(The Christian Institute) — Children are unable to give informed consent to medical interventions for gender dysphoria, a former psychiatric nurse has said, as she launches a landmark legal challenge. Susan Evans says the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) is rushing children into life-altering decisions. Many of these are often […]
(The Christian Institute) — Proposals to radically alter divorce law will create a “conveyor belt” that will be extremely difficult for couples to get off, the Coalition for Marriage has warned. The pro-marriage group spoke out as the UK government’s Divorce, Dissolution and Separation bill began its parliamentary stages on Tuesday. The Ministry of Justice […]
(The Christian Institute) — Heterosexual civil partnerships can now take place in the United Kingdom, and the first ceremonies took place last week. The law was changed after the Supreme Court ruled in June 2018 that civil partnerships should not only be available to same-sex couples. The government agreed to change the law, and it […]
A man in England who had lived as a woman for seven years says that he has been set free from transgenderism by Jesus Christ after seeking help from counselors and doctors and only being told that his problems needed to be addressed by having a sex-change operation. Peter Benjamin recently told Christian Concern that […]
COSTA DEL SOL (Evangelical Focus) — A British pastor and his two children drowned in a resort swimming pool on the Costa del Sol, in the south of Spain, on Tuesday. Gabriel Diya, along with his 16-year-old son Praise-Emmanuel Diya, jumped in the pool to save his daughter, Comfort Diya, 9, who was having difficulties […]
LONDON — A researcher in England who lost her job over her tweets that men cannot become women has also lost her legal challenge after a judge ruled on Wednesday that her “absolutist view” is “not worthy of respect in a democratic society” and is not protected under British law. Maya Forstater, 45, found herself […]
NORWICH, England — A mother in England is thankful that her daughter, now one, is defying expectations after being advised to abort her child in the womb because of a heart condition that “wouldn’t be compatible with life.” “When I was pregnant, they told me to have an abortion over 10 times because they said […]
(The Christian Institute) — A Christian street preacher in England has been paid £4,000 plus costs from Cumbria Police in settlement after pursuing a claim for being wrongfully arrested and detained for six hours. The Christian Institute supported Dale Mcalpine and said the result was a positive outcome “for Christians across the country.” Mr. […]
KENT, England — A Christian doctor in England has been cleared of any wrongdoing after being placed under investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC). The matter centered on the National Secular Society’s (NSS) complaint that an unnamed “highly vulnerable” patient could be exposed to the doctor’s alleged practice of “promoting Christianity” during office visits. “There […]
ELY — A pastor in England says that he was hounded out of his caretaker job at a primary school over a tweet in which he stated that Christians shouldn’t support or participate in pride events and that such festivities are inappropriate for children. Keith Waters, 53, a pastor at New Connexions church in Ely, […]