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Encyclopedia > Clause 28 Children's Protection Christian Democrats

Clause 28 Children's Protection Christian Democrats are a very minor political party in the United Kingdom. Their main policy is to campaign for the reintroduction of Section 28, a controversial anti-gay amendment to the Local Government Act, 1988, which stated that a local authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship". A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... 1988 Sir Ian McKellen with Michael Cashman at the Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest of Section 28. ... In modern society, gay is a word which can be used as either a noun or adjective. ...


The party also campaigns for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, against abortion rights and sex outisde of marriage and for the use of the Christian Bible as a guide to life. The morality and legality of abortion are controversial topics. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity (The Bible actually refers to at least two...


In the 2005 UK general election, the party stood three candidates and won 516 votes. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ...


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  • Clause 28 election campaign material


 
 

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