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#928 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 20 Jul 2014. Writing in the latest issue of Christianity Today, blogger Amy Julia Becker raised the vexed issue of transgender identity. She said: Parents can allow their children the freedom to wear clothing and play with toys associated with the opposite sex without assuming that their kids are … Continue reading
#927 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 20 Jul 2014. It may be a marketing coup of sorts, but controversial Brisbane-based hire car company Wicked Campers, whose services are said to appeal mostly to young male backpackers, was this week widely denounced by media, public opinion, and in a motion passed by the Australian Senate, for … Continue reading
#926 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 13 Jul 2014. A Melbourne study recently reported that children raised by same-sex parents were generally healthier than those in the general population, but FamilyVoice Australia research officer Ros Phillips has pointed to what she sees as serious unacknowledged flaws in the research methodology. For example: The gay and lesbian … Continue reading
#925 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 13 Jul 2014. Thousands of Christians flocked to Sydney’s Olympic Park last week for the annual Hillsong Conference. Speaking to media as he kicked off the event, Hillsong pastor Brian Houston said he had never believed in a “prosperity gospel” whereby one follows Jesus expecting material wealth to follow. … Continue reading
#924 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 13 Jul 2014. On May 27, the Myanmar government published its proposed Religious Conversion Law in state-owned newspapers, prompting a heated debate over religious freedom. The proposed law appears to violate fundamental universal and constitutional rights by granting authorities sweeping powers over an individual’s choice of faith, specifically the … Continue reading
#923 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 13 Jul 2014. As the Australian government dices with the lives of 37 Sinhalese and 157 Tamil asylum seekers on the high seas, and as 53 legal scholars from 17 Australian universities condemn the government’s actions as a violation of international law, the General Synod of the Anglican Church … Continue reading
#922 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 Jul 2014. We are all familiar with news reports of widespread violence, terror and civil war in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and parts of Africa, with political tensions often attenuated by religious impulses. Regional conflicts have led to the highest numbers of forcibly displaced people since World War II. … Continue reading
#921 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 Jul 2014. The so-called “war on drugs” may never be finally won, but there are small wins on supply and demand from time to time, and health professionals are better skilled than ever at addressing addiction. The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has opposed the legalisation … Continue reading
#920 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 Jul 2014. I have spoken before about the remarkable reform of the sex trade in Sweden. In 1999, Sweden became the first country to criminalise the purchase of sexual services. The main reason for this is the direct link between prostitution and human trafficking. If you intervene to … Continue reading
#919 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 Jul 2014. The recent decision by the High Court to rule that federal funding of the National School Chaplaincy Program was unconstitutional has been seen by some as a fatal blow to school chaplaincy. Nothing could be further from the truth. In addition to overwhelming support for chaplaincy … Continue reading
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