British Parliament Favors Bill to Treat All Churches as Charities

After the United Kindom's Charity Commission denied charitable status to the Brethren movement, a small isolationist Christian group, members of Parliament have proposed a bill that would aim to treat all churches as charities.

The Charity Commission has previously granted charitable status to several pagan groups in December, the Daily Telegraphreports. Following the subsequent denial of charity status to the Brethren based on the group's doctrine of separation, 53 members of Parliament wrote to the newspaper to call for an investigation of the Charity Commission.

The next day, the Telegraph reported that "around 166 MPs were in support of ... a Bill on the issue." The proposed legislation would treat all churches as charities.

Meanwhile, the Brethren have filed a legal appealburden on his client.

"It would be a tragedy if he were to run out of financial resources before an agreement with the city and the bank can be reached."

Earlier in the day, Elson told a packed courtroom Friday that the case of a dilapidated Saskatoon luxury home that the city wanted to demolish — unbeknownst to its owner in China — has been "wacky since the moment it hit my desk."

The homeowner, Yu, is fighting the city's plan to knock down the house by asking for an injunction to stop the demolition. He says he was never told the house was falling into disrepair, and has taken immediate action to bring the house back up to code.

Friday's hearing at the Court of Queen's Bench was to determine whether