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Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron, in an effort to "modernize" his party, has embraced gay marriage as a key issue facing the next generation. Cameron hopes to "bury old taboos" of past British generations, according to a report in The Times (U.K.). Among those taboos are gay marriage, single parenting and new house building. Cameron, who is campaigning to replace outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair in the upcoming U.K. election, has targeted "female-friendly" issues, much like Blair did a decade ago, to broaden his party's base and secure more votes, according to various news reports. In a speech to...

LONDON, United Kingdom, September 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - School children 11 years and older should be given compulsory classes promoting abortion as part of sex education, a ministers’ advisory group has recommended. The group has also pushed for the establishment of mandatory sex education classes for children as young as five, which would include information on abortion under the recommendation of the current report, according to coverage by the Evening Standard. The report called for lessons that would present the benefits of abortion, so pregnant teenage girls could “make an informed decision” about ending their pregnancy, as well as information...

BRITAIN'S ban on the word "bloody" in Australia's new tourism campaign showed that the nation was "slightly humourless", federal Health Minister Tony Abbott said. Britain's Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre has objected to Tourism Australia's $180 million campaign, which features the tag line: "So where the bloody hell are you?". Mr Abbott said he thought the British should have a laugh. "I think it is slightly humourless on the part of the poms," he said Sydney. "Nevertheless, I can understand how some people of a more fastidious disposition possibly would like a different slogan." Asked of he liked it personally, Mr...