Michigan governor: I’ll veto religious liberty bill if it comes to my desk
Michigan's Republican governor is the latest to cave in to gay activist threats and says he won't sign a religious liberty bill if it reaches his desk.
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Articles tagged Religious Persecution
The Arabic writing on the wall: Europe learns the hard way
It takes courage to speak out against the threatening presence of Islam in today’s world. And it takes courage to defend those who have the courage to speak out. Eight years ago, after Benedict XVI gave his controversial Regensburg address, most European commentators were shamefully timid in their response. Most refused to raise their heads above the parapet, preferring the coward’s option of not making any response at all. In the light of this continuing cowardly silence, it is timely to remind ourselves of the ugly face of Islamic fundamentalism. At the darkened heart of radical Islam is what Bishop […]
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‘A violation of the right to have a religion’: Montreal Archbishop slams Quebec’s proposed charter
Lépine said that the charter’s proposal for religious neutrality and secularism is simply another name for non-religious values that would be imposed by a few on everyone.
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Anti-homophobia, ‘transphobia’ bill could silence Christians, Italian family groups warn
Constitutional experts warn, despite new wording, the bill “continues to seriously undermine the freedom of thought, opinion and religious freedom.”
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World leaders should unite to end anti-Christian persecution, Vladimir Putin says
The president of Russia said "in the Middle East and in North Africa" the "rights of religious minorities are infringed, including Christians and Orthodox Christians.”
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Manitoba students face ‘consequences’ for defying pro-gay ‘code of conduct’
“Why ignore the main reasons kids are actually bullied, unless you’re not truly interested in bullying? How will this code help the “fat” kids who get picked on?" It's about the gay agenda.
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Italian govt official: Abortion, ‘marriage,’ hate speech has spiked EU’s intolerance of Christians
"The most dangerous areas, are those which limit the conscientious objection of Christians who do not want to cooperate in abortion, the sale of abortifacient pills, or the celebration of same-sex marriage," according to the Observatory on Religious Liberty of the Italian foreign affairs ministry.
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World is witnessing a rising tide of hostility against religion, report says
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has found the Social Hostilities Index has increased every year since it began measuring it in 2009.
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French govt threatens to disband Catholic pro-family activists for violating 'secularism'
"The objective is to identify when it's suitable to intervene to treat what has become a religious pathology," said France's Interior Minister Manuel Valls.
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Forcing Catholic school to teach “secular” religion course is 'totalitarian,' critics say
It is wrong to "compel a faith community to jettison its driving beliefs in order to promote the state’s secular religion of multiculturalism."
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