Agenda - Community and Family

Ekklesia’s proposals for the abolition of legal marriage, to be replaced with civil partnerships, were widely reported in the press and media.
  • 11 Nov
    2009

    Commenting on the latest resignation of experts from the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs, Simon Barrow, co-director of the think-tank Ekklesia said:

  • 4 Aug
    2009

    The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia is proposing a new legal framework which can accommodate same-sex marriage ceremonies carried out by religious bodies.

  • 2 Aug
    2009

    Symon Hill, associate director of the thinktank Ekklesia, who is himself a Quaker, commented as follows on the decision of the the Quakers' Yearly Meeting in York to affirm same-sex marriages:

  • 3 Apr
    2009

    Responding to the latest data on marriage released by the Office of National Statistics (which can be found at: htt

  • A brand new service from the religion and society thinktank Ekklesia details what's on the agenda in the next four weeks with regard to religion and public life.

  • 17 Jun
    2008

    Responding to the Labour Party's new consultation with faith communities, launched by the Prime Minister at a reception at Number 10 Downing Street, the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia ha

  • 11 Mar
    2008

    Encouraging people to commit to social justice, human dignity, equality, civic participation and peace-building is the way to create good citizens, says the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, not attempts to impose symbols of state allegiance and inflated rhetoric about ‘national pride’.

  • 7 Feb
    2008

    Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, which has argued that an inclusive stance towards lesbian and gay people is compatible with the historic commitments of ma

  • 30 Oct
    2007

    The government's foreign labour statistics gaffe does not justify the apocalyptic tones of the current debate about migration, which is about people and development, not numbers and panic, says the

  • 7 Sep
    2007

    In an initial comment on a new BBC/ComRes survey for 'The Big Questions' (broadcasting Sunday 9 September 2007, 10am on BBC One TV), indicating that 83 per cent of people think Britain is experienc

  • 7 Sep
    2007

    Responding to fears expressed by some faith groups that religious freedom is being undermined by the frameworks of law and regulation leading up to proposals for a Single Equality Bill, the indepen

  • 29 Aug
    2007

    The current political debate about migration is over-preoccupied with controlling borders, says the co-director of Christian think tank Ekklesia.

  • 24 Jul
    2007

    The think-tank Ekklesia has said that the unsuccessful attempt by a schoolgirl and her backers to get the High Court to recognise her wish to defy a uniform policy in order to wear a silver 'chasti

  • 16 Jul
    2007

    The think-tank Ekklesia has said that it will continue to raise concerns about the policies and practices of faith schools in areas such as access, equality and employment - on grounds both of fair

  • 30 May
    2007

    An opportunity to hear Professor Good, from the Episcopal Church's prestigious General Theological Seminary, at Ste Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace (78 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AG) at 11am on Thursday 31 May 2007.

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