In Argentina, the annual National Women’s
Encounter day in Buenos Aires turned
into an obscene and violent pro-abortion protest. In response to threats of
vandalism to the cathedral, a group of Catholic men had surrounded the
cathedral to protect it. Topless female protesters approached the men and spray-painted
the men’s crotches and faces, sprayed swastikas on their chests and foreheads, and
used markers to paint their faces with Hitler-like moustaches. They also
performed obscene sexual acts in front of them and shoved their breasts into the men's faces. None of the men retaliated. The
women then sprayed pro-abortion graffiti over many other buildings in the city,
and burned an effigy of Pope Francis. The police reportedly told the media that
they could not intervene because “they are women.”
Belgium is
now a step closer to introducing child euthanasia after a government committee
voted in favour of a Bill that would extend euthanasia to children of any age
suffering terminal illnesses and adults with dementia. The proposed legislation
would allow terminally-ill children to ask to be killed if they are deemed
capable of making their own decision, and if their pain is “unbearable and
cannot be alleviated”.
A woman had her baby taken from her and put up for
adoption by social workers – before it had even been born. Essex social
services obtained a High Court order against the woman that allowed her to be
forcibly sedated and her child to be taken from her womb by Caesarean section. The
council said it was acting in the best interests of the woman, an Italian who
was in Britain on a work trip, because she had suffered a mental breakdown.
However, they overrode doctors’ advice that the child should be allowed to stay
with the woman in hospital for a few days while the situation was sorted out.
The woman is now trying to halt the adoption.
The
Methodist Church in the UK is undertaking a consultation of its members about
whether the church should become the first Christian denomination in Britain to
offer church “weddings” to same-sex couples. The Methodist Church currently
defines marriage as a “gift of God” that is “a lifelong union in body, mind and
spirit of one man and one woman”; however, the Methodist Conference has stated
that this definition is now "at odds" with the Marriage (Same Sex
Couples) Act, which comes into force next year in England and Wales.
In sport, Australia comfortably won the Rugby League
World Cup final, 34-2 against New Zealand. Australia only conceded four tries
in the whole tournament – all in their opening qualifying match against England.
Also in sport, a dispute over a proposed name
change for Hull City FC, proposed by the
new owner, has escalated unexpectedly. The Hull fans had taken to singing “City
till we die” to oppose the change; the owner publicly responded that they could
“die as soon as they liked.” There was a strong negative reaction to these
comments in the media; meanwhile, the Hull fans took to singing “We’re Hull
City and we’ll die when we want.” The team also reacted to the comments by
beating (second in the league table) Liverpool for the first time ever.
And finally, London Mayor Boris Johnson gave a
speech where he argued that “economic equality is impossible” because some
people have IQs that are too low to allow them to get ahead (which were a
prelude to a call to re-institute grammar schools to help bright children from
poor backgrounds) . These comments have been disparaged by other senior members
of the Government. Nick Clegg said that “that if you take the view that because
people have a [low IQ] number attached to them, they’re not going to rise to
the top … this is complete anathema to
everything I’ve always stood for in politics.” There is apparently no truth in
the rumour that, in the first draft of Nick Clegg’s speech, the next sentence
was “Look at me for example … I made it to Deputy Prime Minister!”
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