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By Leah Russell. A few weeks ago, the Victorian parliament passed the Suppression Practices Prohibition Bill in the Lower House, and it looks set to sail through the Upper House and into law unless there is a massive outpouring of protest. This Suppression Practices Bill [...]

‘Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.’ ~ Romans 12:2 This is part 4 of a multipart series exploring the ideas around the secular ideology of Critical Theory in the book ‘Cynical Theories: How Universities Made [...]

While Christian Porter has delayed the introduction of the Religious Freedom Bill until 2021 due to COVID-19, the Attorney-General Jill Hennessy has sought to make hay while the sun shines. Hennessy has introduced the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020 into the Victorian [...]

Under the guise of preventing harm from what is commonly known as "conversion therapy", the Victorian Labor government has tabled the Suppression Practices Prohibition Bill 2020. The harm argument is central to the bill, so assessing what the Bill defines as "harm" should be at [...]

What tumultuous times are they in which we live? Not so longer ago in Australia, it was a criminal offence to engage in homosexual sex. But if a proposed bill in Victoria regarding ‘conversion therapy’ is passed, it will be a crime to persuade -- [...]

Before I give my seven reasons, let me share four things from my background to give you context for my comments. Firstly, I am a Minister of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and have been actively engaged as such for the last thirty [...]

Media for Pope’s Pro-gay Comments a Distraction for McCarrick Sex Abuse Cover-up, says Ruth Inst. Ruth Inst. President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. stated: “Pope Francis does not have the authority to change Church teaching. He knows this. The media’s barely-concealed glee that the Catholic [...]

“Judge Barrett did not have to apologise at all for using the expression ‘sexual preference,’” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., “Homosexuality is not innate.” Morse was commenting on an exchange in the course of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing. Sen. Mazie [...]

We all know the story of Israel Folau. We’ve seen the backlash against Margaret Court’s views on marriage too. A growing list of Australians are getting in trouble, losing their jobs, and being legally pursued simply for expressing what almost everyone believed about marriage and [...]

Incredibly, Amazon just banned a book on the dangers of homosexual sex that it has been carrying for the past 3 ½ years – a book published by Amazon Kindle Direct. Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., called the development “a flagrant example [...]

Some of Australia’s regional politicians would have us believe that they truly care for children and the vulnerable. Within a matter of days, two regional governments -- Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory -- have passed laws to criminalise so-called gay conversion therapy. Their legislation [...]

Sometimes it feels like the progressive juggernaut is so pernicious that it’s just a cultural fait accompli. But then people like Bernard Gaynor happen. A man who stands by the motto: “Stand Tall. Fight Hard”. Gaynor is the epitome of the true “freedom fighter” in [...]

Margaret Court is not only Australia’s greatest ever tennis player, but she is also proving to be something of a lightning rod regarding religious freedom.

“Despite the rapidly changing COVID landscape here in Louisiana, we’re pleased to announce that the Ruth Institute’s 2020 Summit for Survivors of the Sexual Revolution will take place as planned, tomorrow, July 17 – with an awards banquet in the evening-- and Saturday, July 18, [...]

As if the recent revelations about the World Health Organisation's (WHO) relationship with the Chinese Communist Party regarding the cover-up of COVID-19 were not enough, along comes this. Family Watch International has published an explosive exposé regarding the role of the WHO in actively promoting [...]

Assessing the interaction of adultery, no-fault divorce, LGBTQ trends, poverty, and church surrender. by Marvin Olasky Patrick Henry College professor Stephen Baskerville is the author of Not Peace But a Sword: The Political Theology of the English Revolution. His most recent book, The New Politics [...]

By Andrew Moody, TGCA. Ever heard of the Overton Window? It’s a term that relates to the public perception about certain concepts, policies or ideas. At any given moment of history there are some things that seem unthinkable, some things that seem undeniable; some things [...]

Ruth Institute Questions Why Radicals Think Pro-Family Equals Anti-LGBTQ Right Wing Watch – a project of People for the American Way that routinely misrepresents family advocates – responded to the Ruth Institute’s Feb. 21 presentation of its Make the Family Great Again petition at the [...]

This year’s Mardi Gras parade was the quintessential expression of Cultural Marxism as forces united to attack their common enemy: Western civilisation in general, and mainline Christianity in particular. For those who thought Mardi Gras was purely about gay rights, this year’s event was more [...]

Full-blown apostasy is among us, with homosexuality leading the way: Here are three things that you should have heard repeatedly: One, the Bible often warns about the dangers of apostasy, of falling away. Two, Scripture and church history both attest to the fact that the [...]