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ACTION ALERTS

SPUC launch briefing paper on government same-sex marriage consultation

Please note: the government consultation closes on 14 June 2012.

16 May 2012: Today the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) launched its briefing paper on the government's same-sex marriage consultation. SPUC, along with other campaigning groups, is working with the Coalition for Marriage (C4M) in order to defend and uphold real marriage. Supporters of real marriage are encouraged to read the SPUC briefing and order copies for distribution, so that as many people as possible will be able to respond to the government's consultation.

Below you can access SPUC's position paper on same-sex marriage, and the in-depth background paper. SPUC also have flyers and petition sheets that supporters can order and distribute in their local area, so that the campaign to defend and uphold real marriage is nationwide.

Campaign to uphold real marriage

spuc_ssmThe Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)  published a position paper on same-sex marriage following a resolution by SPUC's Council last month. SPUC has also made available today a background paper to be read in conjunction with the position paper and which provides some additional references and reflections. SPUC is the world's oldest pro-life lobbying and educational organisation, founded in 1967.

SPUC states that:

  • Marriage - the permanent, exclusive union of one man and one woman - is the basis of the family, the fundamental group unit of society. Upholding marriage is therefore in everyone’s interests.
  • Marriage as an institution protects children, both born and unborn. Statistics show that unborn children are much safer within marriage than outside marriage.
  • Same-sex marriage lacks basic elements of true marriage e.g. the complementary sexual difference between spouses necessary for the procreation and healthy upbringing of children.
  • Same-sex marriage represents an attempt to redefine marriage, thus undermining marriage. This undermining lessens the protection for unborn children which true marriage provides.

SPUC, in common with Anglican Mainstream, Catholic Church leaders in England and Wales, Family and Youth Concern, and other bodies, is working with the Coalition for Marriage (C4M) to oppose the British government’s plans to legalise same-sex marriage.*

The C4M has launched a petition which may have already been promoted in your local area, probably through local churches. It’s vital that the petition is a huge success. Let me know if you would further copies of the C4M petition or a poster.

TACKE ACTION NOW

  • In order to defend real marriage successfully, we urgently need to reach everyone in the community. A copy of the new SPUC flyer on real marriage is reproduced below. Would it be possible for you to order copies of this flyer from SPUC and to give it out in the street where you live where you live or in a neighbouring street? The SPUC flyer urges members of the public to obtain and sign the C4M petition – and it urges them to respond to the government consultation.
  • If, in addition, to giving out flyers in the street where you live, or in a neighbouring street, you’re in a position to organize a team of people to do the same thing – however small a team that may be – please let me know.
  • Write to me at johnsmeaton@spuc.org.uk so that I can send you the number of leaflets you require. You can also ask me for SPUC’s briefing on responding to the government’s consultation on same-sex marriage

Glascow Midwives Appeal - We need your help!

Two Glasgow midwives who were told in February that they had to supervise abortions, regardless of their conscientious objection, have launched an appeal against the decision. The judge in the Scottish Court of Session told the midwives, Mary Doogan and Connie Wood, both labour ward sisters, that the conscience clause in the Abortion Act would exempt them from hands-on involvement in abortions, but as senior midwives they had to accept management instructions to oversee abortions performed by other midwives on the labour ward.

A small but increasing number of abortions are being transferred to labour wards in line with national policies against disability. Screening and offering abortion for disabled babies is regarded as a cost-effective measure, and hospitals are encouraged to offer tests for disability. 

The costs of Glasgow midwives' legal action are being underwritten by SPUC. People wishing to make donations towards the midwives' legal costs should telephone SPUC on +44 (0)20 7091 7091.

Olympic torch pro-life street campaign

spuc_torchSPUC evangelicals are leading an important pro-life outreach in major cities through which the Olympic torch will travel.  Reverend Arthur Woood, a member of the SPUC evangelicals committee, has put together a programme to take the pro-life message to the heart of the Olympic games and into the hearts of the British public.

Arthur will be leading an act of pro-life witness in several towns and cities around the country. Pro-lifers will be handing out a specially designed leaflet (right) and holding Olympic torch placards.

The itinerary so far is:

Plymouth where the torch arrives: 19th May
Swansea torch arrives: 26th May
Newcastle torch arrives: 15th June
Manchester torch arrives: 23rd June
Birmingham torch arrives: 30th June
Southampton torch arrives: 14th July
London torch arrives: 21st July

Other towns on the Olympic torch itinerary can be added if you are willing to help Arthur organizing an event in a town local to you. Anyone wanting to support the events listed, or organize a new one,  should contact Arthur. Write to me at my email address below and I will put you in touch.

You can also support Arthur Wood's initiative by simply ordering the flyer pictured above and delivering it door-to-door. Again, contact me at the email address below if you would like to order flyers. You can read the SPUC Director's blogpost here, and view the Olympic torch flyer here

 

Eugenics case at the European Court of Human Rights

 

Lobby your MEP to stop pro-abortion power-grab

January 2012 UPDATED: The pro-abortion lobby is pushing for the European Union (EU) to be given power over abortion. Contact your MEP today to stop this move. > More

 

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Contacting your MP and members of the House of Lords

You do not need to be registered to vote to contact your Member of Parliament (MP), who represents everyone in his/her constituency. Find out which constituency you are in, who your MP is and how to contact your MP. It is not usually worthwhile to write to any other MP than your own. Please write messages in your own words, and keep them brief and courteous.

You can write to Peers (members of the House of Lords) at: House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW (or by email below, where further guidance regarding writing to Peers can also be found).

Please remember always to forward any replies you receive from parliamentarians to SPUC's political department

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