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UK Poll Shows Most People Want Religion in Public Life

A poll by the BBC has found that 62 percent of people want religion and religious values to play an important role in public life in the United Kingdom. .

  • Secularization Among Challenges of Orthodox Christianity in America, Says Scholar

    Orthodox Christians in America must affirm their identity if they are to have a strong future amid a secularizing reality in the United States, a Greek Orthodox scholar said.

  • Christian Lobby to Address NSW Same-sex Adoption Hearings

    Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) representatives will argue the case against allowing same-sex couples to adopt children during NSW Legislative Council public hearings tomorrow.

  • Christians Expecting to Be Heard in Queensland Election

    After playing an active role in the most recent Federal, State and Territory elections, Christians are looking to have their concerns addressed in the Queensland election campaign, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said today. ACL Managing Director Jim Wallace said that Christians gained reach as an important constituency in the 2007 Federal election, as well as in last year's Northern Territory, West Australian and ACT elections, and would also impact the upcoming Queensland election.

  • Australian Women to Tackle Climate Change

    West Australians will join forces on Wednesday 4 March to urge the creation of state-wide 'Sisters on the Planet' communities of action to tackle climate change.

  • Launch of Governent Funded Website for Parents Raising Kids with Autism Spectrum

    The Federal Government and the Raising Children Network will today launch the national website for parents of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

  • US: Appeals Court Upholds Porn Law Protecting Children

    A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law that requires pornographers who take photos of people engaged in sexually explicit acts to provide \"proof of age,\" a ruling that strengthens prevention on the exploitation of children by pornographers.

  • Christian Lobby Welcomes Increased Aid for Refugees

    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has welcomed the Federal Government's decision to double to $12.8 million Australia's humanitarian aid to refugees fleeing wars and persecution in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • No Credible Basis for Freedom of Religion Review

    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) today questioned the motivation of the Australian Human Rights Commission's freedom of religion review, following revelations in Senate Estimates this morning that it was not in response to public concern for freedom of religion.

  • Australia Government Helps Eye Care in Pakistan

    Speaking at the announcement, held at the Australian High Commission in Islamabad, Fred Hollows Foundation Country Manager for Pakistan, Dr Rubina Gillani, said the funds would assist The Foundation to help Pakistan tackle childhood blindness, with the overarching goal of eliminating all avoidable blindness in the country by 2020.

  • 'Serve the Poor - but Leave your Belief at the Door' Christian Charities Told

    UK Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has said that churches are ideally placed to help people through the current economic crisis – but added that faith groups using public money to do this work should not "proselytise." This could affect churches and other religious groups running debt-counselling services. Speaking to leading church debt experts at the Evangelical Alliance's Life Beyond Debt conference, Blears said religious charities deserve to be recognised for their "astonishing work.\"

  • Dead Man's Mother Waits 8 Years for Justice

    She's poor, part of a religious minority that makes up less than 1 percent of her country's population, and has been waiting for eight years for answers regarding her son's death in a church bombing.