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Transgenderism is having ‘corrosive impact’ on society: UK think tank

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Transgender ideology is a recent invention that is having a “corrosive impact” on society, a British think tank has affirmed.  Civitas, the Institute for the Study of Civil Society, published in June a monograph by researcher Joanna Williams, its director of freedom, democracy, and victimhood, titled “The Corrosive Impact of Transgender Ideology.” “This report explores the social impact of changed understandings of gender and, in particular, the emergence of the idea of transgender,” Williams wrote.   “A new orthodoxy that gender identity is brain-based and innate, something we need to discover for ourselves and then reveal to a readily accepting world, has rapidly gained ground,” she continued.   “This seemingly benign view has consequences for how we socialise children and organise society. It calls into question sex-protected rights and freedom of association. The existence of female-only prisons and refuges or girls’ schools, clubs and sports is...

Christian doctor sues UK gov’t after he was fired for refusing to use transgender pronouns

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A Christian doctor is asking the British government to allow him to use pronouns for his patients that match their biological sex. Dr. David Mackereth, who was fired by Britain’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) because he did not address so-called “transgender” claimants by their pronouns of choice, said after appearing before a tribunal on Tuesday that he wants "the right to practice medicine as a Christian doctor." The father of four claims that DWP is in breach of the Equality Act and his right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. He had been with the National Health Service for 26 years. Dr. Mackereth, 56, said using “transgender pronouns” violates his conscience. In 2018, he told The Telegraph, “I believe gender is defined by biology and genetics. And that as a Christian the Bible teaches us that God made humans male or female.” He said he fears that Britain’s Equality Act 2010 endangers free speech for Christians. According to DWP, Macke...

Transsexual male demands to use female shopping centre toilet

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English: The police meet up with some (transsexual?) merrymakers at Nottingham Pride 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) EDINBURGH, August 27, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – An 18-year-old “transsexual” man in Edinburgh is filing hate crime charges against a shopping centre guard after being told that he could not use women’s lavatories. The Daily Record reported that the young man, River Song , whom the paper referred to as a “woman waiting for a sex-change ,” complained to police on Monday when a security guard at St. James shopping centre allegedly told him, “You are a male and always will be.” Describing the incident, Song said, “He pulled me aside and asked if I’d had a sex change. I couldn’t quite believe what I was hearing but I answered him, saying no. “He then asked me, ‘Why have you used the female bathrooms if you haven’t had a sex change?’ He asked for my ID, which I showed him. As he glanced at it, he said, ‘This is a male. You are a male and always will be a male....

Scottish civil servants concerned about religious freedom if gay ‘marriage’ passes: leaked e-mail

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Scottish Government logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) EDINBURGH – BBC Scotland has seen an e-mail sent between Scottish civil servants that shows Scottish National Party ministers are concerned about the far-reaching effect on civil freedoms of a proposed redefinition of marriage . They express concerns that “ gay marriage ,” will impact the freedom of citizens, particularly religious ministers, to object to and refuse to participate unless substantial changes are made to the UK ’s Equalities Act 2010. The email says that the government “may announce” that they will proceed with same-sex “marriage,” both for civil and religious ceremonies, but not until the Act is “amended to provide full protection for individual celebrants who are opposed to same-sex ceremonies, even if their religious body has decided to opt in to carrying out such ceremonies”. “[T]he government recognises the need to provide appropriate protections for some in Scottish society who are against same sex m...

Stop Catholic schools from distributing ‘homophobic’ literature: leader of UK’s largest union

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LONDON, February 27, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The government is allowing “homophobia” to be promoted in religious schools, in the form of a booklet distributed to students at some Catholic schools in Lancashire, says the UK ’s largest trades union. In a letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove in December, Brendan Barber , head of the powerful Trades Union Congress , (TUC), wrote, “Schools now have a legal duty to challenge all forms of prejudice. Such literature undermines this completely.” At issue is the booklet titled, “Pure Manhood: How to become the man God wants you to be,” by American chastity speaker Jason Evert. It says that “homosexual attractions” may “stem from an unhealthy relationship” with a man’s father, “an inability to relate to other guys, or even sexual abuse.” Reiterating the Catechism of the Catholic Church , the booklet went on to say, “The homosexual act is disordered, much like contraceptive sex between heterosexuals. Both acts are directed against God...

11 UK Catholic adoption agency forced closed by pro gay laws

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LEEDS, United Kingdom , May 4, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The UK’s First-Tier Tribunal of the Charity Commission rejected an appeal last week by Catholic Care, the last Catholic adoption agency in the country, to change its constitution to exclude homosexuals from adopting children . Catholic Care’s fight with the law has been ongoing since the passage of the Sexual Orientations Regulations in 2007.   Eleven Catholic adoption agencies chose to fight that law, which prohibited “discrimination” based upon sexual orientation; however, all but Catholic Care have now either closed their doors or severed ties with the Catholic Church. Following  a ruling  by the Charity Commission last summer, rejecting their proposed amendments, Catholic Care filed an appeal in September 2010 arguing that the amendment to their constitution was in fact justified by a provision in the Equality Act 2010 that allows a charitable organization to restrict benefits if it is “a proportion...