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‘God is not a he or a she’, says first female bishop to sit in House of Lords

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/24/bishop-rachel-treweek-gods-not-a-he-or-a-she?CMP=fb_gu While acknowledging that many Anglicans would profoundly disagree, Treweek said the Church of England should use both male and female pronouns when referring to God. She personally prefers to say neither “he” nor “she”, but “God”. “Sometimes I lapse, but I try not to,” the bishop told the Observer. “In the creation narratives, we’re…

Green Party pushes for 10 days domestic violence leave

Green Party pushes for 10 days domestic violence leave

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11763018 Police attended 105,000 family violence incidents last year. On average, they take a call for help every five minutes – about 279 each day. Domestic violence is estimated to cost the country between $4.1 billion and $7b each year. Logie’s bill has the backing of unions, with Council of Trade Unions secretary Sam Huggard…

11 year old boy cannot give consent

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http://www.salon.com/2015/10/06/how_not_to_report_on_child_sexual_abuse_an_11_year_old_boy_does_not_have_sex_with_his_adult_babysitter/ The story goes on to detail what prosecutor Hannah Squire told the court happened between the now 21 year-old Jade Hatt and the child last November. It’s incredibly upsetting and disturbing stuff. Squire said that Hatt “sat on top of him, sat astride him, took off her clothes and removed his. In his words…

Smart people prejudiced against conservatives

Smart people prejudiced against conservatives

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https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/who-you-hate-depends-on-how-smart-you-are-study-finds?utm_source=vicefbuk&utm_campaign=global According to their research, this tendency inverted among people of high cognitive ability. In other words, the smarter subjects in their study were likely to be prejudiced against groups considered conventional or conservative—groups perceived to have “high choice” in their associations.” “People dislike people who are different from them,” Brandt and Crawford said in…

Porn Addiction Is a Public Health Crisis; Causes Violence, Sexual Dysfunction …

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Porn Addiction Is a Public Health Crisis; Causes Violence, Sexual Dysfunction … http://www.christianpost.com/news/porn-addiction-is-a-public-health-crisis-causes-violence-sexual-dysfunction-says-sexual-exploitation-summit-leader-144842/ Shared from Google News & Weather “Pornography leads to increased violence against women, sexual dysfunction among young men and lifelong addictions. The child pornography epidemic is overwhelming jails, increasing divorce rates, and the sexual templates of young children are being gravely affected…