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1 May 2012
Catholic group: Objections to anti-gay marriage petition in schools are ‘sinister and illogical’ 68 A religious group unofficially representing the Catholic Church in the media has said questions over the legality of promoting the Coalition for Marriage anti-equality petition to schoolchildren are 'illogical and sinister'.
26 April 2012
Comment: Encouraging pupils to sign the Coalition for Marriage is shocking, repugnant and probably illegal 72 Richy Thompson of the British Humanist Association says the actions of the Catholic Education Service in asking state-funded schools to draw attention to the Coalition for Marriage may break equality and education laws.
26 April 2012
Row over legality of Coalition for Marriage presentations in Catholic state schools 44 A row has erupted over correspondence issued by the Catholic Education Service to nearly 400 Catholic schools in England and Wales which asked them to 'draw the attention' of pupils to the Coalition for Marriage's anti-equality petition, first revealed by PinkNews.co.uk yesterday.
26 April 2011
Catholic charity loses appeal over gay adoption 173 A tribunal has thrown out a Catholic charity's bid to be exempted from equality laws which make it illegal to discriminate against gay couples who wish to adopt.
13 August 2010
Latest ‘Protest the Pope’ campaign held in London 72 A meeting was held in south London last night by the Protest the Pope campaign committee.
25 May 2010
Queen discusses Pope’s controversial visit in coalition speech 20 In her speech today, the Queen outlined the Pope's planned religious activities for his state visit in September.
19 February 2010
Government accused of U-turn over faith schools’ teaching on homosexuality 62 The government has been accused of performing a U-turn over an amendment allowing faith schools to teach about homosexuality in line with their "religious character".
12 February 2010
Protestors will tell Pope to ‘snog off’ 39 A 'kiss-in' will be held as part of Sunday's Valentine's Day protest against the Pope's visit to the UK.
10 February 2010
Valentine’s Day protest over Pope’s UK visit 10 A protest against the Pope's visit to the UK is to take place in central London this Sunday.
14 December 2009
Coalition calls on Lords to reject religious exemptions in Equality Bill 12 A coalition of liberal religious and social justice groups is calling on the House of Lords to reject religious opt-outs from the Equality Bill.

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