Ok, I’ll lay something out in the open. I didn’t mean to imply that the debate about freedom of speech was over, merely that I’d discussed the cartoons many times with my peers, and it always goes in a circle around the ideas of freedom of speech, offensive material, and the practical safety of individuals [...]
Filed under: clareification, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 14 Comments »
First, let me say it’s great to see so many of you from all over the world interested in our blog - we’re very grateful for the attention and hope you’ll continue to drop in now and then in the future.
However, I am afraid I will have to disappoint some of you now. Here are [...]
Filed under: clareification, clarepoliticsnews, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I imagine David Cameron is secretly rather pleased that his cannabis smoking at Eton has come out. While he may have shocked some of the Tory old guard, he will be counting on gaining credibility with the people he’s really trying to impress – younger, floating voters who probably smoke the odd illicit spliff [...]
Filed under: davidcameron, gender, health, religion on February 11th, 2007 | No Comments »
I don’t see why Catholic adoption agencies should be allowed to deny their services to homosexuals because they view them as sinners. Does this mean they currently also refuse to house children with cohabiting couples? There are many things the Catholic Church view as sinful which many heterosexual married couples will guiltlessly do on a [...]
Filed under: adoption, religion on January 25th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The current debate on gay adoption being forced upon Christian adoption agencies by government legislation raises some sensitive issues between advancing “liberal” causes and the wholesale imposition of “liberalism” in a manner more in keeping with “liberal fascism,” (for want of a better phrase.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6297107.stm
Christian adoption agencies are but one of many adoption [...]
Filed under: adoption, religion on January 25th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
