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- Lord Mackay of Clashfern has protested against UK legislation that would make it illegal to refuse to give gay people equal treatment… He states, “What they are saying is if you are offering services you must be prepared to allow people to practise actions that you believe are wrong.” Yes! Yes that’s exactly what it means, you bloody idiot. It means precisely that you have to allow people to practice actions that you believe are wrong. Not in general. Not every action, but actions that cause you no damage! Get a job!
- The Archbishop of Westminster has written a letter to Tony Blair saying that Catholic adoption agencies should not be able to refuse gay couples… My favourite bit is the place where the agencies will currently refer gay couples to places where they could adopt, but consider that doing it themselves would not be in the best interests of the children. Hardly a matter of principle then…
- The BBC asks, “Should church be able to opt out of gay rights laws?” An interesting and fairly-balanced set of comments from people. Interesting point, it is already against the law to refuse to look at candidates for adoption on the grounds that they’re devoutly Catholic…
- Shuzak.com explores the anatomy of a successful social network It’s not a particularly surprising articlesuggestions include have a purpose, don’t push reputation, be useful, be niche, don’t whore your ads too muchbut it’s still pretty clear and reasonable…
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to remove Ruth Kelly from the position of Minister for Women and Equality. The argument here is about Ruth Kelly’s positions on gay adoption, which is widely considered to be as a result of her Catholicism and is considered by some to be incompatible with a role to promote equality within her ministry…
- Two factor theory is the theory that talks about motivators and hygiene factors in working environments Hygiene factors are things that need to be in place and if they’re not dissatisfaction occurs. Motivators are the things that create actual satisfaction.
- Tom Loosemore lists ‘The BBC’s Fifteen Web Principles’ There’s nothing here I disagree with, but I’m not sure it feels right somehow.
- The Guardian reports on the IPCC report on Climate Change and it’s … well frankly it’s scary … The specifics of the weather changes are one thing, but the significant pressures on the world’s populations, the wars and the terrorism and migration it’s all going to cause – that’s the stuff that’s really worrying…
- 53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn‚Äôt Live Without A really good summary of a huge amount of stuff you should probably know about if you’re designing and building websites using CSS…