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SPUC launches briefing to guide submissions to same-sex marriage consultation

SPUC has launched a briefing document to help supporters make submissions to the government's consultation on same-sex marriage. The document can be read and downloaded at http://www.spuc.org.uk/campaigns/ssm_consult The deadline for submissions to the consultation is 14 June. SPUC's concern is to protect marriage because marriage, as the life-long exclusive union of a husband and wife, protects unborn children and helps families to flourish. Marriage is not owned by the state – it belongs to mankind. The proposals for same-sex marriage (or “equal civil marriage” as officialdom describes it), were not included in the Queen’s Speech, but this does not mean the plans have been dropped: far from it. [SPUC, 17 May]

Tower Hamlets parents to launch petition against sexually-explicit school teaching

Parents in Tower Hamlets are launching a petition to stop sexually-explicit teaching in local schools. Tower Hamlets Parents' Action Group on SRE (THPAG-SRE), who are launching the petition, is a group of concerned Muslim parents with children at school in the borough. The group is supported by SPUC's Safe at School campaign. [SPUC, 18 May]

Cardiff public meeting to warn parents about explicit sex ed

A public meeting to be held in Cardiff next Wednesday (23 May) will warn parents about explicit sex education in primary schools. The meeting will be addressed by Antonia Tully of SPUC's Safe at School campaign. Mrs Tully will explain that many parents around the country are disturbed that graphic teaching programmes, such as Channel Four's "Living and Growing", are being shown to children as young as seven in primary schools. [SPUC, 17 May]

Other stories

Abortion

• Pro-life protestors interrupt Sebelius’ Georgetown address [LifeNews.com, 18 May]

Embryology

• Michael J. Fox: "Answer Probably Not Coming from Embryonic Stem Cells" [Vital Signs, 18 May]
• Would-be grandparents paying for adult daughters to freeze eggs to have babies later [Mail, 14 May]

Sexual ethics

• First UK civil partnership between gay men held on religious premises [Protect the Pope, 18 May]
• Head of advertising watchdog is also gay rights campaigner [Cranmer, 18 May]
• French PM promises to implement equal marriage and adoption rights for gays [Pink News, 18 May]
• Gay marriage: who’s minding the children? [Catholic Education Resource Centre, 18 May]
• Israel rejects gay marriage [Care2, 17 May]

Population

• Forced abortion in China: how it works [SPUC, 16 May]

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