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Directions withdrawn that told schools to push gay issues despite parental objections
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Directions to schools in Scotland to promote homosexual issues even if parents object have been withdrawn. The instructions came in a government-backed booklet which told Scottish school administrators to run “diversity events” for teachers and parents and adopt a specific lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender “charter of rights” — even if parents objected The booklet…
Scientologists ditch plans for Scottish shopping mall recruiting
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The Church of Scientology has backed down from its plan to set up a recruiting stall at a shopping center in Leith, Scotland. The group had applied for a street traders’ license for a booth in the New Kirkgate Centre, reports Sue Gyford for the Edinburgh Evening News. The application had generated a firestorm of protest from local residents, the area’s community…
Study: Longer Life Spans Mean Less Need for Church
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LONDON (RNS) Researchers at two of Britain’s top universities claim that church attendance in many Western nations is falling because people are living longer and therefore have less fear of death. The result, the studies say, is a “graying church.” In Britain, one in four older adults (65 or older) attends church, while just 11…
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