09 October 2012
Good Morning from the Church of England Communications
Office
Issued at 09.30 by hd
Denys, bishop and companions, martyrs, c.250
Robert Grosseteste, bishop, philosopher, scientist, 1253
Tomorrow: Paulinus, bishop, missionary, 644
Thomas Traherne, poet, spiritual writer, 1674
Today's press coverage
Telegraph p8
Report that the Bishop of Chelmsford has criticised Cadbury "after
a chocolate maker was forced to redesign its products because
Cadbury had trademarked the colour [ecclesiastical purple]".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9594718/Bishops-challenge-to-Cadbury-over-the-colour-purple.html#
Guardian p8, Independent p6 and p7, Telegraph p7, i p6
and p14, Express p5, Mirror p6, Sun p9, Evening Standard
p6
Many items on the subject of gay marriage, including comment from
Sir Elton John in the Independent and reports from a Coalition for
Marriage rally, which included contributions from Lord Carey; the
Independent includes the paragraph: "Opponents of gay marriage are
being treated in a similar way to the Jews at start of Nazi rule in
Germany, the former Archbishop of Canterbury claimed
yesterday."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/08/archbishop-canterbury-gay-marriage-tory
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/faith/gay-marriage-campaign-its-the-first-step-to--third-reich-says-carey-8202954.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-ready-to-defy-tory-traditionalists-with-gay-marriage-move-8202955.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-historic-fight-for-equality-must-go-on-lets-get-on-and-legalise-samesex-marriage-in-britain-8202686.html
Telegraph p25
Judith Woods writes about the institution of marriage.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9594203/What-do-women-want-To-be-married-of-course.html
Times p10, i p2
Two very short items reporting that "doctors have been given the
right to withhold life-saving treatment from a severely
brain-damaged patient if his condition deteriorates", even though
his Muslim family had "argued their religious faith requires
everything to be done to prolong life 'until God takes it
away'".
Evening Standard p15, Guardian G2 p13, Daily Mail p9,
Independent p16
News reports and comment on the topic of the abortion limit.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/forget-about-left-versus-right-on-abortion-why-cant-men-express-a-view-many-women-share-8202786.html
http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/jeremy-hunt-may-be-wrong-on-abortion-but-his-view-is-sincere-8201972.html
Letters
Telegraph p23
George Sullivan responds to the Revd Arun Arora on the topic of
closed churches in Birmingham.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/9594392/George-Osborne-has-hardly-begun-the-job-that-the-Conservatives-must-do.html