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| The Massachusetts high court has declared that gays are intitled to nothing less than marrage and that civil unions will not suffice, setting the stage for the first legally santioned same-sex weddings in the U.S. | |
| Family | The Sentinel, Thurs Feb 5th 2004. |
| What might it be like to belong to a church whose primary preoccupation was not fulilling internal agendas, but meeting its mission to make Jesus known and loved in a real world? | |
| What famous people say | The Revd Joel Edwards, Baptist Times, Febuary 5th 2004. |
| The Childrens society claims that children and young people will be unfairly treated under the Government's new cannabis reforms, where under 18s found in possession of cannabis will be arrested, while adults committing the same offence will not. | |
| Politics | Christian Herald, Febuary 7th 2004. |
| The number of gays and lesbians in live-in relationships has been grossly exaggerated by ministers,offical figures revealed. Fewer than one in 500 adults in England and Wales lives in a same-sex partnership, the 2001 national census figures show. Ministers who estimate that one in 20 adults is gay, lesbian or bisexual had claimed that as many as 425,000 couples will want to take advantage of new gay marrage laws due before Parliment later this year. But the census counted fewer than 40,000 homosexual couples sharing a home.This means fewer than 0.2 % of the adult population lives in a stable gay or lesbian relationship. It is a tiny number of people, but public policy is determined by pressure groups which claim to act for them. They say they are discriminated against and need help, but in fact it is all a cloack for the anti-family agenda. The moves towards legalising gay marrage and removing recognition of fathers in family life have been criticised for futher undermining the highly vulnerable status of traditional marrage by handing its privileges to those who do not need them. | |
| Politics | Daily Mail Wednesday 4th Feb. |
| One in five young people has a bank loan by the age of 18, and 76% of 16-34 year olds said they thought it 'inevitable' that people will get into dept according to credit union. | |
| Money | The Church of England Newspaper,Jan 29th 2004. |
| r. Bobby Jennings, winner of the 2002 teaching Award for Leadership in a secondary School said,' I am amazed at how many young people credit Christian teachers for showing them a good example, and influencing them for Christ. Yet, in my view, the Church has failed to recognise the part that committed teachers can play in young peoples lives. | |
| What famous people say | The Church of England Newspaper, Jan 31st 2004. |
| The latest crime figures, which show a 14% rise in violent crime, are symtomatic of declining values in society, according to the Evangelical Alliance. Recent figures for violent crimes recorded by the police reflect a worrying trend. It is a trend that is taking society in the wrong direction. | |
| Crime | Christian Herald, Jan 2004. |
| The average young person keeps over £3,000 worth of possessions in their bedroom, according to a new survey. Insurance company AXA interviewed young people aged 8 to 16, and the parents in Manchester, Glasgow and Swansea, asking them to list their material possessions. The results indicate that young people's bedrooms now house valuables than practically any other room in the home... The survey found that 86% of young people have a TV in their room, with 58% owning a video and a third possessing a DVD player. Eight out of ten have their owm music system, and a quarter own a personal music player such as a CD Walkman. A quater of young people have a PC in their bedroom, and six out of ten own a mobile phone. It also claims that the average young person own £650 of designer clothes, sunglasses, watches and jewellery, and that parents are largely unaware of the value of their children's possessions. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| 'Young black prisoners are suffering racism in silence, according to a new report from The Children's Society. Flaws in the prisons system, it claims, are preventing victims of racism from making complaints and improving their situation. The report, entitled 'Playing the Game', calls from fundamental changes to be made to the Prison Service's racism complaints and staff recruitment procedures... The majority of black teenagers in custody interviewed for the report said that racist comments and discrimination by prison staff are commonplace in England's Young Offender Institutions (YOIs). | |
| Crime | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| Since the start of the Millennium the Chruch of England has maintained an average loss of 54,000 one-a-week-churchgoers per year. Average weekly attendendance figures for 2,000 fell by more than 100,000 to an average of 1,166,000 in 2002, according to the latest provisional attendance firgures. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper - Jan 15th 2004 |
| 'Half of young adults do not visit a dentist regularly. Only four out of ten 16-24 year old men in deprived areas have regular checkups. By comparison, the figure in more affluent areas is six out of ten. Young women are more likely to have their teeth checked than men, but only five out of ten in deprived areas regularly visit a dentist, compared with seven out of ten in better off areas. Four out of five children, aged 2-15, attend a dentist for a regular checkups, although the figure drops off sharply at this point. | |
| Health | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| new mobile phone craze is sweeping through bars, cafes and public areas everywhere... Bluejacking, which involves 'zapping' unsuspecting strangers with cryptic text messages, has become equipped with 'Bluetooth' - which is basically short-range digital two-way radio - young people have immediately discovered the potential for a new kind of prank call. | |
| Odd Facts | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| he Darkness, with their long hair and outlandish outfits, brought unfashionable music back into the mainstream, albiet with their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks... Lead singer, Justin Hawkins, is fast becoming a cultural icon, partly because he manages to keep a straight face when singing lyrics with a heavy comical subtext (youth workers should be careful - the song 'Growing on me' appears to be about a difficult love affair, it's actually about a sexually transmitted disease.) | |
| Entertainment | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| One in five girls and one in five boys regarded 'learning to shop' as an important preperation for life. | |
| Shopping | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| ust one per cent of the Chruch of England's 16,300 churches has average Sunday congregations of 350 or more. New research of these 160 churches shows that: 60 have congregations between 350 and 399 40 have congregations between 400 and 499 40 have congregations between 500 and 699 10 have congregations between 700 and 99 and 10 have congregations of 1,000 or more. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper - Jan 15th 2004 |
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