The Scottish National Health Service has been criticised for
campaigning against allowing parents to withdraw their children from teaching
about gay marriage. NHS
chiefs argued that children should be allowed to overrule their parents on
being withdrawn from sex education lessons, and also protested against the
guidance recommending pupils learn about “the values of a stable and loving
family life”, arguing this was insensitive to those youngsters who did not grow
up in such an environment. Scotland For Marriage has urged Government ministers
not to water down protections that were promised before the legislation was
passed, and has called the NHS’ actions “a highly political intervention which
is wholly inappropriate for publicly funded bodies.”
A
woman on London had an abortion after a “witch doctor” persuaded her that the
baby was deformed and evil. The woman had gone to the “witch doctor”, and paid
her repeatedly, because she was desperate to conceive a baby. The information
was presented as evidence in the trial of the “witch doctor”, who is accused of
pretending to be a shaman and obtaining money by deception. Pro-life
campaigners are concerned that Marie Stopes’ clinic agreed to carry out an abortion
for such a reason.
A
BBC presenter was asked to resign by his bosses because he played the original
version of “The Sun Has Got His Hat On,” without realising that it twice used
the word ‘nigger’. Someone complained, and the BBC Radio Devon DJ, who had 32
years’ experience at the corporation, offered to apologise on air or to resign.
He was first told to say nothing about it, but was later asked to resign. A
public outcry led to the BBC announcing he would be offered reinstatement, but
he says the stress of the incident has aggravated an existing disability and he
will no longer work for the BBC. There was another incident recently where the BBC
presenter Jeremy Clarkson was forced to apologise profusely for using the same
word in the rhyme “Eeny meeny miny mo” when selecting a car.
One
of the MPs who has called for doctors who pre-signed abortion permits to be
prosecuted has publicly warned the Crown Prosecution Service against using a ‘preposterous’
loophole in the law to avoid doing so. The loophole was used when two doctors were
previously brought to the attention of the CPS for potential prosecution over
this issue; the CPS decided not to charge them because, it said, “the doctors
had not signed the forms ‘in good faith’ because they might still have
discussed the individual cases later on.”
The
Church of Scotland has invited leaders from all sides of the referendum
campaign to a church service of reconciliation and healing, three days after
the referendum is held. The Moderator Designate said that there was a danger that
the referendum would set people against each other; the service, to be held in
the High Kirk of St Giles in Edinburgh, would highlight the need to put
differences aside and begin working with each other.
Another
(loosely) Christian film has been released in the USA. Mom’s Night Out,
starring Sean Astin and Sarah Drew, is a family friendly comedy that was
released in time for Mothers’ Day in the USA. The plot centres around mothers
who go for a much-needed night out, leaving their husbands to look after the
children; what could possibly go wrong?
In
sport, England have announced their squad for the forthcoming World Cup in Brazil.
The manager has opted for youth over experience, with Luke Shaw (18), Raheem
Sterling (19) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (20) in the squad, and Ashley Cole (33)
and Michael Carrick (32) left out. Also in sport, Lewis Hamilton won his fourth
successive Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday. He looks likely to be just as
boringly successful this season as Sebastian Vettel was last season.
And
finally, a box of letters from wartime France has been discovered in the BBC
archives. One letter describes how, in the town of Saverne in Alsace, a huge
swastika flag hoisted above the castle ruins was replaced one night by a French
tricolour. The act of defiance was completed by entwining the flagpole with
barbed wire and removing the ironwork used for climbing the tower. The
following morning saw the townsfolk entertained by the Wehrmacht trying to
shoot the flag down with a machine gun.
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