akin to a baptism to mark the
new identities of Christians who undergo
gender transition, it was reported in late May.
The Revd Chris Newlands, the vicar of
Lancaster Priory, proposed the motion to the
General Synod after he was approached by a
person seeking to be ‘re-baptised’ in his new
identity. The motion was passed by Blackburn
Diocese.
Scotland: yes to life
The Christian Institute
MSPs voted, on 27 May, comprehensively to
reject a Bill which would have
legalised
assisted suicide in Scotland.
Members voted against
the Assisted
Suicide (Scotland) Bill by 82 votes to 36.
Those voting against
the Bill
included
First Minister Nicola
Sturgeon,
the
Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, Kezia
Dugdale and Scottish Conservative leader
Ruth Davidson. The Bill sought to allow
people as young as 16 to get help to kill
themselves.
Bus ad: appeal refused
Christian Concern
On 10 June, the Court of Appeal refused
permission to Core Issues Trust to appeal the
decision of the High Court that the London
Mayor, Boris Johnson, had acted lawfully
when he banned the Trust’s bus advert.
The
charity
faces
a demand
to pay
£100,000 in costs to Transport for London.
