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Voice for Justice UK raises a Citizen Go petition: “Piers Morgan must not be allowed to abuse and bully those with whom he disagrees. Uphold freedom of choice
and speech for all” Please sign.
A coalition for Biblical Sexuality in partnerships with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission has issued a new statement on human sexuality and the teaching of the church: “…in the hope of serving Christ’s church and witnessing publicly to the good purposes of God for human sexuality revealed in Christian Scripture, we offer the following affirmations and denials.”
One of the doctors who wrote a searing critique of the Australian Medical Association’s Position Statement on changing the Marriage Act repeated his call for the AMA to retract the statement following an address by Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Dr Michael Gannon at the National Press Club today.
In “The New Politics of Sex: the sexual revolution, civil liberties and the growth of government power” Professor Stephen Baskerville Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College, Virginia, offers an analysis that suggests that such a proposal as the above is the tip of an iceberg of the ever increasing power of state authorities to police activities that are beyond its competence.
Many have articulated the idea that the binary sexuality model dividing the world of mankind into ‘gay’ and ‘straight’ (with a few ‘bi’) is past its sell-by date and has outlived its usefulness given the rise of notions of sexual fluidity. I am finding it increasingly difficult to stay within the semantic boundaries such models have forced us to operate in.
David Bennett’s response to the Nashville Statement, “Why I call myself a gay celibate Christian – and say ‘no’ to Nashville” provides a helpful perspective on the new Biblical anthropology promoted by ‘celibate gay’ Christians. The article is important because it reveals a particular anthropological perspective that is faulty, in my view.
The General Synod debate on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ for homosexuals in a Private Member’s Motion brought by ‘inclusive evangelical’ Jayne Ozanne, was destined to be problematic.
Dermot O’Callghan comments on the battle for “gay” marriage in Northern Ireland. Letter published in Belfast Telegraph Thursday 16th August, 2017.
Dr. Mike Davidson, CEO of Core Issues Trust, reflects on the effect of the decriminalisation of homosexuality on ministries like his, which offer therapy to those seeking help for unwanted same-sex attraction.
Core Issues Trust considers the ‘Science Briefing’ Paper (July 2017) by Prof. M King and Prof. R. Song.
You have indicated formally your view that the onus is on therapists to prove that their work is ethical. Within reasonable limits, it should be the other way around. Nothing would hamper vital research more than a ban on new approaches until they had been ‘proven’.