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                In the news this week
                Friday, 3 December 2021
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                           The Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss has affirmed the Government’s stance that free speech and religious liberty should be protected from an overly-broad conversion therapy ban. 
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                     One of the BBC’s most distinguished broadcasters has hit out at the pernicious effect of ‘woke creep’ at the corporation. 
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                           JK Rowling has revealed that she has “received so many death threats I could paper the house with them” after trans activists protested outside her house and disclosed her address online. 
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                     The employment and promotion of senior civil servants in Scotland has been unduly influenced by Stonewall, according to women’s rights campaigners. 
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                           US Supreme Court judges have indicated that they will rule to uphold protections for unborn children in Mississippi. 
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                           For the second time in less than a year, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has blocked an attempt to make it legal for Portuguese doctors to kill their patients 
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                     After a long delay, the Australian Prime Minister has introduced a religious liberty Bill to protect people “from discrimination on the basis of their religion in daily life”. 
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                           The majority of Scottish voters opposes the Scottish Government’s policy that those caught with Class A drugs can be issued with a warning instead of being prosecuted. 
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                     Arlene Foster has defended the place of Christian convictions in the political arena. 
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               Yours in Christ, 
              
  
               
               
              Colin Hart 
              Director, The Christian Institute 
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