South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in WND The Washington state florist who declined to design a floral arrangement for a same-sex wedding because of her Christian beliefs says she could lose “everything” after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected her appeal of her punishment, ending an eight-year court battle. In a podcast interview, Barronell […]
.Originally published in FORSA.org.za Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) requested (and was granted) an opportunity to meet with the Deputy Minister of Justice, John Jeffery, to discuss the religious community’s concerns regarding the PEPUDA Amendment Bill. The virtual meeting, which took place yesterday, follows the unprecedented opposition from South Africa’s religious community to the […]
South Africans have sent an unprecedented loud and clear message to the Department of Justice And that message is: “NO!” to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Discrimination Amendment Bill — commonly known as the PEPUDA Amendment Bill. By the end of Tuesday June 30, the closing day for […]
Confusion arising from two related but separate processes The Department of Home Affairs has published a draft Marriage Policy for South Africa, for public comment by no later than June 30. The purpose of the policy, the first of its kind in a democratic South Africa, is to “establish a policy foundation […]
The attack on Chief Justice Mogoeng’s right to express his Christian views on Israel is not new but a continuation of an ancient battle spoken about in Psalm 83 which says that those who hate God will attack the very people of God, said Vivienne Myburgh, national director of the […]
With time running out for South Africans citizens of faith to respond to the PEPUDA Amendment Bill which poses a serious threat to religious freedom, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) have partnered with Dear South Africa — a website which makes it quick and easy to make official […]
This is the first article in a series by Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) on the PEPUDA Amendment Bill (“the Amendment Bill”) and its potentially detrimental and far-reaching implications for religious freedom in South Africa, if passed into law in its current form. For more articles like this that explain what the bill is about, and […]
FOR SA, a non-profit, legal advocacy organisation dedicated to upholding the rights to religious freedom conferred by the South African Constitution, released a video on May 27 that warned that the PEPUDA Amendment Bill is the greatest threat to religious freedom in South Africa yet. Cheryllyn Dudley, Member of Parliament […]
In a video released today Advocate Nadene Badenhorst legal counsel of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) made an urgent call on people of faith to take action against the “greatest threat tor religious freedom since the advent of democracy in 1994” — the PEPUDA Amendment Bill. “This bill […]
Originally published in ADF International In Finland, the Former Minister of the Interior and Member of the Finnish Parliament Päivi Räsänen is facing three criminal charges. Her alleged crime: She publicly voiced her deeply held beliefs. The Finnish Prosecutor General brought three criminal charges against Päivi Räsänen at the end […]