Many children are “easily accessing online pornography” and are suffering as a result, a cross-party parliamentary inquiry has found. According to the inquiry, children’s attitudes to sex, relationships and body image are all being negatively affected by seeing internet pornography. Studies noted in the inquiry’s report suggested that four out of five children aged 14-16...
A German man who fathered four children with his sister has failed to get his conviction for incest overturned at the European Court of Human Rights. The court ruled that Germany’s criminalisation of sex between siblings is justified for the protection of marriage and the family, the Daily Telegraph reports. Patrick Stuebing had argued that...
The redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples is not in the best interests of children, according to a column in today’s Irish Times. The column, by commentator Richard Waghorne (pictured), who is himself gay, says that same-sex marriage would mean that marriage would lose “its nature as the one institution supported by society because...
A woman who used her cousin as a surrogate mother to carry her twin daughter shas been told she is not entitled to maternity rights and is calling for a change to the law. The woman, Jane Kassim, was born without a womb and her cousin agreed to act as a surrogate, according to a...
Sweden has introduced a new, gender neutral pronoun into its language. The new pronoun, “hen”, was included in the country’s National Encyclopedia earlier this year. It is intended to be used instead of the Swedish words for ‘he’ and ‘she’ (“han” and “hon”). The move comes after pressure from “gender-neutral activists” who are campaigning for...
Just over a quarter of 15-17 year olds report that they have ever had sex, according to a new survey into the health of Irish children. The new study, The Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, carried out in 2010 by the Department of Health and the Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland,...
Christians in Britain are being treated as “bigots” and sacked for expressing their beliefs, the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, has said. In a submission to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Lord Carey, who served as Archbishop from 1991 to 2002, also warned of a “drive to remove Judaeo-Christian values from the public...
Senator Ronan Mullen has condemned the report of the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism trying to impose a “diktat, unprecedented even by the standards of more multicultural European countries, about the use of religious symbols, art and, incredibly, prayers”. Writing in today’s Irish Times, Senator Mullen also warned that there might be “issues about the...
A meeting of ministers from 47 states begins tomorrow which will discuss the role of the European Court of Human Rights. One of the big issues to be discussed is whether the court is exceeding its powers and has become too activist. The conference will take place in Brighton in England and earlier this year,...
More Americans believe that Christianity has a positive impact than a negative impact on key issues such as the level of crime and poverty in society, raising children with good morals and ethics in business, a new poll shows. The survey, commissioned by American research firm Grey Matter, asked 1,000 American adults whether they feel...
