Disability

Daniel Finkelstein: opponents of assisted dying are ‘radicals’

September 23, 2021
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In his Times article today, Daniel Finkelstein insists that to legalise assisted dying (/suicide) would be "a small change"; a very modest development; a necessary and popular incremental reform. As Parliament gets yet another chance to consider this matter (the…

Guardian ‘reveals’ Amy Coney Barrett is Roman Catholic (and takes her faith seriously)

October 2, 2020
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The Guardian has revealed that Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, is Roman Catholic. Quite why they have only just cottoned on to this is something…

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Candlemas: from the Presentation of Christ to ‘Radical Inclusion’

February 2, 2020
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Today we mark a Church Feast which is known as either Candlemas or the Feast of the Presentation of Christ at the Temple. I doubt if any of us will…

Prayer as harassment: the curious case of Christian Hacking

November 13, 2019
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When does prayer become harassment? That's the essential question at the heart of the recent arrest of a Christian called Christian Hacking, who was praying in a public space outside…

Abortion in Northern Ireland: the disabled speak out

October 2, 2019
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On 10th July 2019, the UK Parliament voted in favour of an amendment to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill which would liberalise abortion legalisation in Northern Ireland. The Act,…

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How can a court force a Catholic woman to abort her child?

June 24, 2019
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"How will this be," Mary asked the angel Gabriel, on hearing she was pregnant and not fully understanding. "O, if you don't fully understand what it means, better to have…

Online hate: Twitter speaks what the heart is full of

September 10, 2018
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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,…

Synod – Reasons to be Cheerful (Pt 2): inclusion is the fruit of evangelism

July 16, 2018
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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.…

Abortion, Down’s and disability: CofE discriminates in favour of the beautiful soul

January 22, 2018
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"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

January 10, 2018
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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

October 24, 2017
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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?

April 23, 2017
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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

April 22, 2017
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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”

October 20, 2016
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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

October 6, 2016
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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?

September 20, 2016
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"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?

April 11, 2016
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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

December 6, 2015
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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?

September 15, 2015
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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

September 13, 2015
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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…