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William Hague: for same-sex marriage and against Section 28 repeal Telegraph [John Bingham] 4 days ago
He was implacably opposed to Labour’s moves in the late 1990s to repeal the contentious Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which banned the promotion of . . . .

Michael White's political briefing | Sex, lies and Fleet Street headlines Guardian [Michael White] 4 days ago
Reporters who remember William Hague 's byelection win in Richmond in 1989 affectionately recall one odd aspect of the campaign. Whatever they asked a Conservative . . . .

Attempt to make sex education compulsory Christian Concern for our Nation - 5 days ago
  Labour MP Chris Bryant intends to propose a ten-minute rule bill on 8 September 2010 which would seek to make sex education compulsory in schools, threatening . . . .

Pupils to access explicit sex websites in Scottish schools Christian Institute - 5 days ago
Thousands of school children are being given the ability to access sexually explicit websites in Scottish schools, according to the Scottish Daily Mail. However, . . . .

Sexually transmitted infections: education is the answer, not outrage | Sarah Boseley Guardian [Sarah Boseley] 9 days ago
The soaring rate of sexually transmitted infections was last week laid at the door of young people – and particularly women in the rather broad age grouping of 15 to . . . .

MP in sex education 'attack' row BBC - 10 days ago
A Conservative MP has become involved in a row after appearing to blame the rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on greater sex education. Writing on Twitter, . . . .

MP continues Labour crusade for compulsory sex education Christian Institute - 10 days ago
Labour MP, Chris Bryant, is continuing his party’s controversial attempts to impose compulsory sex education in schools, despite opposition from head teachers and . . . .

Sexual infections reach a record high in the UK Christian Institute - 11 days ago
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have reached historic levels, and the number of teenage pregnancies is also on the rise. Newly released figures from the Health . . . .

A sexual disaster for teenagers and society Telegraph - 12 days ago
Comments The last government spent £300 million on its Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, with the declared aim of halving pregnancies among under-18s by this year. . . . .

Increase in STIs calls sex education into question Christian Concern for our Nation - 13 days ago
  New figures released today reveal that almost half a million cases of sexually transmitted infections were reported last year, a 3% increase on 2008, with young . . . .

Young at risk as STI reach record levels Guardian [Sarah Boseley] 13 days ago
Young people are increasingly likely to end up with sexually transmitted infections, experts say today as official figures are released showing record levels of . . . .

Stephen Bates's diary Guardian [Stephen Bates] 27 days ago
✒African Anglican bishops have long forsworn any contact with the US Episcopal church for its temerity in electing an openly gay bishop , and that goes for their . . . .

Giving voice to 'Christian' homophobia | Patrick Strudwick Guardian [Patrick Strudwick] 35 days ago
What's happened to Channel 4 ? The channel that once brought us Queer as Folk last night gave air time to someone whose organisation equates homosexuality with . . . .

Pill is not sexualising young girls | Carrie Dunn Guardian [Carrie Dunn] 35 days ago
The apocalypse is nigh, and it's all brought about by tweenage girls and their loose morals. At least, that's what some sections of the media are telling us. Over 1,000 . . . .

More than 1,000 11 and 12-year-olds are on the Pill Christian Institute - 36 days ago
Over 1,000 girls in the first year of secondary school were prescribed the contraceptive pill last year, according to shocking new figures. This represents a fivefold . . . .

Huge rise in 11-year-olds on the pill Telegraph [Graeme Paton] 37 days ago
More than 1,000 girls in the first year of secondary school have been given prescriptions for the pill, according to figures from GPs, while a further 200 have . . . .

More than 1,000 girls aged 11 and 12 are on the pill Telegraph [Laura Donnelly] 37 days ago
More than 1,000 girls aged 11 and 12 have been prescribed the pill by their GPs, while a further 200 girls between 11 and 13 have been given long-term injections and . . . .

The IoS Pink List 2010 Independent - 37 days ago
Pink List judges – including former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw, broadcaster Clare Balding, Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill, and John Amaechi, the . . . .

Teacher guilty of under-age sex BBC - 39 days ago
A teacher has been convicted of having sex with an under-age female pupil. David Robinson, 41, of Belmont Road, Malvern, taught sex education at a school in . . . .

Sex education teacher 'groomed pupil, 15, and had tattoo of date when they first slept together' Daily Mail - 41 days ago
Sex education teacher David Robinson leaves court yesterday. He allegedly seduced a teenager after she collapsed . . . .

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