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Posted in Existential, Faith, Humanity, Religion, Society on Jul 23rd, 2009
The Church of England’s liturgical committee (what a way to kill the opening of a blog!) has recently devised a new service which will enable clergy to offer couples who wish to get married in church the chance to get their children baptised at the same time - all for the modest fee of £272.
This [...]
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Humanity, Morality, Relationships, Religion, Society on Jan 23rd, 2009
Some time ago I wrote about the case of Anna Ciriani (What has sex got to do with it?) who lost her job as teacher in Italy because of her extra curricular activities as an internet porn star. I argued that provided that these activities didn’t interfere with her classroom professionalism and delivery, that she should [...]
Posted in Health, Humanity, Internet, Relationships, Society, Technology on Jul 4th, 2008
One story which has been causing a fair amount of sniggers in the press this week is a research report by the UK Health Protection Agency indicating that sexually transmitted infections have doubled in under a decade in people over 45 and are now rising faster than in the young. (The overall rate of [...]
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Humanity, Morality, Relationships, Religion, Society, Uncategorized on May 3rd, 2008
Perhaps it’s my age. I find myself getting very angry at things these days. Years ago I would have rebuked myself for that and told myself that anger was wrong. Now I just see it as a healthy emotion in response to injustice and threat.
Although I first read about this story several [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Religion on Mar 4th, 2008
Less than a month after the Archbishop of Canterbury caused some consternation in the UK by suggesting that the adoption of certain aspects of sharia law was unavoidable, a US court judge made a ruling which seems to imply that in some cases accommodation with Roman Catholic canon law should be considered.
In 2004, Dennis Riccitelli, [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Humanity, Morality, Relationships, Religion on Jan 21st, 2008
In a country where unmarried couples who have sex, or who even date and hold hands can be arrested, fined, and flogged, Maryam (a hairdresser) and Karim (a salesman) managed to carry on a relationship for five years. The reason this was possible is that they were able to produce the correct documents whenever [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Morality, Relationships on Oct 15th, 2007
Question: What did Sir Paul McCartney say to Dame Shirley Bassey when he met her recently?
Answer: “‘Hey
Posted in Government, Human Rights, Humanity, Morality, Relationships, Society on Aug 3rd, 2007
Although common law marriage was abolished in the UK in 1753, the myth persists. More than half of cohabiting couples think they currently have the same rights as a married couple after living together and that they will have to share their cash and house fairly after a breakup. But as the English law stands [...]
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