Our senior researcher Piers Shepherd was asked to comment on this article in the Scottish Mail on Sunday about new government guidance on underage sex, amid claims that it effectively lowers the age of consent in Scotland to just 13. Although it is illegal for under 16s to have sex, the SNP guidance for police, …
Former US judge and family mediator John Smoot writes about the impact of the American court system being entrenched in gender ideology and “queer theory”. After retiring from the bench, John become a principle at Peter’s Bench, an online resource for help in navigating marriage and divorce, and also a course facilitator at the Centre …
The Government has announced today that it is extending the consultation period for its proposed ban on conversion therapy by eight weeks, and the deadline is now 4th February 2022. The easy read version is finally now available to enable more people to understand why ministers want to take action. Banning conversion therapy consultation: Easy …
The Government is seeking views on how it goes about banning so-called conversion therapy. The consultation on this has been open for just six weeks, and closes tomorrow Friday 10 December at 11:45pm. We are very concerned that ministers are ploughing ahead with this ban despite little evidence that such a drastic change in the …
By Dr Julie Maxwell I first became involved with FET 10 years ago when I became concerned about the explicit nature of sex education in schools and the lack of teaching about marriage and its importance for stable families. Our late Director Norman Wells was a huge support to me when I tackled first my …