Topic: United Kingdom
The Church of England will not permit gay civil partnership ceremonies on its premises without the express permission of its general assembly, it said on Saturday.New laws allowing same sex "weddings" to be conducted in places of worship in England and Wales ...
Sikh athletes and spectators will be able to wear ceremonial daggers around the London 2012 Olympic sites, organisers said Sunday.Security will be tight at all Games venues, with Britain prepared to deploy surface-to-air missiles to protect London during the event, Defence Secretary ...
LONDON (Reuters) - St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of London's financial district, has always occupied a delicate spot between God and Mammon. The tent protest on its doorstep has turned it into an excruciating one.The domed church, which survived the blitz ...
Britain's first turban-wearing Sikh peer took his seat as an independent member of the House of Lords on Monday.Indarjit Singh pledged his allegiance to the Queen during an elaborate ceremony in the upper house's chamber. The 79-year-old journalist and broadcaster, who is ...
Britain's first turban-wearing Sikh peer took his seat as an independent member of the House of Lords on Monday.Indarjit Singh pledged his allegiance to the Queen during an elaborate ceremony in the upper house's chamber. The 79-year-old journalist and broadcaster, who is ...
The country's first turban-wearing Sikh peer has vowed to dispel prejudices about his religion that have increased in the wake of terrorist attacks on the West in the past decade.Indarjit Singh, whose official title on entering the House of Lords will be ...
The country's first turban-wearing Sikh MP has vowed to dispel prejudices about his religion that have increased in the wake of terrorist attacks on the West in the past decade.Indarjit Singh, whose official title on entering the House of Lords will be ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly a third of the world's population lives in countries where it is becoming more difficult to freely practice religion, a private U.S. research group reported on Tuesday.The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life said government ...
The Anglican Church was on Monday set to approve controversial guidelines allowing openly homosexual clergy to become bishops.In a paper due to be published Monday, the Church will seek to move in line with Britain's Equality Act by updating its rules to ...
Almost three-quarters of people in Northern Ireland, including a majority of Catholics, want the province to remain part of the UK, according to a poll on Friday.Some 73 percent want to remain part of the United Kingdom either with direct rule from ...
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