We have previously commented on school bullying and in particular homophobic school bullying, and how it is affecting our youth and our schools. In the last week the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has rejected a submission by the … [Read more...]
The N Ireland health minister, Mr Edwin Poots, has been accused of being ill-informed about who should "freely" give of their blood to save others - the Belfast Telegraph article dated 22 Sep 2011. Further to this is an interview he gave on the … [Read more...]
A second reading is underway to prohibit the ‘so-called propaganda of “sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and paedophilia to minors”’ in St Petersburg! This reading into law goes against Russia’s international human … [Read more...]
The game of “football” or “soccer” as it is understood by all as a name for association football is under the spotlight, may be not to the same extent as racism has been, but it is in the headlights and is being scrutinised. The FA has … [Read more...]
December 2011 saw the beginnings of a legal challenge against the Stormont executive in relation to gay and unmarried couples' rights to adopt and provide a loving and supportive home to children. The NI Human Rights Commission claims that the … [Read more...]
This Belfast Society lecture was very well attended - so well attended in fact that there was standing room only. Some 60 people were seated and about five or more standing. First Dr Phelan of QUB Drama Studies Department is to be commended for … [Read more...]
Overview Proposition 8, the voter lead block on gay marriage in California, has been ruled as unconstitutional as it violates the rights of gay Californians. Introduction In the land of the free and in a country which has as its … [Read more...]
The debate on gay marriage within the Church of England has become lively. It faces a rebellion from many of its clergy over a ban on gay civil partnership ceremonies on its premises. Nearly 100 clergy from the London diocese, which has 470 … [Read more...]
In 1998 an 8th-grade project in a middle school of the small southeastern Tennessee city of Whitwell started and grew gaining worldwide recognition. The school principal asked Sandra Roberts to begin a Holocaust education class to develop … [Read more...]
Most countries—though not the United States of America—have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which was first adopted in 1989. The Convention accords to children a wide range of rights including, most centrally, … [Read more...]