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                In the news this week
                Friday, 28 May 2021
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                           The Minister for Women and Equalities has informed Parliament that the consultation on a so-called conversion therapy ban – first announced in the Queen’s Speech – will be launched in the autumn. 
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                     The BBC has once again used its popular Call the Midwife series to promote abortion. 
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                           The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has quit as a member of Stonewall’s ‘Diversity Champions’ programme, it has been revealed. 
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                           A disabled peer has hit out at at the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales. 
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                     The Government has provoked anger and astonishment after proposing legislation that would remove age-verification checks to protect children from pornography online. 
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                           A top psychiatrist who exposed inadequacies at England’s NHS gender identity clinic for children has spoken of the resistance he faced from senior staff when he questioned poor clinical practice. 
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                           The largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland has expressed its support for a Bill seeking to protect unborn babies with disabilities from abortion. 
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                           Gambling companies should not be allowed to advertise on football shirts, more than 150 peers have said. 
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                     Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has opened up about living out her Christian faith within her high-profile position. 
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                     Religious liberty is one of our most important freedoms. When it is threatened, so is gospel freedom. As a result, the good news of Jesus Christ becomes harder to proclaim and it becomes increasingly difficult for Christians to live out godly lives that witness to the Gospel. 
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               Yours in Christ, 
              
  
               
               
              Colin Hart 
              Director, The Christian Institute 
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