February 2002

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The Pervasive Influence of the Tolerance Ethic

The word 'tolerance' is a pervasive one, but we need to know what it really means. Today some people want it to mean that we should accept all sorts of behaviour as normal and acceptable.

Obsessed with sex

Andrew Lansdown writes about his discussion with a WA Labor politician about the government's proposals to lower the age of consent from 21 to 16 years of age.

Another Win

Stuff magazine's section on "SEX" has been substantially altered following our complaints last year.

The Challenge of Authentic Christianity

This is the third and final part of Steve McNeilly's excellent series on ethics in the local church. The series is titled The Urgency of Ethics in the Local Church .

Transsexuality

The Evangelical Alliance in the UK has written a Report on Transsexuality. This article, written by Jennifer Catherine, summaries and reviews the book, which is available from SALT SHAKERS.

News and Action
Euthanasia in Australia - responses to a survey of surgeons in Australia about hastening death.
ACT Abortion Laws - The ACT government plans to remove the requirement that women seeking an abortion must be shown pictures and given information about the development of a baby.
Islam - fact sheets on Islam have been produced by the Equal Opportunity Commission and a group called Diversity Victoria. Summit Ministries website provides a useful resource to learn the truth about Islam.
Australia's fertility rate - Number of births and fertility rate statistics.

World Roundup
Opium in Afghanistan - increase in the production of opium since the fall of the Taliban.
Student banned form wearing a pro-life shirt in California.
Homosexuals in Canada want the benefits granted to homosexuals to be retroactive to 1985.
Cloning - Scientists at Advanced Cell Technology announce that they cloned a human embryo which lived to the six-cell stage.
Abortion - French court rules that a child with Downs Syndrome had a right to be aborted.
Morning after Pill - approved in Colombia.
UK group SPUC defies a ban on their advertisement, which says the morning after pill is abortifacient.