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Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question - NYTimes.com
Fascinating article -- a UK court has declared that any definition of Judaism based on descent -- i.e., on whether an individual's mother is Jewish -- is ipso facto discriminatory and thus illegal. The context was an admissions policy for a publicly-funded Jewish school, which had excluded a student applicant because the school's Orthodox policy did not recognize the mother's conversion, conducted in a liberal setting, as valid and thus did not accept the applicant's claim to be Jewish. Archived: http://sqrl.it/?l3q8t and http://www.webcitation.org/5lBnaZcq8
Halloween 'devil' claim overstated, says Bishop of Leicester
More on the Leicestershire Halloween controversy. Saving this one for some good quotations.
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Add Sticky NoteToday, the Reverend Barry Hill, the diocese of Leicester's head of mission, said: "I think Halloween is an unhelpful time, for religious, spiritual and practical reasons. A lot of churches are organising light parties instead. They would prefer to celebrate something that comes from goodness. The problem people have with Halloween is its roots and origins."
- sounds very evangelical in tone, to me - on 2009-11-03
Children 'will go to hell if they celebrate Halloween', says church leaflet - Telegraph
I don't have a good feel for what things are like in the UK, but if this were a US news story -- and I can easily imagine that it would be -- I would think that the subtext was a developing split between evangelicals and traditionalists in this particular community (part of the Church of England, I assume). Some evangelical-leaning activists put together an article condemning Halloween, it gets into the local church newsletter, and traditionalists are more or less blindsided by the controversy that results.
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Add Sticky NoteChristians do not celebrate Halloween - an American festival - because it has
links to witchcraft and ghosts.- Really, now! - on 2009-11-03
Christian registrar should not be disciplined over same-sex marriage refusal - Telegraph
From the UK: a clerk who refused to solemnize a same-sex marriage is claiming that her refusal to do so -- which she says stems from her religious beliefs -- is protected under freedom-of-conscience laws. She is suing her employer, the Islington Council, for religious discrimination, and she "claims she suffered ridicule and bullying as a result of her stance and said she had been harassed ... by the council."
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James Dingemans QC, representing her, told a panel of three appeal judges that
Ms Ladele had never wanted to undermine the human rights or respect due to
members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender communities.
But human rights laws must also be there to protect people with committed
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'Modern human rights jurisprudence was not intended to obliterate religious
beliefs held for millennia.''
Mr Dingemans said she could not go against her faith and take an active part
to enable same-sex unions. - 1 more annotations...
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Leicestershire | Row over Halloween devil article
A C.o.E.-sponsored publication in Leicestershire criticized participants in Halloween festivities as "siding with the devil" and using "fear" and "blackmail" to "extort" sweets from neighbors. The publication was sent to several hundred parishioners, some of whom are now understandably upset.
The Gospels in Scouse
[Jn 1.1-4] Before God did owt else e ad summat er say. It wus is last werd. Only it come first. An it summed up is ole attitude to evrythink. Now dis werd wus wid God. Fact it was part'n parcil uv im. So at start uv evrythink an a long time fore man was akshully made, God's werd to men wus ready and waitin. Everythink there is wus made by this werd. E wus God's one and ony contractor for de ole Universe job. Nowt at all as ever got made sept through this d'partm'nt uv God ... wot we call is "werd". Now just becus dis werd is part uv God isself, all God's life is in im. An dis life is de light what shines on evrybody. Dis is de light wot evryody needs.
[Jn 1.14] So wot I've bin saying, like, is this. God's ole attitude to the werld became flesh. All wot God's got ter say about man became a man -- Real Man. An de Real Man l ived among us. We could see just exackly wot e was like. An e wus terrific! An you could see e wusn't juss on'y the truth about man. E wus also the truth about God.
East London Advertiser - Muslim councillor faces protests as she takes prayer break at Tower Hamlets
Living Will Of Suicide Victim Kerrie Wooltorton - Andrew Jones Of Mackrell Turner Garrett Explains | UK News | Sky News
This Sky News article contains the full text of Kerrie Wooltorton's living will-cum-suicide note.
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14/09/2007 To whom this may concern
If I come into hospital regarding an overdose or any attempt of my life, I would like for NO life saving treatment to be given. I would appreciate it if you could continue to give medicines to help relieve my discomfort, painkillers, oxygen etc. I would hope these wishes would be carried out without loads of questioning.
Please be assured that I am 100% aware of the consequences of this and the probable outcome of drinking antifreeze, eg death in 95-99% of cases and if I survive then kidney failure, I understand and accept them and will take 100% responsibility for this decision.
I am aware that you may think that because I called the ambulance I therefore want treatment, THIS IS NOT THE CASE! I do however want to be comfortable as nobody wants to die alone and scared and without going into details there are loads of reasons I do not want to die at home which I realise you will not understand and I apologise for this.
