COP-Out 28

Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- The CofE's questionable Christmas campaign Follow the Star.
- Activist Jayne Ozanne says that repentance is not essential to Christianity: https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/why-sex-outside-marriage-is-not-a-salvation-issue/16880.article
- Diocesan Bishop breaks ranks and does not commend the new prayers of Love and Faith because they constitute a departure from the teaching of the CofE: https://anglican.ink/2023/12/12/southwell-and-nottingham-urges-his-clergy-not-to-use-plf-until-canonically-authorized/#google_vignette
- Rev'd Alice Goodman describes presiding over gay blessing as "ultimate joy": https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/64174/clerical-life-giving-a-same-sex-blessing-was-the-ultimate-joy
- UK Covid enquiry not interested in cost-benefit analysis: https://twitter.com/cricketwyvern/status/1734282440145822053
- Elite US universities cannot say whether calling for genocide of Jews is harassment: https://twitter.com/BillAckman/status/1732179418787783089
- Satanic idol set up in US state building in Idaho: https://twitter.com/jdunwell/status/1733191110858559506
- Irish teacher jailed for not using transgender pronouns and showing up at school after firing: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12849569/enoch-burke-refuse-transgender-pronouns-indefinite-prison-sentence.html?ito=amp_twitter_share-bottom
- COP 28 on the verge of "embarrassing" failure after (surprise, surprise) oil-rich UAE declines to promise to stop producing fossil fuels by 2050: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/11/cop28-climate-change-failure-uae-drops-fossil-fuel-pledge/
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