There is something grotesque, rather than comical, about David Cameron’s present attempt to be the tail that wags the dog as he is pushing through changes to the nature of marriage in this country. There is something comical about the thought of the tail trying to wag the dog but there is nothing comical about [...]
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David Cameron polygamy and the tail trying to wag the dog
Posted: 18th March 2012 by graham in Culture, news_commentToday I saw a sad sight, a burning cross in Afghanistan
Posted: 13th March 2012 by graham in news_comment, PrayerWe know what it is about, a USA soldier, presumably during a psychotic episode, went on a rampage and killed innocent Afghan citizens, including children. Now crowds gather to show their displeasure over the occupation of their land by foreign powers and in the incident I watched on TV I saw a representation of Christ’s [...]
I was mentioned in York Press on Saturday
Posted: 4th February 2012 by graham in Church, My life, news_commentThere has been outrage by some groups over what they claim Sentamu, Archbishop of York was supposed to have said about homosexual marriage. So far in the media I have heard him being misquoted outrageously, which is odd as these journalists must have read what he actually said. I read the full text of his [...]
General Lord Richard Dannatt on the Moral and Spiritual Vacuum
Posted: 15th November 2011 by graham in Culture, news_commentIn the 2011 Theos annual lecture delivered last week, General Lord Richard Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff, said the Armed Forces could no longer presume that new recruits “would have absorbed an understanding of the core values and standards of behaviour required by the military from their family or from within their wider [...]
Mitt Romney Republican hopeful believes Jesus is son of God. Oh does he?
Posted: 13th October 2011 by graham in Culture, Global, news_commentIs Romney deliberately dishonest or is he simply ignorant about historical Christianity? Mitt Romney is a Mormon and is running for the Republican nomination, so he can run for US president in the coming elections.Yesterday his religion was discussed on BBC Radio4 as here in the UK some are wondering how his religion could affect [...]
Government blocks free speech debate on Section 5
Posted: 6th October 2011 by graham in Culture, news_comment, preach_it!Two weeks ago police banned a Christian café in Blackpool from displaying Bible verses. Acting on a complaint from someone claiming to be an aggrieved individual, police officers warned the Owner of the Salt & Light Coffee House, Jamie Murray, that he was breaching Section 5 of the Public Order Act. See my previous post [...]
Government’s support for same-sex marriage could cost them as many as 30 seats and 1.1 million votes at the next election
Posted: 5th May 2012 by graham in Culture, news_commentAs the Coalition for Marriage (C4M) petition nudges ever closer to the 500,000 signatures mark, poll results published this week indicate that the Government’s support for same-sex marriage could cost them as many as 30 seats and 1.1 million votes at the next election. Yesterday, Ministry of Defence Minister, Gerald Howarth, highlighted issues such as [...]