A bakery in the US state of Colorado has been cleared of discrimination after it refused to supply cakes bearing anti-same-sex marriage messages. The case, first brought before the Colorado Civil Rights Division last year, originated with a Christian, William Jack, who asked Azucar Bakery in Denver to create two Bible-shaped cakes, one bearing the...
A new opinion poll conducted by Amarach Research on behalf of The Iona Institute has found that seventy percent of respondents agree with the statement, ‘Children have a right to be raised by their own mother and father’. Only eight percent disagreed with the statement while the remainder said they neither agreed nor disagreed. Another...
Christians in Britain face ongoing prejudice for their faith, a leading British politician has said. Conservative Michael Gove, MP, a former education secretary, said in an article for The Spectator magazine that to declare oneself a person of faith today in modern Britain “is to invite pity, condescension or cool dismissal”. Describing himself as “Christian...
Mothers and Fathers Matter, the organisation leading the No Campaign in Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum has demanded that Taoiseach Enda Kenny clarify comments he made regarding teaching on marriage in Catholic schools should the marriage referendum pass. In an interview on RTE, Mr Kenny said that Catholic schools “will be expected to teach children that...
Postal workers in Canada face disciplinary action for their refusal to deliver a news sheet they view as offensive. The publication, Your Ward News, became a subject of controversy within the postal service when a Jewish worker objected to its content on religious grounds. The sheet is a vehicle for the unregistered New Constitution Party,...
The official dictionary of the Swedish language is to include a gender-neutral pronoun for the first time among new entries in its latest edition. According to the Swedish Academy, which compiles the dictionary, the term ‘hen’ will now be listed as an alternative to the sex-specific pronouns ‘han’ (he) and ‘hon’ (she). The intention, according...
People from across Northern Ireland have been flocking to show support for a bakery facing court action in an equality case over a same-sex marriage cake. Since the start of the court action last week, Ashers Bakery in Belfast has experienced a surge in business as regular customers have upped their visits while first-time customers...
A planned debate in Australia’s Senate on same-sex marriage has been postponed indefinitely after the nation’s prime minister refused to allow MPs a conscience vote on the issue. In the days before the proposed debate, the Australian Christian Lobby together with other pro-family groups garnered over two million signatures in support of traditional marriage which...
Police in the US state of Texas have arrested a woman after a firebomb was hurled at people engaged in a prayer vigil outside an abortion clinic. Members of the Central Texas Alliance for Life had gathered in the city of Austin for the prayer event when the crude device was thrown from a passing...
Senator Jim Walsh has given up the Fianna Fáil (FF) party whip following his expressions of opposition to the Children and Family Relationships Bill. Arguing, during a Seanad debate on the Children and Family Relationships Bill that it contains “many gaps”, Senator Walsh opposed 36 individual sections of the legislation and tabled amendments which recognise...
