Commentary The increasing lurch to the left of Australia’s major and minor political parties—where progressive policies on abortion, euthanasia, and the LGBTQI+ take centre stage—has presented a unique challenge to protecting and safeguarding Christian values in the country. I have had personal experience of the problem. As the former senior vice-president of the Liberal Party’s…
Facts Matter (June 25): Arizona Senate Adjourns Until 2022? Auditors Wrap Up at the Coliseum
A Christian group based in Texas applied to get tax-exempt status. However, the IRS declined their request, saying that the Bible’s teachings overwhelmingly benefit the interests of the Republican Party—and therefore, they aren’t non-partisan. In Arizona, as the audit of the 2020 election begins to wrap up, and the final report is due in a…
The Moral and Religious Case Against Unconditional Love
Commentary Unconditional love is neither biblical nor rational nor moral. Can you name anything good that is or should be given with no moral or ethical conditions? Take salary, for example: Do you see a problem with continuing to pay employees no matter how they perform? In other words, do you see a problem with…
Championing America’s First Freedom
Commentary The right to worship freely is often called America’s first freedom. Our founding fathers understood religious freedom not as the state’s creation but as an unalienable right from God. This universal right is enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as well as the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states,…
Australian Senate Uyghur Inquiry Crosses China’s ‘Red Line’
An Australian government inquiry into the use of Uyghur forced labour in China has been told the government’s investigation into the slave labour is crossing “a red line” for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In a submission to the Senate inquiry, analyst Vicky Xu, who was lead author on the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s 2020 report “Uyghurs…
California Senate Shoots Down Bill Categorizing Religious Services as Essential
April 14, 2021
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A bill that requires state and local governments to treat religious services as essential during a state of emergency was rejected by the California State Senate. Authored by Sen. Brian Jones (R-Santee), the Religion is Essential Act bill was presented April 13 before the Senate Judiciary Committee. More than 50 speakers spoke in favor of the proposed legislation during the hearing, while only…
For the Record: ‘Antipathy Toward Others’ Is Not a Tenet of Christianity!
Commentary Over Easter, The American Catholic published a photographic illustration of just how much things can change in a single lifetime. In the photo, enormous crosses formed by lighted windows blazed above New York’s skyline as part of the 1956 Easter display in Manhattan’s financial district. This was Easter in the year of my tenth…
Timeless Wisdom: George Washington Deemed Religion and Morality Essential to Political Prosperity
George Washington said something that many modern Americans would find nonsensical—and he did so not in some private document, but in perhaps the most public statement of his career, his Farewell Address published just prior to the end of his presidency. He said the following: “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political…
Conversion Therapy Bill Flawed, but Fixable
Commentary Parliament needs to find the courage to stand up for Canadians’ fundamental freedoms instead of allowing Bill C-6 to trample them. While the intent of the bill to criminalize harmful practices under the banner of “conversion therapy” is right and good, the effect of the legislation would go much further, devastating fundamental freedoms such…
Rugby Star Isreal Folau Cancelled for Second Time Due to Religious Views
The St. George Illawarra Dragons rugby league team have backflipped on signing star player Israel Folau after backlash from sponsors in response to controversy over Folau’s religious views which he expressed on social media in 2019. On Tuesday, the Dragons said they made inquiries to the National Rugby League (NRL) about pursuing the code-hopping, 31-year-old…
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