| 2006
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| March 2006
– Publication of Gender Recognition: A Guide for Churches
to the Gender Recognition Act (UK) by Evangelical Alliance and
Parakaleo Ministry [More...] |
| 2004
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| May 28, 2004
– Churches await assurance on Gender Recognition Bill
– EAUK [More...] |
| February
23, 2004 – Gender Recognition
Bill Second Reading, House of Commons |
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February 2004
– Evangelical Alliance (EAUK) challenges Gender Recognition
Bill [More...],
and releases Commons Briefing document [More...]
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| 2003
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December
21, 2003 – Tory peers angry at Howard’s stand
on transsexuals
(from Daily Telegraph online) [More...]
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| December
18, 2003 – Gender Recognition
Bill Second Reading, House of Lords. [More...] |
| November
27, 2003 – Gender Recognition
Bill introduced, House of Lords. [More...]
[Comment] |
| July
10-12, 2003 – Evangelical Alliance
challenges proposed Government legislation as “highly dangerous”
[More...]
[Abridged
text on EAUK site] |
|
June 18, 2003
– Statement
by Rosie Winterton MP, Parliamentary Secretary at the Lord Chancellor’s
Department – concerning Government plans for legislation in
respect of rights for transsexual people.
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| April
10, 2003 —The
Bellinger Ruling: Law Lords rule that Parliament regards gender
at birth as fixed for life. Couple will consider recourse to European
Court of Human Rights. |
| March
26, 2003 — Baroness Greenfield,
speaking in the House of Lords, touched on some very key issues concerning
the ‘gene’ debate in a session which incidentally featured
the maiden speeches of the present and former Archbishops of Canterbury.
[More...] |
| March
3, 2003 — Evangelical Alliance responds
to the Lord Chancellor’s Department’s Invitation to comment
on the Government’s Statement on its policy concerning transsexual
people Click
here to read the full submission from the EAUK.
See also: Some
Considerations to assist Church Leaders who encounter Transsexual
People |
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2002
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July
11, 2002 — The
British Government is being compelled to introduce legislation to
facilitate transsexual marriage as a consequence of the decision by
the European Court of Human Rights meeting in Strasbourg on Thursday
July 11. [More...]
The judgment delivered in Strasbourg unanimously held
that the UK’s failure to recognise Christine Goodwin’s new
identity in law breached her rights to respect for private life and
her right to marry under the European Convention on Human Rights.
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2001
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| Early
2001
— The Evangelical
Alliance’s eagerly awaited report on transsexuality was published
by Paternoster Press in early 2001. Click
here to view the EA Press Release. |