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The Conscience Clause: Jesus Key Message

From one response to our consultation on the DUP’s conscience clause:  I think if people go into a profession where they will be serving the entire community then they must accept that they cannot pick and choose who they provide for.I think the dup should reflect on Jesus’ key message ‘Love one another as I […]

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The Conscience Clause: The Scriptural Position

There are two major problems with the DUP’s proposed conscience clause. It may harm those who are less well-off It doesn’t actually help situations where a Christian’s conscience may tell them to refuse work The first problem was addressed in yesterday’s article. The second is addressed in this article. The stimulus for this proposed legislation was […]

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The Conscience Clause: Concern for the Less Well Off in Society

Christians ought to show concern for the less well-off and vulnerable in society. The DUP’s proposed conscience clause provides protections for a relatively prosperous sector of society while at best ignoring, and possibly even harming, the less prosperous. If this proposal provides freedom of conscience, then it only provides it to the rich. This discrimination against the poor is abhorrent to Christianity.

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Christians and the Conscience Clause

Christian consciences have been a concern since the days of the New Testament. A long time ago, a wise man called Paul the Apostle gave advice to the Christians in Corinth about how to handle their consciences. “I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the […]

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Faith and Pride Consultation on the Northern Ireland Freedom of Conscience Amendment Bill

DUP MLA Paul Givan has proposed a Private Member’s Bill for the Northern Ireland Assembly. This bill, which proposes introducing a conscience clause to the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, will allow people to use religious belief to legally discriminate against people based on sexual orientation. The DUP recently launched a consultation […]

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Community Carols by Candlelight

The Gathering, the gay men’s spiritual group, is holding its annual Community Christmas Carols by Candlelight on Thursday 11th December 2014, in All Soul’s Church, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, BT9 at 7:30pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards. This year the speaker is Pádraig Ó Tuama. He is a the Corrymeela Community leader, a poet, and a theologian. The […]

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Equal marriage in Gibraltar

I have had a letter on equal marriage published in the Gibraltar Chronicle. Although I have only lived in Gibraltar for a short time, I have been much struck by the diversity and tolerance shown here. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Bahá’í, people of other faiths, and people of no faith all live together in mutual respect. Gibraltar […]

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The Biblical view on being gay and a Christian

And another letter published in the Belfast Telegraph. I take the Bible just as seriously as any other Christian from Northern Ireland. If there were really a single sound-bite verse that could prove that you cannot be gay and Christian, as Good News Messenger seems to think (Writeback, November 17), then I would listen to […]

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