New Jersey law gives momentum to US efforts to ban child marriage
Thomson Reuters Foundation New Jersey gave child advocates a boost late last week as it became the second US state to outlaw child marriage in as many months. With Delaware in May passing the first US law imposing a blanket ban on marriage for those under age 18, campaigners said a budding nationwide movement is […]
SIGHT-SEEING: HOW TO CHANGE HEARTS ON RACE
US columnist RICHARD MOUW, in an article first published by Religion News Service, reflects on how the issue of racial justice needs both law – and love…
Partial decriminalisation of abortion in Brazil provokes ire of religious right
RNS A Brazilian court’s ruling legalizing abortion during the first trimester has caused uproar among politicians with strong ties to Roman Catholic and evangelical faiths, who have gained ground in the current government. The decision Tuesday is a watershed in a country where abortion is a crime, and it comes in response to a case […]
New resource to help UK Christians “speak up” about their faith under the protection of the law
The UK’s Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship has joined with the country’s Evangelical Alliance in providing a free resource to encourage Christians to speak publicly about their faith. Called Speak Up, the resource provides an overview of how different areas of the law apply to sharing the Christian message with people and, according to its creators, “provides […]
EGYPT: COPTIC CHURCH REJECTS AMENDMENTS TO LONG-AWAITED CHURCH BUILDING LAW
World Watch Monitor reports on the the reaction of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church to changes to a proposed law regulating religious buildings which it says “do not consider Egyptian Christian citizens’ equal rights” against a background of ongoing persecution…