And one by a woman for God's sake!!!! I mean, reallyCousin Jack wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:50 pmFunny that. IIRC the 'Holy Bible' contains 4 Gospels. Selected from about 20 gospels, some with very different accounts. Selected by a group of bishops and suchlike, not by 'God', whoever he is.
I think the 4 gospels included have quite different accounts.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:50 pmFunny that. IIRC the 'Holy Bible' contains 4 Gospels. Selected from about 20 gospels, some with very different accounts. Selected by a group of bishops and suchlike, not by 'God', whoever he is.
What!! Wimmin writing gospels? That will be binned for a start!Buckaroo wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:07 pmAnd one by a woman for God's sake!!!! I mean, reallyCousin Jack wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:50 pmFunny that. IIRC the 'Holy Bible' contains 4 Gospels. Selected from about 20 gospels, some with very different accounts. Selected by a group of bishops and suchlike, not by 'God', whoever he is.
The modern revised God, obviously.Saga Lout wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:29 pmBut, but, but...Taipan wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:49 amIts a convenient interpretation of the holy books that leads to justification for war. All holy books are way out of date and need revising for todays world. By todays standards none could be printed as they are, as the texts contain what would be construed as hate speech today with their misogynist, homophobic and sexist views!Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:01 pm Religion, or extreme politics verging on a religion (eg Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, etc) is a major factor. Land is involved, but eg the Zionists don't just want ANY land, they want their land as promised by Jehova.
The bible (and possibly other holy books but I know about the bible) is literally the word of God. Who would be arrogant enough to "revise" the word of God?
SNP ministers are set to break off the Bute House Agreement ending the power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens, it is being reported.
The First Minister will hold an unexpected cabinet meeting at 8.30am on Thursday.
STV is reporting Thursday morning that Humza Yousaf's administration is set to end the pact with the Greens.
BBC wrote:One MSP commented the tail that wags the dog has been docked.
This is the same technique the CPS openly say they want to use to get more rape trials to court.BBC wrote:Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by New York's top court, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial.
The New York Court of Appeals found that prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the trial.
The ruling said that meant he was tried on past behaviour and not solely on the crimes he was charged with.
Weinstein, 72, will remain in prison for a separate conviction for rape.
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'New' in glacial terms, it's about the making of a 2006 tv advert.
‘Chestfeeding’ to be banned in NHS crackdown
The health service is to limit trans ideology with new constitution
Camilla Turner, SUNDAY POLITICAL EDITOR 27 April 2024 • 7:39pm
The NHS is to crack down on transgender ideology in hospitals, with terms like “chestfeeding” set to be banned.
Victoria Atkins, the Health Secretary, will this week announce a series of changes to the NHS constitution which sets out patients’ rights.
Referring to “people who have ovaries” rather than “women” will also be prohibited under plans to ensure hospitals use clear language based on biological sex.
The new constitution will ban transgender women from being treated on single-sex female hospital wards to ensure women and girls receive “privacy and protection” in hospitals.
Patients will also be given the right to request that intimate care is carried out by someone of the same biological sex.
It follows concerns from patients about biological men being allowed in women’s hospital wards. NHS guidance has previously stated that trans patients could be placed in single-sex wards on the basis of the gender with which they identified.
Kemi Badenoch, the women and equalities minister, has backed calls for a public inquiry into the “pervasive influence” of transgender ideology in the NHS.
The new NHS constitution will emphasise the importance of using “sex-specific” language in the health service after references to women were expunged from advice on the menopause and diseases such as cervical and ovarian cancer.
The proposed changes to be announced by Ms Atkins will be subject to an eight-week consultation
A government source said: “The Government has been clear that biological sex matters, and women and girls are entitled to receive the protection and privacy they need in all healthcare settings.
“Our proposed updates to the NHS constitution will give patients the right to request same-sex intimate care and accommodation to protect their safety, privacy and dignity.”
The document sets out the rights of patients and medical staff. All NHS bodies, as well as private and third-sector providers that supply NHS services, are required by law to take it into account when making decisions. The changes proposed this week will be subject to an eight-week consultation.
The updated constitution will state that placing transgender patients in single-room accommodation does not contravene equality laws as long as it is for an appropriate reason, such as respecting a patient’s wish to be in a single-sex ward.
Maya Forstater, chief executive of the campaign group Sex Matters, said the changes represent a “major step” towards reversing NHS England’s “capitulation to the demands of gender extremists, which has damaged policies and practices, created widespread confusion and harmed patient care”.
