Catholic World News reported that two days after Scottish Cardinal Thomas Winning succeeded in leading the British House of Lords to retain Section 28 which bans the promotion of homosexuality in schools, the Scottish Parliament Thursday voted to scrap the legislation.
Further developments in Scotland this week have the Labour government trying to establish homosexual relationships on the same footing as heterosexual marriage with a bill regarding disability benefits. (The Times)
Church News reports that Catholic Bishops in Portugal are denouncing pro-homosexual legislation in the country which puts “de facto” union on par with marriages.
Today is the ninth annual “Turn Off TV Day”. Morality in Media (MIM) asks that viewers turn off the tube on Valentine’s Day to publicize “the immorality of today’s television and get people to do something about it.”
In a provoking commentary distributed by Pro-Life E-News Joseph Sobran compares the use of fetal tissue with the savagery of cannibalism.
The Express (London) reports that Australian researchers from the Antarctic Co-operative Research Centre have found that claims that global warming will melt polar ice caps and flood much of Britain have been wildly exaggerated.