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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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The intersex/eunuch puzzle

Posted on 27/01/2025 by John Sandeman
jigsaw

(Text) The most quoted Bible verse on the issue of gender is Genesis 1:27 – quoted by Jesus in Matthew 19:4 “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (NIV) So… Continue Reading →

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Trump’s anti-transgender executive order: will Australia go the same way?

Posted on 22/01/2025 by John Sandeman
Trump signs

Allan Starr says Australian conservatives should be more compassionate: This [President Trump’s executive order on gender] has been mentioned only briefly, if at all, in mainstream media, possibly because it succinctly and clearly explains the problem with gender ideology. Worth… Continue Reading →

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A disturbing question about the Vic Baptists and the conversion law

Posted on 15/12/2024 by John Sandeman
Baptist BUV LGBTQA

One case study in the guide to the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act (CSP Act), devised by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) for the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV), is especially troubling to this… Continue Reading →

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Archbishop of Perth: some may choose to leave us

Posted on 16/10/2024 by John Sandeman
Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy

In an apparent reference to the conservative Diocese of the Southern Cross, which provides a home for Anglican (and some ex-Uniting Church) evangelicals from majority progressive dioceses (regions), Kay Goldsworthy, Archbishop of Perth, says it is possible some of her… Continue Reading →

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Bishops and gays: Michael Stead on schools and religious discrimination; Jeremy Greaves apologises

Posted on 04/10/2024 by John Sandeman
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Bishop Michael Stead explained to David Marr in an ABC Late Night Live interview that Sydney Diocese does not want the laws that allow schools to expel LGBTQIA kids or only hire Christian teachers. The interview aired on October 1… Continue Reading →

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After 400 days in prison, evangelical pronoun protestor is sent back

Posted on 10/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Enoch Burke protest

From Catholic News Agency’s AC Wimmer An Irish teacher at the center of a transgender pronoun controversy was jailed for the third time on Monday after defying a court order to stay away from the school that dismissed him.  The… Continue Reading →

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Fluid Sexuality and self-reformation: discussing James Baldwin

Posted on 05/08/2024 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Late night Marr: A lively interview on ABC Radio’s Late Night Live, now helmed by David Marr, opened up fascinating questions on sexuality and self-responsibility. Marr interviewed Paul Kane, an Australian-philic American poet who is an… Continue Reading →

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Citipointe College regrets asking parents to sign a contract

Posted on 14/06/2024 by John Sandeman
Citipointe Christian College

After being overly prescriptive in a parent contract, Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College has issued a statement following a settlement with parents who took the school to the Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC). The school asked parents with little notice to… Continue Reading →

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