Will the Church of England start endorsing same-sex 'marriages'?

This week, five senior Bishops have come out and openly expressed that they believe that the Church of England should allow blessings of same-sex 'marriages'. This follows the Bishop of Oxford's recent statement, explaining his change of view on the matter.

In this week's Round the Table, Tim Dieppe is joined by Rev. Calvin Robinson and Andrea Williams to discuss what has happened and the implications for the future of the Church of England.

Read more from Calvin: https://calvinrobinson.substack.com/p/gay-marriage-is-not-marriage

Account closures for differing viewpoints, censorship zones around abortion clinics, and blasphemy laws for Islam? We're asking, 'does the government care about free speech?'

This week, we're joined by free speech campaigner and co-founder of Fair Cop, Harry Miller, and CLC legal counsel, Roger Kiska, as we discuss various free speech issues that have made the headlines this week.

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People have recently been waking up to the danger of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for children. But the problems don’t start there – ‘social transition’, where a child cross-dresses and is affirmed in a different gender, is itself harmful.

On Round the Table we’re joined this week by Dr André Van Mol, co-chair of the American College of Pediatricians’ Committee on Adolescent Sexuality, to explore the evidence on why social transition is a disaster for children.

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Core Issues Trust (CIT), supported by the Christian Legal Centre, was told in July 2020 that its banking facilities with top-ranking Stonewall employer, Barclays, would be stopped following a coordinated harassment campaign by LGBT activists. Over that period, the group received over 300 nuisance calls, numerous intimidating messages and death threats, including messages expressing hopes that family members would be raped and killed.

This week, CIT took its case to court in Belfast.

The controversy follows similar news from last month where PayPal cancelled - and then reinstated - the account of the Free Speech Union over its political views.

On this week's Round the Table, Tim Dieppe is joined by Mike Davidson and Liam Hayden of Core Issues Trust to discuss more about the case. We will also be joined by Carys Moseley from Christian Concern to discuss the latest developments in research and policy around plans to outlaw so-called ‘conversion therapy’.

Find out more about CIT's case: https://christianconcern.com/news/barclays-tries-to-strike-out-christian-ministrys-legal-case/

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Over 1,600 people have now signed the 'Greater Love' Declaration, affirming Christian teaching on marriage, sex and gender - and rejecting some churches' push for same-sex 'marriage' and transgender affirmation.

On today's Round the Table, Tim Dieppe speaks to one of the co-authors of the declaration, Rev. Dr Matthew Roberts, to find out why this declaration is so needed - and how you can get involved.

Find out more: https://www.greaterlove.org.uk/

Parents Nigel and Sally Rowe, who were backed by Christian Concern, recently won a huge case victory, culminating with a commitment from the government to reform transgender policies in schools and £22,000 in legal costs.

This is huge news, and means that children will be much better protected from harmful teaching that has been infiltrating the classroom.

Meanwhile, the Charity Commission has also opened an investigation into transgender campaign group Mermaids. The group was found recently to be offering free 'chest binders' to girls as young as 13 without parental consent, but is also well-known for promoting harmful material, much like the 'Gender Unicorn' (https://transstudent.org/gender/).

So what do parents, teachers and schools need to be aware of now? And what needs to change?

On today's Round the Table, Tim Dieppe is joined by Nigel and Sally Rowe, as well as our Policy Researcher Dr Carys Moseley, as they talk about how to win the battle for our children.

Find out more about what Nigel and Sally's win means for your child's school: https://christianconcern.com/comment/how-parents-challenge-impacted-government-policy/

Dr Richard Scott has now secured the freedom for doctors to pray with their patients, following no less than 10 years of investigations against him, including multiple complaints by the National Secular Society.

In a brand new series of Round the Table, Tim Dieppe and Andrea Williams are joined by Dr Scott, as they discuss what this new victory really means for Christians up and down the UK.

Learn more: https://christianconcern.com/news/doctor-vindicated-as-nhs-england-allows-him-to-pray-with-patients/

Praying, protesting or even just offering support outside an abortion clinic could land you up to two years in prison if a new amendment to the Public Order Bill is made law.

Sadly the effort to silence the pro-life voice and viewpoint isn't new. But why this targeted attack on the pro-life movement?

Tune into this week's Round the Table with Ben John, Andrea Williams and the Christian Legal Centre's Roger Kiska, as they look at why so-called 'buffer zones' are such a dangerous idea.

Find out more: https://christianconcern.com/action/praying-outside-an-abortion-clinic-could-land-you-in-jail-for-two-years/

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This week on RTT we will be joined by special guest Calvin Robinson. Calvin is a political advisor, broadcaster, and commentator. He has also trained for ministry in the CofE, but found that he was blocked from taking a curacy. A subject access request showed that Bishops objected to his political views.

In this week’s livestream we will be discussing the state of the CofE. Is the CofE institutionally racist? Has the CofE adopted a new religion? How can Christians respond?

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Church pastor Keith Waters was pushed out of his part-time job as a school caretaker after he tweeted a warning that Pride events are harmful to children.

However, an Employment Tribunal recently ruled in his favour, finding that he had been discriminated against for his Christian views.

From death threats to spam calls, messages of support to taking on new cases, find out from pastor Keith Waters himself what took him by surprise and what kept him going over the last three years of his case.

Find out more about Keith's case: https://christianconcern.com/news/pastor-who-warned-against-lgbtq-pride-events-wins-discrimination-case/

Read Keith's reflections on his case win and the last three years: https://christianconcern.com/comment/keith-waters-the-uk-needs-confident-christians/

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