Pure Manhood: how to become the politician God wants you to be
Cranmer, Archbishop Cranmer

There is a curious and irreconcilable tension between the DfE’s Whiggish desire to devolve and liberalise (indeed, abolish) the Tory National Curriculum – encouraging free schools to forge their own – and the simultaneous desire to impose a form of National Curriculum on the vast majority of schools.

Southern Baptist panel recommends add-on to name
Washington Times, Travis Loller

A panel for the Southern Baptist Convention recommended Monday that its leadership approve a new, add-on description for the denomination — “Great Commission Baptists” — but stopped short of a complete, legal name change.

Evangelicals join Catholics in opposing birth control rule
Associated Press

A group of evangelical pastors on Monday joined Roman Catholic clergy who oppose an Obama administration requirement that employees of religiously affiliated businesses receive birth control coverage.

Sex-changing treatment for kids: It’s on the rise
Washington Times, Lindsey Tanner

A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics.