A date has been set for the hearing on a motion to nullify the decision to overturn Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2008 in the US state of California that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The motion to set aside Judge Vaughan Walker’s decision to strike...
The Hungarian President Pal Schnitt has signed a new constitution which defines marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman. The new document also acknowledges the right to life of the unborn child from conception and affirms the role of Christianity in Hungary’s history. The new Constitution was passed last week in the...
A leading Anglican bishop has praised the institution of marriage, and warned of the danger of it being hidden away “for fear of offending or sounding self-righteous”. Writing in the Telegraph yesterday, in advance of today’s Royal Wedding, the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, also warned that more and more people seem to be...
Three leading pro-marriage Senators have been re-elected to the Senate. Independent NUI Senator Ronan Mullen and Fianna Fáil Senators Jim Walsh and Labhras O Murchu all got back into the Senate. Senator Mullen topped the poll in the NUI panel, with 6459 votes, while Senator Walsh, on the Agricultural panel, and Senator O Murchu on...
The Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has said that the Government will examine Section 37 of the Employment Equality Act, which enables institutions such as schools and hospitals to hire according to the ethos of the religion in question. He was responding to a question from the president of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI)...
An English Catholic adoption agency has had its appeal against new regulations which would require them to place children with same-sex couples. Catholic Care, a charitable group serving three dioceses (Leeds, Middlesbrough, and Hallam), has argued that the rules would require the agency to violate principles of Catholic moral teaching. But the Charity Tribunal dismissed...
Nearly 60 per cent of all births in Limerick city in the third quarter of last year were outside marriage, according to the latest Vital Statistics figures. Nationally, 33.8 per cent of all births were outside marriage, according to the figures, compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This constituted a rise of 1.4 per...
A Christian in the UK threatened with the sack for displaying a small cross in his company van looks set to reach a compromise agreement with his employer. Colin Atkinson has agreed to move the palm cross from the van’s dashboard to the outside of the glove box, and his boss has removed a poster of...
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has spoken of the “enormous contribution Christianity has made” to Britain. In an Easter message, he said that the season “reminds us all to follow our conscience and ask not what we are entitled to, but what we can do for others. It teaches us about charity, compassion, responsibility, and...
The new chairman of the BBC has said that many leading atheists are “intolerant” of religion. Lord Patten of Barnes, who headed up the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland minister and is a former Cabinet Minister, said that he felt he was regarded as “peculiar” over his religious faith. Lord Patten is a...
