http://sydneyanglicans.net/news/breakingnews/ en rpowell@anglicanmedia.com.au Copyright 2012 2012-05-24T11:18:59+10:00 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/mp-survey-shows-signs-of-gay-marriage-change-20120523-1z5tm.html#ixzz1vkIsnlm2 Opponents of same-sex marriage outnumber declared supporters of marriage equality in the Federal Parliament, according to a stocktake by campaigners.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/mp-survey-shows-signs-of-gay-marriage-change-20120523-1z5tm.html#ixzz1vkIsnlm2]]> 2012-05-24T01:18:59+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/story-e6frg71x-1226364943220 THE question of equal rights for polyamorists is not an issue on which The Australian is inclined to declare its hand, since multiple simultaneous relationships, conducted within the law by consenting adults, are a private matter.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/story-e6frg71x-1226364943220 ]]> 2012-05-24T01:17:25+00:00 Russell Powell http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/05/21/does-facebook-wreck-marriages/ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed his status to “married” Saturday and received over one million “likes” from his followers. But the site he founded isn’t always so marriage-friendly. In fact, lawyers say the social network contributes to an increasing number of marriage breakups.
http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/05/21/does-facebook-wreck-marriages/ ]]> 2012-05-23T22:51:08+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/indonesia/article_1552007.html No arrests have been made since 600 Islamists hurled bags filled with urine and ditchwater at about 100 members of a church last week and threatened to kill its pastor.
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/indonesia/article_1552007.html ]]> 2012-05-23T22:41:11+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-22/southerners-stranded-in-sudan-waiting-for-a-trip-home.html Nimuli struggled to rise from a rope bed to greet pastor James Mading Bui at an Episcopal church where she lives in a suburb of Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, waiting to travel back home to the newly independent south.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-22/southerners-stranded-in-sudan-waiting-for-a-trip-home.html ]]> 2012-05-23T22:36:34+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9285604/Ancient-Bethlehem-seal-unearthed-in-Jerusalem.html Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,700-year-old seal that bears the inscription "Bethlehem," in what experts believe to be the oldest artefact with the name of Jesus' traditional birthplace.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9285604/Ancient-Bethlehem-seal-unearthed-in-Jerusalem.html ]]> 2012-05-23T22:34:43+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9283083/Christian-counsellors-being-closed-down-says-struck-off-gay-cure-psychotherapist.html A Christian psychotherapist struck off after attempting to convert a homosexual man to heterosexuality said yesterday that counsellors with traditional views now face being “closed down”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9283083/Christian-counsellors-being-closed-down-says-struck-off-gay-cure-psychotherapist.html ]]> 2012-05-23T15:42:16+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/greens-fall-foul-over-menage-a-trois-ban/story-fn59niix-1226364992321 THE Greens face a backlash from polyamorists outraged after senator Sarah Hanson-Young rejected their aspirations for equal rights in her bill to legalise gay marriage.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/greens-fall-foul-over-menage-a-trois-ban/story-fn59niix-1226364992321 ]]> 2012-05-23T15:18:50+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9282853/Church-faces-crisis-over-tainted-women-bishops-plan.html Campaigners for women in the episcopacy in the Church of England are considering whether to vote the plan down themselves, with some privately condemning it as a “compromise too far”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9282853/Church-faces-crisis-over-tainted-women-bishops-plan.html ]]> 2012-05-22T23:37:41+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/birds-eye-view-of-how-we-go-tweet-tweet-tweet/story-e6frg996-1226363944505 Beer lovers, fans of Justin Bieber, evangelical groups and Adelaide foodies are among the most isolated groups on Twitter.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/birds-eye-view-of-how-we-go-tweet-tweet-tweet/story-e6frg996-1226363944505 ]]> 2012-05-22T23:22:27+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/5bn-is-a-lot-grants-gonski-20120521-1z1ft.html THE architect of the most significant review of school funding since 1973 has conceded his most controversial recommendation was that governments spend an extra $5 billion a year on education.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/5bn-is-a-lot-grants-gonski-20120521-1z1ft.html ]]> 2012-05-21T21:30:35+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18135098 More than 2,000 female members of the Church of England have signed a petition opposing the ordination of women bishops.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18135098 ]]> 2012-05-21T21:29:02+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/marriage-for-four-put-to-senate/story-fn59niix-1226361638668 THE power couple of Australia's increasingly open polyamorous community, Rebecca and James Dominguez, have made Senate submissions urging the legalisation of same-sex marriage, as they promote greater acceptance of multiple-partner relationships.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/marriage-for-four-put-to-senate/story-fn59niix-1226361638668 ]]> 2012-05-21T00:47:45+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/local-churches-sign-historic-covenant/2561533.aspx BATHURST will become the sixth diocese in Australia to formalise the relationship between its Anglican and Catholic churches when Bishops Richard Hurford and Bishop Michael McKenna sign a covenant of friendship next week.

http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/local-churches-sign-historic-covenant/2561533.aspx ]]> 2012-05-21T00:29:16+00:00 Russell Powell http://www.smh.com.au/national/crosssex-treatment-on-the-rise-20120520-1yyvp.html AN INCREASING number of Australian children are receiving treatment at a special clinic for gender identity disorder, including hormone treatments to make them feel more like the opposite sex.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/crosssex-treatment-on-the-rise-20120520-1yyvp.html ]]> 2012-05-20T22:44:48+00:00 Russell Powell