Catholic Leader Labels Gay Marriage Plans A “Shambles”

Archbishop Vincent Nichols has attacked the government’s plans to support and legalise same-sex marriages.

Archbishop Vincent Nichols accused the Prime Minister of “shallow thinking”. (Photo credit: Martin Argles for the Guardian)

The Roman Catholic head of England and Wales took freedom of speech very seriously this Christmas morning in an interview with the BBC.

The Archbishop complained that the plans were “undemocratic,” as they have come as a surprise, and no mention was made of the propositions in party manifesto’s, or even a green paper.

Although the coalition government have reassured that no religious institution would be forced to conduct any ceremonies, the Catholic Leader still branded the process as “shambolic”.

The importance of traditional marriage was also reiterated during the clergyman’s Christmas Eve sermon last night.

Expelled Christian Student Reaches Settlement With University

Julea Ward’s former university.

 

The case of an Eastern Michigan University Counselling student who was kicked out after refusing to counsel a gay client has finally reached a settlement in court.

Christian Julea Ward has been awarded $75,000 (around £46,000) from the university and was informed that the expulsion will be removed from her record.

The graduate decided to refer an assigned client to a colleague after she bore the task of counselling a client on same-sex relationships.

In January, it was ruled that Ward’s faith may have been the reason she was expelled, and the case was sent back to a lower court.

 

Scientists Theorise On How People Become Gay

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It seems that news on homosexuality have been in headlines a lot recently. Amongst all the views and opinions that have been expressed in the media regarding same sex marriages and even homosexual relationships in general, a new theory has been released to explain why people actually become gay or lesbian in the first place.

Scientists from the United States researching at University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Tennessee, and also the Swedish Uppsala University are proposing that although homosexuality may not be genetic, there is a notion that it origination is biological.

Organized by the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), the research was published by the Quarterly Review of Biology.