Final chance to stop anti-marriage bill
The "same-sex marriage" bill is in its final stages. Peers (members of the House of Lords) will debate the bill again on Monday 8 July and Wednesday 10 July, and finally on Monday 15 July. MPs are likely to consider the Lords amendments to the Bill on 16 or 17 July. Please email/write to Peers and your MP, asking them and the government to stop the efforts to undermine marriage. This may be our last chance to lobby against the damaging (anti-)Marriage Same-Sex Couples bill reaching the statute book. [SPUC, 4 July]
Please support national petition opposing school lessons in pornography
SPUC has launched a petition to protect school children from the latest anti-life idea – pornography lessons in the classroom. Porn lessons are being promoted by the Sex Education Forum (SEF). These lessons are not about how to avoid pornography, they are about dangling porn in front of young school pupils and encouraging them to embrace it in their lives. [SPUC, 4 July]
Pope Francis encyclical: love not enough for marriage, sexual differentiation also necessary, thus enabling children
Pope Francis's first encyclical, "Lumen Fidei" (The Light of Faith) has addressed the question of same-sex marriage. In a section entitled "Faith and the family", the Pope refers to "the stable union of man and woman in marriage" and "sexual differentiation". Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's communications manager, commented earlier today on this section for LifeSiteNews.com: "The message from Pope Francis in his first encyclical is that the life-bearing potential of heterosexuality is the prerequisite of marriage. What is also clear is the type of love which is required for marriage: not the modern notion of sexual desire and personal satisfaction, but a complementarity between the sexes leading to total mutual self-giving and thus openness to the responsibility of parenthood. The Pope is thus linking being pro-life with having a correct understanding of the true nature of marriage. His words will be of great assistance to pro-life organisations who are fighting homosexual 'marriage'. We know that the homosexual attack on marriage is an attack on the family, which is the best protector of children, both born and unborn." [John Smeaton, 5 July]
Other stories:
Abortion
- Irish politicians expelled from their party after opposing abortion bill [Catholic Herald, 3 July]
- Grassroots movement of US pro-life groups announces worldwide novena to stop Irish abortion bill [LifeSiteNews.com, 3 July]
- US pro-life leaders picket annual meeting of pro-abortion teachers' union [LifeSiteNews.com, 3 July]
- Texas pro-abortion protesters chant 'Hail Satan!' [Breibart, 2 July]
- “Hoes before embryos:” the pro-abortion sign that says it all [LifeNews.com, 2 July]
- Abortion law blocks funeral grant for baby [Christian Institute, 2 July]
- Cardinal Brady says Irish abortion bill is Trojan horse for wider law [Irish Independent, 2 July]
- Walter Joshua Fretz – the story of our son who is impacting so many even though he was on this earth for only a few minutes [f2photographybylexi, 26 June]
- IVF link to learning disabilities [Times, 3 July]
- Tiny stem-cell livers grown in laboratory [BBC, 3 July]
- UK ethicist pushing for sex selection of IVF embryos [Independent, 3 July]
- Vulnerable elderly patients will get a single doctor or nurse to track their NHS care [Mail, 5 July]
- Assisted suicide poses risk to vulnerable, says senior doctor [Christian Institute, 3 July]
- Adopted boy sexually abused by gay fathers [Sky, 3 July]
- Organ donation opt out plan passed in Wales [Telegraph, 2 July]
- France government ethics committee rejects the legalization of assisted suicide [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 2 July]
- Joint letter from faith leaders against Wales presumed consent organ bill [Catholic Church in England and Wales, 1 July]
- Will equal marriage lead to people marrying dogs? [Spectator, 6 July]
- Fears that English Catholic adoption agencies facilitating homosexual adoption [William Oddie, 4 July]
- Street preacher arrested in London for preaching against homosexuality [Christian Concern, 4 July]
- Government seeks next gay policy ideas [Christian Institute, 4 July]
- Six 11 and 12 year-old students sent to hospital after fainting during graphic sex-ed lesson [LifeSiteNews.com, 4 July]
- Papal theologian: treating homosexuals with dignity means telling them the truth [LifeSiteNews.com, 3 July]
- Kenyan deputy president strongly rebuffs Obama on gay ‘marriage’ [LifeSiteNews.com, 1 July]
- Outrage at plan to show 'explicit' film to primary pupils [Croydon Advertiser, 29 June]
- Scotland's Lord Advocate issues ‘same sex’ marriage opposition guidance to prosecutors [The Firm, 27 June]
- BBC presenter says BBC is biased against pro-life/pro-family Christians [Christian Institute, 4 July]
- First baby born at MaterCare International’s newly built maternity hospital [MaterCare International, 21 June]
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