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Christian schools and other faith-based institutions should be forced to hire staff that don’t share their beliefs, according to a report tabled by the Labor Government this week.

Ministries like Courage, which helps Catholics experiencing same-sex attraction to live in accordance with the church's teaching, will be protected under 'fit-for-purpose' exemptions.

The New South Wales Government is intent on bricking into law conversion therapy by banning conversion therapy. If that sounds incongruent – which it is – then welcome to the modern secular mess we find ourselves in.

The proposed Anti-Discrimination Bill 2024 will make some radical changes to Queensland law, and of interest here is that it will seriously impact religious freedom in that State.

Christianity and its teachings would be made subordinate to those of the State. And how will they do it? By using discrimination to stop what they claim is discrimination.

The revelation that 35 per cent of recent applicants failed the Australian Citizenship Test is of concern. The data shows the pass rate under Labor has fallen to 65 per cent compared to about 80 per cent under the Coalition between 2017 and 2021.

A ban on “magical healing” is the latest attempt by Indian authorities to crack down on Christian evangelism. What kind of government describes healing as an evil that needs to be prevented?

What became clear during COVID-19, especially in Australia, was that there has been a growing political paternalism, formerly known as statism. A large proportion of the population looks to the government for deliverance from whatever problem is facing them.

What is Aboriginal spirituality and belief? Less than 2% of Aboriginals identify with traditional religions or beliefs, and over 50% identify as Christians.

According to elements within the Australian Labor Party, Christian schools are hotbeds of pro-life, “homophobic” extremism. This is, at least, the view of one West Australian MP, Dave Kelly.

Religious freedom in NSW is protected in very limited ways at the moment, but one of those ways is by “balancing clauses” included as part of the discrimination law. The amendments to s56, if enacted, would radically undermine the freedom of religious groups to operate in accordance with their faith.

All 168 incidents of intolerance towards Christians in the report were perpetrated by the governments of once-Christian, and supposedly still free, nations.

The number of Christians across the world who are suffering persecution and discrimination because of their faith has risen to 365 million, according to the latest global index released by Open Doors.

Joe Biden’s America is a place where good is punished and evil is praised. Peaceful pro-life protestors now face 11 years' jail for the crime of singing Christian hymns outside a Tennessee abortion facility in 2021.

The plight of Alverez and the Nicaraguan church in general speaks volumes about how misinformation/disinformation laws can quickly deteriorate into weapons of forced speech and mass censorship.

Union leaders have warned the government that a religious discrimination bill must not allow faith-based schools to hire staff based on their faith.

Calvary Temple started in 2005 with about two dozen people. Today it is India’s largest church with over 300,000 members. It’s now on a mission to build 40 more megachurches in the next 10 years.

Biden-Harris proposals before the United States Senate could exclude Christians from adoption and foster parenting. Point two of the three-pillar 27 September legislation forces foster homes to affirm LGBTQ+ ideology.

Mohler identified the root cause of anti-Semitism in the Jews’ special status as God’s chosen, or “elect”, people. He pointed out that left-wing anti-Semitism will spill over into anti-Christian bias.

The big idea of this book is that 1776, more than any other year in the last millennium, is the year that made us who we are. We cannot understand ourselves without it.