Monday, July 14, 2008

Here's UK News & Commentary You Can Trust

Dr. Greg Gardner over in Birmingham, England sends along to visitors of Vital Signs (particularly those interested in the latest engagements of the culture war in the UK) a couple of very good news and commentary sources -- reputable, relevant and rightly purposed.

1) The Christian Institute is a nondenominational Christian charity committed to upholding the truths of the Bible with it's resources designed to promote the Christian religion in the United Kingdom. The CI also helps inform Christians of how the issues of the day relate to their biblical obligations and assists Christians in the normal practice of their faith through CI's fine legal team.

A case in point, both in the CI's legal assistance and the subsequent news coverage of the affair, is a Christian from Islington whose job was threatened because she asked to opt out from performing civil partnership registrations involving homosexual couples. With the CI's help, the employment tribunal unanimously decided that the Christian woman had been directly discriminated against by the Islington Council because of her faith-based request.

Here's that story from the Christian Institute website and here is the page linking you to more detailed information about the organization itself, including a faith statement and positions on key issues.

2) Christian Concern for our Nation describes itself as "an organisation that exists to serve the Church by providing information to enable Christians to stand up publicly against a tide of unchristian legal and political changes in the United Kingdom. It brings together focused legal, policy and media expertise and strategic intervention in order to secure favourable legal and political outcomes in areas of concern... CCFON was established to inform and empower Christians to speak with a coherent and cohesive voice against ungodly and unjust laws, and to speak up for righteousness and justice..."

This organization also hosts a website that is an excellent source of information, an example of which is this Andrea Williams’s summary of just where pro-life Britons are in their struggles against the monstrous Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill recently passed by Parliament and now awaiting possible amendments.