Please understand that I definitely don't want any form of ventilation, resuscitation or dialysis. These are my wishes please respect and carry them out.
Yours sincerely
Kerrie Wooltorton
Lib Dems send ‘Happy Eid’ greeting to Asian Christian | News | The Christian Institute
The Liberal Democrats (in the UK) mail an Eid card to a constituent because his family name is "Suleman." Turns out Mr Suleman is a Christian convert and he doesn't like getting the card. A spokesperson for the party remarks that the card was sent to Mr Suleman based on so-called "'best guess' data" (in other words, because his name sounded Muslim).
Gay penguin book gets most US ban requests | News | The Christian Institute
A Christian organization's news site comments on the American Library Assoc.'s report on banned books for 2009, according to which the book most often subject to challenge or removal requests in children's libraries in the U.S. this year was a book called "And Tango Makes Three," which is about "two male penguins in New York's Central Park Zoo who raise a baby penguin."
Kerrie Wooltorton's death shows how we have lost respect for life - Telegraph
Another op-ed decrying the Kerrie Wooltorton case.
Coroner Says Doctors Had to Let Kerrie Wooltorton Die
Kerrie Wooltorton of Norwich in eastern England, 26, who was reportedly depressed over her inability to have a child, drank antifreeze on Sept. 18, 2007 and then phoned for an ambulance. When she arrived at the hospital, she presented doctors with a living will in which she refused all but palliative treatment. The hospital (after seeking legal advice) honored the living will and let Wooltorton die. Her family is now suing the hospital, and there is an outcry of opposition to the legal basis for the hospital's decision to honor Wooltorton's wishes. They say she was competent to refuse treatment; critics say a depressed person in the process of committing suicide is by definition not competent to make such a decision.
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"It is a double-bind for doctors. She was very clear in her wishes. To have forced treatment on her would have been unlawful," hospital spokesman Andrew Stronach said
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Greater Norfolk Coroner William Armstrong said Monday that the hospital could not be blamed for Wooltorton's death.
"She had capacity to consent to treatment which, it is more likely than not, would have prevented her death," he said. "She refused such treatment in full knowledge of the consequences and died as a result." - 1 more annotations...
DR MARTIN SCURR: Whatever happened to the principle that doctors must always save lives? | Mail Online
An editorial criticizing the decision not to revive Kerrie Wooltorton, 26, who committed suicide in 2007 by drinking antifreeze, and who used the device of a living will to ensure that no lifesaving treatment was given.
Muslims mass-producing children to take over Africa, says Archbishop -Times Online
A profile of a sermon preached by Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, primate of Nigeria, in London, in which he described an "attack" by Muslims in Africa aimed at "taking over" the continent by tempting new converts with the promise of polygamy and correspondingly high numbers of progeny. The sermon was preached in July, 2009. An MS Word transcription of the sermon can be downloaded from the Times site here: http://j.mp/FQAPd
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“They spend a lot of money, even in places where they don’t have
congregations, they build mosques, they build hospitals, they build anything. -
“They come to Africans and say, ‘Christianity is asking you to marry only one
wife. We will give you four!’ ” Archbishop Okoh described this as
“evangelism by mass-production”. - 3 more annotations...
Welcome to the Portable Antiquities Scheme
A resource for private individuals who discover historic or archaeological "treasures" in England or Wales.
Jedi religion founder accuses Tesco of discrimination over rules on hoods | World news | guardian.co.uk
David Chidester ought to be all over this.
Muslim wedding segregation fury as Minister and wife are ordered into separate rooms | Mail Online
This is the story of Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick, who was a guest at a Muslim wedding in London and was seated separately from his wife. This bothered him, so they left. This has now become a major incident.
'Evil and Orwellian' – America's right turns its fire on NHS | World news | The Guardian
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Add Sticky NoteOn Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel, the conservative commentator Sean Hannity recently alighted upon the case of Gordon Cook, a security manager from Merseyside, who used superglue to stick a loose crown into his gum because he was unable to find an NHS dentist. The cautionary tale, which was based on a Daily Mail report from 2006, prompted Hannity to warn his viewers: "If the Democrats have their way, get your superglue ready."
- pretty clever idea ... i mean, hell, i HAVE private dental insurance (through my job) and i STILL can't afford to get any real dental work done - on 2009-08-12
George Orwell - Complete works, Biography, Quotes, Essays
An online archive of Orwell's works.
The Elizabethan Homilies (1623)
A transcription of a 1623 edition of "Certaine Sermons Or Homilies appointed to be read in Churches" (the Anglican sermon book, first published in two volumes in 1547 and 1563-71). Includes the Rogation Week sermon (vol. 2, no. 17) that Sommerville quotes in "The Secularization of Early Modern England," chapter 6.
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