One of the saddest incidents in the Bible, in my view, is the story in 2 Kings 4:1 (ESV) — Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the […]
Tag: parental rights
Constitutional Court to hear FOR SA on corporal punishment at home
On Thursday, November 28 the Constitutional Court will hear Freedom of Religion South Africa’s (FOR SA’s) application for leave to appeal a High Court judgment last year which declared parents’ historic common law defence of “moderate and reasonable chastisement” to be unconstitutional. “While FOR SA is utterly opposed to any […]
‘Named Person’ scheme would ignore parents, UK Supreme Court told
Originally published in The Christian Institute Parents would be ignored under the Named Person scheme, a QC has told the UK’s highest court today. Aidan O’Neill QC was speaking for The Christian Institute, CARE, TYMES Trust and the Family Education Trust in the case against the Scottish Government. A panel […]