A book focusing on the experience of persecuted Christians can help Western Christians prepare for a future in which religious freedom is severely eroded.
There’s a big mistake many people make about religious discrimination. It’s a threat to other basic freedoms, including non-religious Aussies.
In a SMH article criticising current political pushes for religious freedom in Australian law, Elizabeth Farrelly has drawn parallels to The Handmaids Tale.
Religious freedom is a hot issue in Australia today. Modern ‘religious freedom’ may well undermine Christian religious freedom.
The Israel Folau saga has uncovered an urgent need for Australians to have conversations about the sort of society we want to live in.
The result of the marriage survey, with its consequent change to the law, has opened up the question of religious freedom in Australia.
"The impacts on any change made to your existing charter freedoms is complex and needs careful consideration", encourages Civil Rights Lawyer
Maybe Australia will be the first country in the Western world to walk that impossible, difficult line between freedom of religion and privacy rights.