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Adultery, underage sex and lying not a problem for more modern Britons

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Image via Wikipedia COLCHESTER, UK , January 29, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) –  Lying, adultery, under-age sex, homosexuality drug-use and buying stolen goods are not of much concern to an increasing number of Britons , a study from the University of Essex has found. In 2000, seven out of ten people said an adulterous affair could never be justified, the  Centre for the Study of Integrity  said in a media release. By 2011 that figure had dropped to around five out of ten. In 2000 four out of ten Britons said keeping money found in the street was never justified; in 2011, the number had dropped to fewer than two in ten. Only one in three condemned lying in their own interests, a slight drop from 2000. Published January 25th, the integrity survey focused not on increasing crime statistics, but on “low level dishonesty and anti-social activities” that indicate a general lowering of moral standards in society. It asked 2000 respondents’ attitudes towards a wide range of topi...

‘Traditional Morality’ Mr. Cameron? I do not think it means what you think it means

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A British "youth" walks past a flaming car during the recent riots. ROME. – When in August thousands of British youth started spontaneously rioting and looting shops in some of the country’s largest urban centres, a great deal of ink was spilled assessing the reasons for the riots. For those not watching out the window, videos were almost instantly available on YouTube of hoodie-clad children, teenagers and twenty-somethings kicking in shop windows, cheerily smiling and laughing while they helped themselves to an array of popular commercial goods. During those strange few days, buildings, shops, homes and warehouses were burned to the ground and four people were killed. No one in Britain or the whole world could have been left in any doubt as to the social disa Image via Wikipedia ster that has been brewing in Britain. After it was all over, Prime Minister David Cameron came rushing back from his Tuscan holiday to tell Parliament that the riots were a symptom of “ Broken B...