Coalition calls on Lords to reject religious exemptions in Equality Bill
A coalition of liberal religious and social justice groups is calling on the House of Lords to reject religious opt-outs from the Equality Bill. The bill is scheduled for its second reading in the...
View ArticleNick Clegg calls for faith schools to focus on homophobic bullying
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said that faith schools must focus on homophobic bullying. In an interview with gay magazine Attitude, he said his party would make it a requirement for faith...
View ArticleDavid Cameron says children should be taught about gay relationships
Tory leader David Cameron told a recent meeting on education that schoolchildren should be taught about gay relationships and equality. He was speaking at a Cameron Direct meeting of party activists,...
View ArticleGovernment accused of U-turn over faith schools’ teaching on homosexuality
The government has been accused of performing a U-turn over an amendment allowing faith schools to teach about homosexuality in line with their “religious character”. Last week, schools secretary Ed...
View ArticleEd Balls denies ‘watering down’ sex education for faith schools
Schools secretary Ed Balls has denied watering down sex education laws for faith schools. Last Friday, the government was accused of performing a U-turn over an amendment to the Children, Schools and...
View ArticleLesbian would-be Tory leader Ruth Davidson wants more faith schools
Amended: 17.50. MSP Ruth Davidson, who hopes to become the next leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, says she would back more faith schools. Ms Davidson, who is a lesbian, did not discuss the...
View ArticleAlternate History: Newspaper reveals Gay faith schools promote petition to...
In an editorial yesterday where PinkNews.co.uk called on the the Education Secretary Michael Gove to launch an investigation into the Catholic Education Service’s promotion of an anti-gay marriage...
View ArticleTelegraph Blogs editor ‘did not accidentally tweet outcome of Catholic...
The editor of Telegraph Blogs has told PinkNews.co.uk he did not accidentally tweet the outcome of a government investigation into Catholic schools and the Coalition for Marriage’s anti-gay marriage...
View ArticleComment: Did C4M members help lay the groundwork for teaching same-sex...
The claim that the Coalition for Marriage will, arguably, be responsible for schools teaching pupils about same sex marriage, reads like one of those absurd claims along the lines of that gays marrying...
View ArticleFormer Irish president blasts Catholic Church over anti-gay views
The Catholic Church is becoming increasingly isolated in its attitude towards LGBT people, the former president of Ireland has warned. Mary McAleese, the country’s former president of 14 years, is also...
View ArticleTUC: Catholic gay teachers could be sacked by their schools for entering into...
The TUC says it’s worried by the fear of gay teachers being sacked at Catholic Schools for entering into same-sex marriages. In January, England’s most senior Roman Catholic, the Archbishop of...
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury to call for amendments to equal marriage bill
In the upcoming vote on equal marriage legislation in the House of Lords, the Archbishop of Canterbury will call for concessions to be made for teachers and faith schools, as the Church of England has...
View ArticleLondon teacher: ‘Why shouldn’t faith schools criticise gays?’
A college teacher in north-west London has argued that faith schools should be allowed to criticise people’s sexual orientation in a swipe at “militant atheists” and “shrill” LGBT campaigners. Neil...
View ArticleNicky Morgan backs Ofsted over decision to ask Christian schools about gay...
The Education Secretary has strongly defended the decision of Ofsted inspectors to ask children in Christian schools about their knowledge of same-sex relationships. Grindon Hall Christian School in...
View ArticleAndy Burnham: Faith schools should be forced to teach about gay relationships
Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham has spoken out about faith schools, saying they should not be able to use religion in order to avoid teaching about gay and lesbian issues. Speaking in a PinkNews...
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Schools should get right to discriminate against gay children in Australia,...
Faith schools should be given the right to discriminate against children who are gay, the Australian government’s review on religious freedom has concluded. The news comes from a...
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Ultra-religious Jewish families will ‘leave UK over LGBT education’
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish activist has warned that “many” Jews will leave Britain if faith schools agree to teach children about LGBT issues. Lawyers have written to the Department of Education on...
View ArticleAnother Orthodox Jewish school gets Ofsted warning for avoiding new...
Another Orthodox Jewish school has been reprimanded by Ofsted for refusing to enact LGBT-inclusive sex and relationships education, which will be compulsory in all UK schools from September 2020. The...
View ArticleTory politician who claims ‘it’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve’ insists...
The Conservative party is investigating a local councillor who insisted he isn’t homophobic in an email titled with the well-worn homophobic taunt: “It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” Aron Klein...
View ArticleThis Orthodox Jewish school has two weeks to agree to LGBT-inclusive...
The Department for Education has warned an Orthodox Jewish school that it has two weeks to agree to introduce LGBT-inclusive education or be shut down. Mechinoh, a small independent boys’ school in...
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