The deadline for submissions to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) regarding what many Christians perceive as a threat to remove Good Friday and Christmas public holidays is next Tuesday (June 30, 2015). The deadline was originally May 31 but the SALRC subsequently extended it to June 30. In […]
Tag: religious freedom
WATCH: Video of the Week: May 21, 2015 — Christian bakers on losing gay cake suit
While “disappointed,” the owners of Ashers Baking Company in Northern Ireland who were found guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan, say they are not without hope, reports Charisma News. “We are upset things haven’t gone our way,” Karen McArthur says. ” … But it doesn’t […]
Threat to Christian holidays: deadline for comments extended
The deadline for submissions to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) on its proposal to remove Good Friday and Christmas as public holidays, has been extended from May 31, 2015 to June 30, 2015. During a telephone conversation with the SALRC yesterday (Wedensday, May 20) they also confirmed that […]
Global conference on religious freedom to be held in Cape Town
From August 12 to 16, 350 Christian lawyers, academics, legislators, judges, pastors and leaders from all over Africa and around the globe will gather in Cape Town to discuss the escalating threat of religious intolerance and an appropriate response thereto. The conference marks the 11th biennial convocation of Advocates Africa, […]
US Christian leaders threaten civil disobedience if Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage
By Tod Starnes — Originally published in Fox News “We will not obey.” That’s the blunt warning a group of prominent religious leaders is sending to the Supreme Court of the United States as they consider same-sex marriage. “We respectfully warn the Supreme Court not to cross that line,” read […]
Kentucky court says Christian printer can’t be forced to violate his religious beliefs
Originally published in Charisma News A Kentucky court ruled on Monday (April 27, 2015) that a Lexington printer is free to decline to print messages that conflict with his religious beliefs and that the government cannot force him to do otherwise. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission ruled last […]
Freedom of religion — What are the real questions for the courts?
[notice] A special report by attorney, Nikki Venter, written on behalf of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FORSA)[/notice]There is a rising legal challenge that will soon reach the courts in many western countries, if it has not already. CNSMonitor.com summed it up nicely: “As more and more same-sex couples across […]
Same sex couple and Christian guesthouse owners to “respect each other’s beliefs”
By agreement between the parties, the settlement agreement concluded last week between same sex couple Mr Neil Coulson and Mr Jonathan Sedgwick, and Wolseley guesthouse owners Steph and Marina Neethling, was made an Order of the Bellville Equality Court yesterday (Tuesday, April 21). The Magistrate who granted the Order in […]
Successful mediation for Christian guesthouse owners
Following a successful mediation on Wednesday, 15 April 2015, the unfair discrimination case instituted against the Christian owners of “House of Bread” guesthouse in Wolseley by a homosexual couple in the Bellville Equality Court last year, is now something of the past. Against all odds, the parties managed to reach […]
Christian guesthouse owners and homosexual couple meeting in bid to resolve dispute
Originally published by For Sa Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 15), the Christian owners of “House of Bread” guesthouse in Wolseley will be meeting with the homosexual couple who took them to Court for unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation last year, in an endeavour to mediate the dispute. (For […]