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LONDON , January 30, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Promises of “safeguards” for churches in the UK’s proposed gay “marriage” law are empty and unenforceable, given the UK’s Equalities law and connections to the European Union , according to a top legal expert. According to Aidan O’Neill QC, wording in the bill, scheduled to go to the vote on February 5 th , that he government claims makes it illegal for the Church of England and Church in Wales (Anglican) to conduct same-sex “weddings” is “eminently challenge-able”. O’Neill has told the government that the wording is in fact illegal, and will be overturned straight out of the gate. Aiden O'Neill The comments come in response to a blog post by Maria Milller, the Culture Minister who introduced the bill on Friday, in which she said, “I have always been crystal clear that I simply will not introduce any new law that does not provide protection for all religious organisations and individual ministers of religion. “Our Bill

LONDON, December 10, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – In a two-page letter to Prime Minister David Cameron , Joseph Devine , the Catholic bishop of Motherwell in Scotland, has compared Cameron to Nero , the Roman emperor who persecuted Christians , for his determination to bring forward “gay marriage.”  Cameron and his government are “devoid of moral competence,” wrote Bishop Devine, adding that that no one believes their promises that the churches will be immune from legal action by homosexualist activists if gay “marriage” is legalized. Cameron is “out of his depth” and is speaking out of both sides of his mouth when giving assurances to British Christians, the bishop said. Cameron told media this weekend that he is in favour of churches being “allowed” to conduct “gay weddings.” The bishop also brought Cameron to task over his government’s pursuit of  a legal case  at the European Court of Human Rights against Christians being allowed to wear crosses at work. Such contr

LONDON, December 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – If churches are forced by new legislation or by civil suits to conduct homosexual “marriage” ceremonies against their beliefs, it would constitute “a piece of tyranny by which the rights of hundreds of thousands, millions even, of people of faith … will be ruthlessly trampled upon,” said the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). The Cameron government has announced that same-sex “marriage” legislation will be introduced next week. David Cameron 's government has announced that gay "marriage" legislation will be introduced next week. But in a statement issued November 15th, UKIP warned that the writing is on the wall for churches if the government introduces legislation creating gay “marriage.”  It is “inevitable that gay couples will seek the right to marry in Church and that Churches will refuse to permit them to do so,” said UKIP. Despite the government’s assurances, “there will, very soon after the int

Rita and John's Marriage Certificate (Photo credit: mary hodder ) PARIS, September 12, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – There will be no allowances made for conscientious or religious objection in upcoming French legislation instituting “gay marriage,” the French minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira , revealed in an interview today. Speaking to the mainstream Catholic daily  La Croix , Taubira gave the broad outlines of the same-sex “marriage” bill to be presented by the government by the end of October. That Taubira chose the quasi-official newspaper of the French Catholic bishops conference is being seen as a strategic move to head off Catholic and other religious objections. She acknowledged in the interview that the change would constitute a “societal and legal revolution.” The socialist Hollande government, elected in May, is wasting no time fulfilling its promise to bring the legislation forward. Most observers expected that the bill would not be introduced before the

LONDON, June 26, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Rewriting the definition of marriage would undermine a “sacred institution” recognized since “time immemorial,” said Britain’s Chief Rabbi , Lord Sacks , in comments to a government consultation on the issue. He warned also that attempts to exempt religious groups from conducting homosexual “weddings” would likely be challenged at the European Court of Human Rights . Although Jonathan Sacks, a member of the House of Lords , does not represent all Jews in Britain , he is the leader of the United Synagogue , the largest synagogue body in the UK and is Chief Rabbi of the British Orthodox synagogues. He is usually referred to in the press as the “Chief Rabbi” of Britain, and as such has huge influence in politics. The comments come in a submission to the consultation by the London Beth Din – the Chief Rabbi’s court, which rules on legal matters. It reiterated traditional orthodox teaching that homosexual activity is against Jewish l

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, visited his work and held a press conference. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Church of England has been critical of the British government 's plan to allow gay couples to marry , saying it risked creating the biggest rift between the state and the church for centuries. Prime minister David Cameron 's government wants to extend the full legal status of marriage to homosexual people, who since 2005 have been able to contract unions known as civil partnerships. The plan has provoked anger from church leaders including the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and some within Mr Cameron's own Conservative party , who accuse the government of interfering in religious matters. In its formal response to the proposals, the Church of England said the move would change the "intrinsic nature of marriage as the union of a man and a woman". "Several major elements of the government's proposals have not been t

This week the Channel 7 Sunrise program and Marie Claire magazine launched their ‘I Do’ campaign in favour of same-sex marriage. This is no longer just about the rights of individuals regarding same-sex marriage but takes it to another level about media obligations. This outrageous move contravenes the ethical standards expected of media to present fair and balanced views from both sides. I’m letting you know that today, on behalf of the ACC movement, (250,000 people), that we have signed the Joint Statement put together by the Australian Christian Lobby .  I would encourage you as a church leader to remain aware of the same-sex marriage issue and various aspects of the debate. This is why our churches need to support the ACL National Webcast on Defining Marriage being held on 26 June 2012. If you haven’t registered your church yet, find out more on  www.marriagewebcast.acl.org.au We the undersigned wish to record our great disappointment that Channel Seven should allow the

Channel 7's Sunrise show has joined with GetUp! and the magazine Marie Claire to promote same-sex marriage throughout this week, and particularly this Thursday June 7th with the  ido.org.au  campaign. Newspapers are reporting on Thursday there'll be outside broadcasts in Melbourne and Sydney to launch the push and how it intends to take the campaign to Canberra The executive producer of Sunrise Michael Pell said that it was important that the show took a stand and it had the full support of presenters David Koch and Melissa Doyle . The  Herald Sun  reports him saying " For a long time now they have both been behind the whole gay marriage issue. They understand everyone does not support it, but a show like Sunrise, we care. We are trying to make a difference, affect change rather than just comment on it. It's not an issue about sexuality, it's a human rights issue." That a TV current affairs show, let alone TV station , should take Meli