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Historian Stephen Chavura is right and gay ambassador Anthony Venn-Brown is wrong on the conversion laws

Posted on 13/05/2025 by John Sandeman

This exchange on X sums up two views on the NSW (and other conversion laws) What does “breaking” the law mean is the issue in question. Chavura is correct. Sorry Anthony V-B, The Other Cheek is not trying to be… Continue Reading →

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Revealed: Motions to remove two churches from Baptist Association

Posted on 23/04/2025 by John Sandeman
Morling College

Motions to remove Hamilton and Canbera Baptist churches from the NSW/ACT Baptist Association have been reccomended by the Assembly (church parliament) Council. The Baptists’ Assembly will meet to vote on May 2 and 3, voting on the Saturday as Australia… Continue Reading →

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Conversion Practices Laws: Christian reactions sometimes exaggerate and other times minimise the effects

Posted on 19/04/2025 by John Sandeman

Christian reactions to the Conversion practices laws that ban some form of christian ministry to LGBTQIA persons have been scattergun, with some forecasting jail for prayers and others saying it is largely business as usual. It seems this magic pudding… Continue Reading →

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Change the Conversion Practices Act: NSW Council of Churches asks Premier Minns to keep his promise on prayer

Posted on 16/04/2025 by John Sandeman
Monica Doumit

The NSW Council of Churches (NSWCC) has written to the NSW Premier, Chris Minns asking action under Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 which came into effect this month, be paused, pending a review of the new law. “We request that… Continue Reading →

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Conversion Act protest needs to be targeted carefully

Posted on 15/04/2025 by John Sandeman

NSW has now joined Victoria in having a Conversion Act come into operation that bans some forms of Christian ministry. The Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 No 19 aims to “aims to “ban practices directed to changing or suppressing the… Continue Reading →

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Baptists will remove churches that fail to accept marriage statement

Posted on 04/04/2025 by John Sandeman
Baptist: a baptism at Baptism at Northolt Park Baptist Church, Northolt, UK

The NSW/ACT Baptist Association faces forcibly removing three “Open Baptist” churches from membership at the state Baptist Assembly meeting in May. Hamilton Baptist Church, Canberra Baptist Church and Seaforth Baptist church have not accepted a “ position statement” on marriage… Continue Reading →

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Melbourne Anglicans accused of submiting to conversion therapy law

Posted on 12/03/2025 by John Sandeman
Anglican logo

The Anglican Archdiocese of Melbourne (ADOM) has been alleged to have amended its Code of Conduct for Child Safety & Wellbeing in a manner which forces church workers to obey Victoria’s Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act (CSP ACT).… Continue Reading →

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Breastfeeding expert Jasmine Sussex’s tribunal case for calling trans breastfeeding ‘experimental’ starts Monday

Posted on 22/02/2025 by John Sandeman
Jasmine Sussex

Breastfeeding expert Jasmine Sussex will appear before the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal on Monday for a compulsory conference, to defend a charge of vilification for expressing a belief that men can’t breastfeed. Sussex responded to a newspaper report about… Continue Reading →

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Christian wins free speech case over transgender comments on social media

Posted on 13/02/2025 by John Sandeman

Kristie Higgs, who lost her job as a pastoral assistant at a UK school for sharing her views in Facebook posts about a course of “Relationship Sexuality Education being taught in schools, has won her six-year legal battle. The Court… Continue Reading →

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Queensland blocks puberty blockers for under 18s

Posted on 29/01/2025 by John Sandeman

An immediate ban on prescribing puberty blockers for new patients under 18 has been imposed in Queensland. The ban comes after allegations of puberty blockers being given to a 12 year old and without parental consent in Cairns. “There is… Continue Reading →

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