Australia unveils religious freedom bill, after rugby star sacked for ‘hell awaits homosexuals’ post
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Thursday proposed legislation to protect people who express their religious faith outside of the workplace, a few months after Rugby Union international Israel Folau was sacked for posting on social media that hell awaited “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers”. Attorney-General Christian Porter said the proposal would allow Australians to express their religious beliefs […]
Religious freedom top of re-elected Australian Government’s agenda, says Attorney-General
Religious freedom will be at the top of the Australian Government’s agenda in the 46th Parliament, Attorney-General Christian Porter has told The West Australian newspaper. Speaking ahead of being sworn in as part of the new government on Wednesday, Porter said one of the first acts of the re-elected government would be putting a religious […]
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns, ending tenure marred by fights with faith groups
RNS Methodists asked Jeff Sessions to repent. He resigned instead. Sessions stepped down on Wednesday as US Attorney General, ending a tenure marked by near-constant pushback from faith communities across the religious spectrum who opposed his policies and his attempts to defend them with Scripture. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses reporters during a news […]
ESSAY: USING CHURCH DISCIPLINE ON ERRANT POLITICIANS SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT
US commentator on politics and religion, JACOB LUPFER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says a decision by members of the United Methodist Church in the US to sanction member, Attoney General Jeff Sessions, risks “weaponising church discipline for all manner of political fights”…