Synod – Reasons to be Cheerful (Pt 2): inclusion is the fruit of evangelism
It is probably because I am of a certain vintage that often, when I am thinking of a title for a blog post, a song lyric pops into my head.…
Disability
Online hate: Twitter speaks what the heart is full of
Life is a lot of bitterness and hate: there are oppressors and victims; struggles, dilemmas and protests. There is suffering and pain, anxiety and change. There are cries for vengeance, and prayers for deliverance. We live in psalms of cursing…
Abortion, Down’s and disability: CofE discriminates in favour of the beautiful soul
"People with Down’s Syndrome should be welcomed, celebrated and treated with dignity and respect, members of the Church of England’s General Synod will hear next month." So began the email…
Toby Young and our progressive eugenics/equality hypocrisy
The hounding of Toby Young from his appointment to the advisory board of the Office for Students (OfS) has been both unseemly and unjust. The Twitter hordes fulminated about his…
Abortion: people are becoming more pro-life – despite the liberal media hegemony
When Jacob Rees-Mogg was interviewed by Piers Morgan and asked for his views on abortion, he was condemned, stigmatised, mocked and reviled for opposing it in all circumstances – even…
Right to Life: where do the Party Leaders currently stand?
Lord Alton has done a useful (and very interesting) bit of digging on how the current party leaders have voted over recent years on a series of Right to Life…
Kevin (Lord) Shinkwin appointed to Equality and Human Rights Commission
Every now and again, a perfectly square political peg finds a sharp-cornered square hole. The officer and the office, the doer and the thing done, fit so exactly that the…
Infertility redefined: World Health Organization declares Sir Cliff Richard “disabled”
The world has gone mad. Or, rather, the World Health Organization has gone mad. Hitherto, the definition of infertility has been based on the inability of the woman to become…
A World Without Down’s Syndrome – let the abortion/eugenics debate begin
They shoot horses, don't they? Much better to put them out of their misery than suffer a broken leg. If it's compassionate to kill horses to end their pain, why…
Why do we celebrate our inspirational Paralympians, but abort the disabled in the womb?
"Finally, there are some famous words you can find stamped on the bottom of a product," said Lord Coe, in his speech at the closing ceremony of the London 2012…
TGI Monday: Is a church without a disabled person a disabled church?
What is disability? Is there such a thing as a disabled church? What are invisible disabilities? What is inclusion? What is access? How complete are the able-bodied? Many disabled…
Second Sunday of Advent: the gift of a child
It is this Second Sunday of Advent, and the trees are going up. It's beginning to feel a bit more like Christmas. Children all over the world are eagerly…
Compassionate Conservatism and Social Justice – bedfellows or bugbears?
Talk to most Labour supporters about 'compassionate conservatism', and they'll scoff at the very notion, as though the evil Tories had stolen the robe of Christ and were masquerading…
Dignity in Dying and the callous indignity of their spin
How many of us breathed a big sigh of relief when the voting results for the Assisted Dying (No.2) Bill were announced? Those in the know were expecting a…
Assisted Dying: Canon Rosie Harper condemns "extreme and emotive claims" of "a certain section of believers"
The Archbishop of Canterbury couldn't be any clearer: 'MPs must not take risks with the lives of vulnerable people', he writes in the Evening Standard. He is unequivocal, too,…
Assisted dying? Suicide courts, not doctors, will judge the merits of your death
This iniquitous Bill refuses to die. It keeps re-emerging like a Godzilla sequel; forever coming back like the proverbial bad penny – unwanted, unpleasant, unfortunate. We are told that…
Assisted suicide and the unbearable indignity of the insupportable life
"I can't take this anymore," said Chantal Sebire (left), as the cancerous bulge ate into her nasal cavity and gnawed at her brain, robbing her of sight, taste and…
Planned Parenthood aborts babies in a "less crunchy" way. What's wrong with harvesting baby body parts?
"A lot of people want intact hearts these days, because they're looking for specific nodes," explains Dr Deborah Nucatola, Senior Director of Medical Services for Planned Parenthood, the largest…
It's time to put the bedroom tax to bed
If you select any of the government’s welfare cuts since 2010, it’s more than likely that there’s been a bishop or two who have opposed them. Remember the Bishops’…
An open letter from a disabled Christian to Conservative voters
This is a guest post by Tanya Marlow - a disabled Christian and founder of Compassionate Britain, and author of Coming Back to God When You Feel Empty. She was formerly a lecturer…