Liberalism & Europe

Christians are being “persecuted” by courts and ‘driven underground’ in the same way that homosexuals once were, a former Archbishop of Canterbury has warned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9203953/Britains-Christians-are-being-vilified-warns-Lord-Carey.html

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‘The Ugly Brutishness of Modern Britain’

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/04/the_ugly_brutishness_of_modern_britain.html

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“London is splitting into a land of surly immigrants and the governing-media-celebrity class of the well-shod who insulate themselves from everyone else and thus don’t care what is going on. The working and middle class have been left to their own devices as they contend with absurd levels of taxation, decaying schools, horrific crime, and cultural devaluation.“

http://pjmedia.com/blog/england-it-was-fun-while-it-lasted/?print=1

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British [Taxpayers] Spend $1 Million Weekly on Repeat Abortions

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/14/british-govt-spends-1-million-weekly-on-repeat-abortions/

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“When Tony Blair was Prime Minister, his officials warned him not to end one of his speeches with the words ‘God bless Britain.”

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-blair-warned-not-to-say-god-bless-britain/

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Shock: British Teens Have as Many as Seven Abortions

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/25/shock-british-teens-have-as-many-as-seven-abortions/

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“Judge Michael Snow sentenced Woodhouse to 21 weeks in jail on Tuesday in London, saying that anyone hearing her ‘grossly offensive’ language would feel a ‘deep sense of shame.’“

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_SUBWAY_RACISM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-05-29-12-47-21

[Just so we're clear here, Ms. Woodhouse was jailed for what she said and believed (at least while drunk), not for any actual harm done against anyone.]

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“The [U.K.] Government plans to remove sex from the law of marriage, so that same-sex couples can get married. Under current rules, a marriage is not official until a man and woman have ‘ordinary and complete’ sexual intercourse.“

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-to-rip-out-sex-from-marriage-law/

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Britain’s Already Dead, It Just Hasn’t Been Buried Yet

http://pjmedia.com/blog/britains-already-dead/?print=1

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“Being opposed to gay marriage is ‘not acceptable’, says the [U.K.] Government minister in charge of policing and criminal justice.“

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/police-minister-opposing-gay-marriage-unacceptable/

[ASND reminds readers that this "minister" is proclaiming belief in something can be criminal activity (what George Orwell called "thoughtcrime").]

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“[U.K.] Churches that don’t wish to conduct same-sex marriages could face legal problems, a Government Justice Minister has admitted.“

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/minister-churches-could-face-legal-strife-over-gay-marriage/

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British Bioethics Council Gives OK to Three-Parent Embryo

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/14/british-bioethics-council-gives-ok-to-three-parent-embryo/

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Shock: British NHS Euthanizes 130,000 Elderly Patients Annually

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/20/shock-british-nhs-euthanizes-130000-elderly-patients-annually/

[ASND wants to reiterate: That report said ANNUALLY.]

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[U.K.] Schools could be forced to teach homosexual marriage

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/schools-could-be-forced-to-teach-gay-marriage/

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Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide in UK Will Lead to Euthanasia

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/07/10/bill-to-legalize-assisted-suicide-in-uk-will-lead-to-euthanasia/

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Britain Ruled by Political Correctness

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/soeren-kern/britain-ruled-by-political-correctness/print/

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Married Olympians: We Can’t Live Together During Games, But [Homosexual] Couples Can

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/07/16/married-olympians-we-cant-live-together-during-games-but-gay-couples-can/

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Britain Ruled by Political Correctness

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3141/britain-political-correctness

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Shocking figures reveal rising school violence [in U.K.]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2178718/90-primary-pupils-sent-home-day-attacks-class-Shocking-figures-reveal-rising-school-violence.html?printingPage=true

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“BRITAIN’S only Green Party council has been accused of ‘violent prejudice’ against Christians as it considers expelling a member who spoke out against same-sex marriage.“

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9429730/Green-council-accused-of-vilifying-Christian-over-gay-marriage-stance.html

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“In Britain, tweeting messages considered menacing can lead to prosecution.“

[ASND simply asks, "What, exactly, is 'menacing'? Callous, ignorant insults are 'menacing'? Who is granted the power to make such judgments?"]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_BRITISH_DIVER_TWITTER_INSULT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-31-03-16-38

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Britain: Muslim Polygamists to Get More Welfare Benefits

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3234/muslim-polygamists-welfare-benefits

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“Evangelical Christians have been labelled extremist, and likened to ‘totalitarian Muslims’ by a senior [U.K.] government advisor.“

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/evangelicals-are-like-totalitarian-muslims-says-govt-advisor/

