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#951 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 31 Aug 2014. The NSW Council of Churches has recommended to a Senate inquiry that senators reject a Greens bill to allow doctors to kill terminally ill patients. The intentional killing of a human person can never be a compassionate response to suffering, and the state has an obligation … Continue reading
For immediate release 26 August 2014 Kill the pain, not the patient The NSW Council of Churches opposes a bill currently before the Senate seeking to legalise euthanasia. “The NSW Council of Churches had a detailed policy on euthanasia and assisted suicide, and the Council endorsed stronger measures to support palliative care for people diagnosed … Continue reading
#950 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 24 Aug 2014. One of the familiar sights in hotel rooms everywhere is a Gideon’s Bible in the bedside drawer. Or so it seemed. In a move described by the Church of England as “tragic and bizarre,” one of Britain’s biggest hotel chains has removed Bibles from hotel rooms “in … Continue reading
#949 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 24 Aug 2014. Australia’s decision to quarantine one-third of its humanitarian program for Iraqis and Syrians has come under fire from refugee advocates who see the decision as politically motivated and lacking in compassion. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison last week reserved 4,400 refugee places for Iraqis and Syrians fleeing … Continue reading
#948 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 24 Aug 2014. A Greens bill currently before the Senate seeks to legalise euthanasia. The NSW Council of Churches opposes the bill on four grounds. First, legalising the taking an innocent human life dishonors God who gave it and irreparably harms the common good. Second, legalising euthanasia may undermine … Continue reading
#947 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 24 Aug 2014. The debate over same sex marriage is back on the federal parliamentary agenda, with a bill introduced by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young seeking to recognise foreign same sex marriages in Australia. A rarely acknowledged casualty of marriage reform is the denial of freedom of conscience experienced … Continue reading
A sermon by Margaret Hall Introduction If we live long enough, we reach a stage when we’re having a lot more appointments with the health professionals – and attending more funerals. In the busyness of living, it’s easy to put off serious thought about what lies ahead. But as age catches up with us, the … Continue reading
15 August 2014 – for immediate release Thirty months after the President of the NSW Council of Churches called on the O’Farrell Government to investigate the social impact of the gambling industry in NSW, a Legislative Council Inquiry has tabled its report on the matter. “We welcome the release of this significant report as an … Continue reading
#946 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 17 Aug 2014. The head of Australian Baptist Ministries, the Reverend Keith Jobberns, has written to federal Immigration Minister Scott Morrison, asking that no babies or children be placed in immigration detention. “We believe it is important for the federal government to reappraise the practice of immigration detention of … Continue reading
#945 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 17 Aug 2014. With Liberal Democratic and Greens Senators actively pursuing reform of the Marriage Act in the federal parliament, a leading family-values magazine has claimed the push for same sex marriage is based on propaganda rather than facts. An article in the latest issue of VoxPoint (Aug 2014), published … Continue reading
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