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                In the news this week
                Friday, 4 June 2021
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                           The Christian Institute has said it “will not hesitate” to take legal action if the Northern Ireland Executive introduces a ban on ‘conversion therapy’ which outlaws “the wrong kind of prayer”. 
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                     A teachers’ union has promoted a controversial play that portrays Jesus as a transsexual. 
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                     Several high-profile public bodies are leaving Stonewall’s ‘Diversity Champions’ programme, following the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s recent departure. Concerns about the scheme centre around Stonewall’s aggressive promotion of trans ideology. 
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                     Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has warned the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales poses a serious threat to the lives of disabled people. 
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                     Schools are using boys’ names for girls as young as 13 and recording them on official documents, a newspaper investigation has revealed. 
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                     Pressure is mounting on Holyrood to follow England’s example and require higher education providers in Scotland to promote free speech on their campuses. 
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                           Pro-abortion activists are using the record abortion rate in Scotland to push for nationwide ‘buffer zones’ around abortion clinics.  
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                     Easy access to violent pornography online is “corrupting” young people and fuelling sex offences in school, a senior police officer has warned. 
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                     Law professors from several elite universities in the US have criticised the prosecution of a Finnish Christian politician accused of ‘hate crimes’ for sharing the Bible’s position on sexual ethics. 
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               Yours in Christ, 
              
  
               
               
              Colin Hart 
              Director, The Christian Institute 
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