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Touting an outing: my difficulty with Kirralie Smith

Posted on 07/12/2025 by John Sandeman
Kirralie Smith appeals for funds for court case

OPINION: Is it possible to be gender critical but also critical of Kirralie Smith, a campaigner who seeks to defend women’s rights against the transgender rights campaigners? That’s the stance this site takes. It is not the first time that… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion Christian news, LGBTQIA, Religious Freedom

Church leaders, and we mean leaders, support bill to not have VAD in religious aged care facilities.

Posted on 15/11/2025 by John Sandeman
assisted suicide

The Other Cheek often notes how slippery the term “religious leaders” can be when applied to a political statement – usually used to imply widespread support or opposition among Christian or other faiths. Sometimes it is just a bunch of… Continue Reading →

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Christian Schools Australia claims public school enrolments are declining. They are right.

Posted on 09/11/2025 by John Sandeman

My Christian School, a newsletter from Christian Schools Australia, makes the claim “public school enrolments are on the decline.” in an email dated 5 November. They provide two links to back this claim  • A Herald Sun Story that “Low… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Education, Religious Freedom

Hundreds killed in Nigeria – Trump is right about awful persecution there.

Posted on 04/11/2025 by John Sandeman
Nigeria Benue State Christian Refugee Camp 2024

President Trump announces that “Christians are facing an existential threat in Nigeria, Thousands of Christians are being killed.” and announced that he is making Nigeria a country of particular concern. He’s right. Awful things are happening in Nigeria. It is… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Persecuted Church, Religious Freedom

Sending people away to die

Posted on 28/10/2025 by John Sandeman
assisted suicide

Faith-based residential aged care organisations in NSW are backing a bill to remove Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) from their facilities. At present, eligible residents in aged care facilities can have a doctor attend their home and assist them to die,… Continue Reading →

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Why progressives, not just conservatives should be wary of 18C

Posted on 17/10/2025 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Offended: Section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act, which offers a low bar to establishing a case of discrimination. 18c “makes it unlawful to do an act in public if: the act is reasonably likely to… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Christian news, Politics, Religious Freedom

How Marziyeh got out of an Iranian jail

Posted on 09/10/2025 by John Sandeman
Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Marziyeh Amirizadeh, a protestant Iranian who now works in a a ministry dedicated to supporting persecuted Christians worldwide, particularly in Arab countries, has told the Union of Catholic Rationalists (an intriguing name but please read on) what happened after she… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Persecuted Church, Religious Freedom

Test case for teacher pronouns heads towards High Court

Posted on 01/10/2025 by John Sandeman
Sacred Heart Oakleigh

Myka Sanders, a teacher at Sacred Heart College, a Catholic school in Oakleigh, Melbourne identifies as non-binary. They want the school to use their they/them pronouns and the gender neutral title Mx ( pronounced “mix” or “mucks”) for their title. Melbourne… Continue Reading →

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Some culture war fights are hills NOT to die on

Posted on 29/09/2025 by John Sandeman

Christians should carefully pick which social issues to fight, Patrick Parkinson, the former Dean of Law at the University of Queensland, told Freedom for Faith’s “Freedom 25” conference. Speaking as a campaigner for religious freedom, Parkinson told the gathering that… Continue Reading →

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‘He is risen, indeed’: In a cloud of doubt, Charlie Kirk clung to the cross

Posted on 20/09/2025 by John Sandeman
Charlie Kirk

Terry Mattingly via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Offered a choice, Charlie Kirk would have preferred not to enter a marijuana cloud to discuss theology, politics, science and the dangers of free speech.But the Turning Point USA activist — assassinated on Sept.… Continue Reading →

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