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White males now classed as a ‘minority group’ at [UK] universit[ies]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9484597/White-males-now-classed-as-a-minority-group-at-university.html

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“If gay marriage is legalised [in the U.K.] teachers and others could be forced out of their jobs if they fail to endorse such unions, a top lawyer says. Parents would have no right to insist that their children are withdrawn from school lessons across the curriculum that approve of same-sex marriage. Chaplains who work in the NHS or the Armed Forces could be dismissed if they preach that marriage is just between a man and a woman.“

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/teachers-face-sack-if-they-don%E2%80%99t-endorse-gay-marriage/

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“Almost nine out of 10 Scottish households take more from the public purse than they contribute in taxes…“

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/scottish-politics/9593135/Nine-in-ten-Scots-living-off-states-patronage.html

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27% of all human deaths in England and Wales are due to abortion

http://pjsaunders.blogspot.com/2012/10/27-of-all-human-deaths-in-england-and.html

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[Taxpayer funded] NHS phone app that features extraordinarily explicit sex tips for children as young as 13 branded ‘grossly irresponsible’ by family charities

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2221809/NHS-phone-app-features-extraordinarily-explicit-sex-tips-children-young-13.html

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UK: Schools Put Contraceptive Implants in Teens, No Parental Consent

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/05/uk-schools-give-contraception-to-13-year-olds-no-parental-consent/

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Millions of lonely people: The tragic legacy of the Left’s war on families

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2227930/Millions-lonely-people-The-tragic-legacy-Lefts-war-families.html?printingPage=true

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“A government agency that oversees charities in the United Kingdom has decided that a local Christian congregation cannot be registered because it does not open its communion services to just any outsider.“

http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/government-regulates-church-communion/print/

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[U.K.] Teachers ‘face sack’ if they refuse to endorse gay marriage

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/teachers-%E2%80%98face-sack%E2%80%99-if-they-refuse-to-endorse-gay-marriage/

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[U.K.] Census result reveals… 25.1 per cent of people said they had no faith, up from 14.8 per cent a decade earlier…”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/census-result-reveals-one-in-eight-uk-residents-was-born-overseas-8405642.html?printService=print

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Gun Control in England

“… in the six years since the 1997 handgun ban, crimes with the very weapons banned have more than doubled, and firearm crime has increased markedly. In 2002, for the fourth consecutive year, gun crime in England and Wales rose—by 35 percent for all firearms, and by a whopping 46 percent for the banned handguns. Nearly 10,000 firearms offences were committed.“

http://www.saf.org/journal/16/guncontrolinengland.pdf

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“Gun crime has almost doubled since Labour came to power [in the U.K.] as a culture of extreme gang violence has taken hold.“

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223193/Culture-violence-Gun-crime-goes-89-decade.html?printingPage=true

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The most violent country in Europe: Britain is also worse than South Africa and U.S.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html?printingPage=true

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New FOI curbs could make [U.K.] Government more secret

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9753884/New-FOI-curbs-could-make-Government-more-secret.html

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Christianity being ‘airbrushed’ out of [British] Christmas cards

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9758454/Christianity-being-airbrushed-out-of-Christmas-cards.html

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A ‘dad’ is tenth most popular Christmas list request for [British] children

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/9764688/A-dad-is-tenth-most-popular-Christmas-list-request-for-children.html

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[Islamic] Extremism unchecked in [British] schools, secret briefing reveals

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9750428/Extremism-unchecked-in-schools-secret-briefing-reveals.html?religionnewsblog.com

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Christians being persecuted in Britain

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/01/are-christians-being-persecuted-in-britain/?religionnewsblog.com

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Two years in the slammer if your dog bites a burglar

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/01/two_years_in_the_slammer_if_your_dog_bites_a_burglar.html

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UK: Cleft Lip, Club Foot Abortions 10X More Than Reported

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/05/uk-cleft-lip-club-foot-abortions-10x-more-than-reported/

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“Years of liberal dogma have spawned a generation of amoral, uneducated, welfare dependent, brutalised youngsters“

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2024284/UK-riots-2011-Liberal-dogma-spawned-generation-brutalised-youths.html

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Police water cannon and plastic bullets? After 50 years of the most lavish welfare state on earth? What an abject failure

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2025695/UK-riots-Police-water-cannon-plastic-bullets-After-50-years-lavish-welfare-state-earth-What-abject-failure-says-Peter-Hitchens.html

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Sweden:

“The chief of a homeschooling organization in Sweden, where officials recently made the activity illegal, has fled his home country because of the badgering, fines, court hearings and threats over the best way to teach his own children.“

http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/homeschooling-chief-flees-government-persecution/print/

