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Sounds bad. Australia’s new religious freedom bill “hands a sword to people of faith.” We know what they’ll do. They will certainly use it to cut down everyone they disagree with and put down everyone they disapprove of. Sounds really bad. The end of freedom in Australia. But wait a minute, who says so? Looking at the Australian press, it’s LGBT advocates and moral liberals. They’re people, as we Americans know so well, who see the quietest statement of Christian morality as hateful, knuckle-dragging bigotry. So maybe it’s not so bad after all. Maybe the ruling party just wants to create a level playing field. Maybe the party wants to balance the right of LGBT people to celebrate their sexuality with other people’s right to say that it’s not God’s will.  The Real Story What’s the real story? Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter introduced the bill on August 29. Three months earlier, Rugby Australia fired player Israel Folau for an Instagram post claiming “hell awa...

A day before it was due to come into effect, a federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law permitting those with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and impose dress and bathroom restrictions on transgender people. Mississippi is among a handful of southern US states on the front lines of legal battles over immoral homosexual equality, privacy and religious freedom after the US Supreme Court last year legalized same-sex marriage . US District Judge Carlton Reeves found on Thursday the wide-ranging law adopted this spring unconstitutionally discriminated against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and others who do not share the view that marriage is between a man and a woman. Reeves issued an injunction blocking the law that was to take effect on Friday. He agreed with opponents of the law who argued that it violated the US Constitution's prohibition on making laws that establish religion. Mississippi's "Protecting Freedom of Co...

A US judge has blocked a Mississippi law protecting religious objections to same-sex marriage a day before it was set to take effect. It was said to have favoured some religious beliefs over others and would mean unequal treatment for gay people, the judge said. The measure was intended to protect people who objected on religious grounds to gay marriage, extramarital sex and changing gender. State attorneys are expected to appeal the ruling. US District Judge Carlton Reeves issued the injunction blocking the law from taking effect on Friday. Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi concert over new religious law Mississippi passes controversial 'religious freedom bill Mississippi's "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act" would have allowed those who cite religious beliefs to refuse a broad range of services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Critics have said the law is so broad it could apply to almost anyone outside of...