Christian Green councillor’s disappointment with Party; Charity warns debt driving more people to suicide; Pr3ess review with web links
Christian Green councillor’s disappointment with Party
A Christian councillor has spoken of her disappointment as she faces dismissal from the Green Party for opposing gay marriage.
Christina Summers, a member of Brighton and Hove Council, was investigated by the Party after she spoke and voted against a motion in support of the Government’s plans to introduce same-sex marriage during a council meeting in July.
She did so on grounds of her Christian belief that marriage is a union between a man and a woman.
A disciplinary inquiry panel was set up by the Green Party to carry out the investigation. The panel recommended on Monday that Councillor Summers be expelled from the Party.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian.green.councillors.disappointment.over.party.actions/30629.htm
Charity warns debt driving more people to suicide
More people are considering taking their own lives because of debt problems, research has found.
Debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty asked 1,500 clients how they felt before receiving help for their debt problems.
Forty per cent admitted they had either considered or attempted killing themselves.
The charity revealed the results on World Suicide Prevention Day to highlight the pressure on people caught up in financial difficulty.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/charity.warns.debt.driving.more.people.to.suicide/30628.htm
Times- Report that “the stone effigy of a 13th century Bishop of Hereford is the latest in a series of medieval monuments stolen from unlocked country churches in recent months” taken by gangs “stealing to order”.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3534238.ece
Independent -Terence Blacker giving his opinion on the content of BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/now-we-can-see-the-showbiz-misery-memoir-for-the-fraud-it-is-8122212.html (scroll down)
Guardian, Evening Standard – More news articles focusing on health minister Anna Soubry’s views on the laws relating to assisted dying.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/sep/10/tories-anna-soubry-assisted-suicide?newsfeed=true
Independent – Feature focusing on singing friar Alessandro Brustenghi and his debut album.