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[Sweden] doubles down on homeschooling

No ‘religious or philosophical’ reason valid for parents to teach children

http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/nation-doubles-down-on-homeschooling/print/

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The Death of Free Speech in Sweden

“… he was talking about much broader and vaguer and more pernicious ‘limits’ – the kind that ban, for example, ‘offensive’ statements, or, more specifically, statements that certain groups of people might object to as ‘offensive.’“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/22/there-is-no-free-speech-in-sweden/print/

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“A Swedish religion whose dogma centers on the belief that people should be free to copy and distribute all information—regardless of any copyright or trademarks—has made its way to the United States.”

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/04/20/kopimism-swedens-pirate-religion-begins-to-plunder-america

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Socialism’s Cult of Mediocrity in Action

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/socialisms-cult-of-mediocrity-in-action/print/

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[Swedish] Court terminates parental rights in homeschool case

Appeals panel hands down family-court decision described as ‘death penalty’

http://mobile.wnd.com/2012/12/court-terminates-parental-rights-in-homeschool-case/

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Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the internet, has condemned a central plank of European proposals to regulate the internet as impractical to enforce and ‘terrifying’ in prospect.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9173449/Vint-Cerf-attacks-European-internet-policy.html

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Germany:

German judges rule parents can be brought to court for circumcising children

http://www.timesofisrael.com/german-court-prohibits-circumcisions/

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European Disintegration: Animal Prostitution

http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/11/27/european-disintegration-animal-prostitution/?print=1

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Germany ‘exporting’ old and sick to foreign care homes

Pensioners are being sent to care homes in eastern Europe and Asia in an austerity move dismissed as ‘inhumane deportation’

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/26/german-elderly-foreign-care-homes/print

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EU Using Development Aid Fund to Pay for Abortions

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/04/12/eu-using-development-aid-fund-to-pay-for-abortions/

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Holland:

Death knocking

Special medical teams in the Netherlands are making fatal house calls

http://www.worldmag.com/printer.cfm?id=19385

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Thousands in Netherlands Die Without Consent Since Euthanasia OK

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/07/04/thousands-in-netherlands-die-without-consent-since-euthanasia-ok/

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14% of All Dutch Deaths Involve Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/07/19/14-of-all-dutch-deaths-involve-euthanasia-assisted-suicide/

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New Stats: Euthanasia Out of Control in Netherlands, Up 18%

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/09/25/new-stats-euthanasia-out-of-control-in-netherlands-up-18/

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“No longer able to devalue its way to competitiveness, Europe can save itself in just one way: reforming its welfare states.”

http://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-digest/article/112911

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Cloward-Piven Strategy Working Perfectly — in Europe

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/06/cloward-piven-strategy-working-perfectly-in-europe/?print=1

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Denmark:

Denmark Forces Lutheran Church to Allow Same-Sex Marriages

http://www.charismanews.com/world/33563-denmark-forces-lutheran-church-to-allow-same-sex-s

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Something’s Rotten in Denmark Schools

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/bruce-bawer/somethings-rotten-in-denmark-schools/print/

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The Price of European Immigration

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/27/the-price-of-european-immigration/print/

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Switzerland:

Swiss Voters Approve Assisted Suicides in Nursing Homes

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/20/swiss-voters-approve-assisted-suicides-in-nursing-homes/

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Assisted Suicides in Switzerland Up 60% in Last Five Years

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/07/10/assisted-suicides-in-switzerland-up-60-in-last-five-years/

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France:

Socialists in France Announce New Taxes [On Job Creators]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/world/europe/french-socialists-raise-taxes-to-fight-deficit.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print

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France is set to ban the words “mother” and “father” from all official documents under controversial plans to legalise gay marriage.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9563543/France-set-to-ban-the-words-mother-and-father-from-official-documents.html

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“France’s Socialist government plans to test launch a series of ‘shooting galleries’ by the end of the year where addicts can inject illegal drugs under medical supervision…“

http://www.france24.com/en/20121022-france-test-launch-shooting-galleries-drug-users

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French Government to Cover Cost of All Abortions After Proposal Passes

http://www.christianpost.com/news/french-government-to-cover-cost-of-all-abortions-after-proposal-passes-84707/

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Euro zone falls into second recession since 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/us-eurozone-economy-idUSBRE8AE0HV20121115

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France has suffered a serious blow to its economic credentials after being stripped of its prized AAA credit rating

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9689457/France-stripped-of-prized-AAA-credit-rating-by-Moodys.html

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RIP: Free Speech about Islam