She added: “These much-needed changes to the NHS constitution will help secure essential sex-based rights in healthcare across England.
“Clear language, single-sex wards and access to intimate care provided by a health professional of the same sex are crucial to the wellbeing and safety of female patients. They should never have been compromised.”
Maya Forstater says changes to the NHS constitution 'will help secure essential sex-based rights in healthcare across England'
Last year a report by the think tank Policy Exchange said NHS trusts were compromising women’s rights by providing same-sex intimate care based not on their biological sex but their self-declared gender identity.
In 2021, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital became the first NHS trust in the country to formally implement a gender-inclusive language policy for its maternity services department – which will now be known as “perinatal services”.
Midwives have been advised to use gender-inclusive language and staff were provided with a list of alternative terms to use when addressing patients, including “mothers or birthing parents”, “breast/chestfeeding” and “maternal and parental” in all general communications.
Instead of saying “breastmilk”, they can choose from “human milk” or “breast/chestmilk” or “milk from the feeding mother or parent”.
There has been fierce debate around attempts to reduce the use of the word “woman” in discussions on subjects including pregnancy and childbirth, and any move to do so has provoked ire from some feminists.
Author JK Rowling was vilified after she questioned a decision to use the term “people who menstruate” in a headline.
Earlier this month, a group of more than 130 MPs, peers, doctors, psychiatrists and academics wrote to the Prime Minister to demand a public inquiry into transgender ideology in schools and the NHS.
They argued that the treatment of “confused and vulnerable” children by medical professionals has been a “major scandal”.
It came after a report by Dr Hillary Cass, a leading paediatrician, which found that the evidence for allowing children and young people to change gender is built on “shaky foundations”.
The landmark review said that social transitioning should be approached with “extreme caution” because “we simply do not know the long-term impacts”.
In response, the NHS is to review all transgender treatment it provides, including to adults, and treatment for any new patients aged 16 and 17 seeking to change gender at adult clinics will be paused immediately.
A perfectly reasonable quid pro quo would, of course, be for the UK to have a reciprocal agreement with France to return small boat occupants and other illegal entrants from France into the UK back to France. One assumes that this would then reduce or even eliminate the need for the Rwanda bill.Ireland pledging emergency legislation to send asylum seekers back to UK in wake of Rwanda bill being passed
Ireland could always cut out the middle man and send them straight back to France, after all EU countries already have a way of doing it.irie wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:14 pm https://news.sky.com/story/ireland-pled ... k-13124832
A perfectly reasonable quid pro quo would, of course, be for the UK to have a reciprocal agreement with France to return small boat occupants and other illegal entrants from France into the UK back to France. One assumes that this would then reduce or even eliminate the need for the Rwanda bill.Ireland pledging emergency legislation to send asylum seekers back to UK in wake of Rwanda bill being passed
Perhaps the Irish justice minister Helen McEntee hasn't quite thought this through.
Or even better, prevent them leaving France in small boats to start with, now there's a thought.Mussels wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:01 pmIreland could always cut out the middle man and send them straight back to France, after all EU countries already have a way of doing it.irie wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:14 pm https://news.sky.com/story/ireland-pled ... k-13124832
A perfectly reasonable quid pro quo would, of course, be for the UK to have a reciprocal agreement with France to return small boat occupants and other illegal entrants from France into the UK back to France. One assumes that this would then reduce or even eliminate the need for the Rwanda bill.Ireland pledging emergency legislation to send asylum seekers back to UK in wake of Rwanda bill being passed
Perhaps the Irish justice minister Helen McEntee hasn't quite thought this through.
Then what?Humza Yousaf is to resign as Scotland's first minister as early as today, the BBC understands.
The SNP leader is expected to stand down following the collapse of the Bute House Agreement - his party's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens - on Thursday.
Then he can go and screw himself.irie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:22 am https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68918781
Then what?Humza Yousaf is to resign as Scotland's first minister as early as today, the BBC understands.
The SNP leader is expected to stand down following the collapse of the Bute House Agreement - his party's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens - on Thursday.
irie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:22 am https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68918781
Then what?Humza Yousaf is to resign as Scotland's first minister as early as today, the BBC understands.
The SNP leader is expected to stand down following the collapse of the Bute House Agreement - his party's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens - on Thursday.
Yambo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:41 amirie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:22 am https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68918781
Then what?Humza Yousaf is to resign as Scotland's first minister as early as today, the BBC understands.
The SNP leader is expected to stand down following the collapse of the Bute House Agreement - his party's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens - on Thursday.
Nicola Sturgeon?
