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Faith-centred gym shuts down after nixing a gay pride event

If you ‘live, move, and breathe in God’s world’ a warm welcome would have awaited you at CrossFit Infiltrate, an Indianapolis gym. But on June 6 the gym’s Jesus-lovin’ management shut down its premises...

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Canadian law school ruling is a ‘blow to religious freedom’

When the Supreme Court in Canada recently ruled that the law societies of Ontario and British Columbia are now permitted to deny Trinity Western University’s (TWU) proposed law school accreditation...

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Christian baker Jack Phillips sues over alleged harassment

Phillips, above, owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver, this week filed a lawsuit against Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission, alleging that it was on a ‘crusade to crush’ him. The...

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Banned Bible classes: retirement home accused of hostility to religion

Hardly a week goes by without the media reporting on Christians being ‘persecuted’ by nasty secular organisations or institutions. Latest of these reports concerns Bible study classes held at...

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Christian propaganda movie Gosnell hits a few bumps in the road

Last week the religious press was cock-a-hoop over the release of Gosnell: the Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer, a film about Kermit Barron Gosnell, an American physician and abortionist who...

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Prejudice, not pride: London school targeted for its inclusive agenda

Heavers Farm school in South Norwood holds a series of events that encourage  pupils to be proud of themselves and their families, but this year’s ‘Proud to be Me’ unleashed fury among some Christian...

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London hospital accused of anti-Christian bias for the second time

Back in 2015 the John Howard Centre sacked a therapist for bringing Jesus into the workplace. Victoria Wasteney was given the boot for attempting to convert a Muslim colleague to Christianity. Wasteney...

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European court rules against Christian homeschooling family

EUROPE’S top human rights court has ruled against a Christian family who defied a German law outlawing homeschooling. Thursday’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights said that German...

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Christian bigot may face probe for refusing to print a gay brochure

THE owner of a print shop in Chicago may face an investigation by the Illinois Department of Human Rights for refusing to produce a brochure for the city’s LGBT Community Fund. The proprietor of the...

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Print firm cries ‘foul’ after being fined for turning away a gay client

ALL Jonathon Brennan wanted when he went into Beulah Print and Design, a Christian-run outfit in Drogheda, Ireland, were some invitations for his upcoming same-sex  union with his partner John Kierans....

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Christian Legal Centre loses yet another ‘persecution’ case

FOR months Christian Concern, which incorporates the Christian Legal Centre (CLC), has been calling on faith-heads to pray that a sacked homophobic magistrate wins his appeal against unfair dismissal....

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Christian doc is being probed for foisting religion on patients

THE  UK’s General Medical Council (GMC) is reportedly investigating a GP who allegedly brought his Christian faith into consultations with patients. Dr Richard Scott, 58, has “involved a spiritual...

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Azerbaijan deals harshly with those who impose religion on kids

THE mainly Muslim country of Azerbaijan, headed by President Ilham Aliyev, above, has a rather surprising and eminently sensible law that prevents religion of all stripes being imposed on children....

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Church alleges ‘persecution’ after hazardous Jesus sign is removed

THE Jesus Christ Open Altar Church in Hawkins, Texas, has accused local authorities of a religious ‘hate crime’ after a garish Jesus sign was torn down last Friday. The sign was erected by the church...

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‘Persecuted’ Christians jubilant over rare UK court victory

ANDREA Minichiello Williams, Chief Executive of Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre – an outfit that has suffered defeat after defeat in cases involving Christians sacked for their mainly...

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Poland’s Justice Minister enters the fray over a ‘persecuted’ Christian

POLAND’s Justice Minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, inset, has reportedly ordered the national prosecutor’s office to investigate the ‘unlawful’ sacking of a Christian worker by a branch of Ikea in Krakow....

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Senate hearing told YouTube restricts access to Ten Commandments

DENNIS Prager, above – right-wing commentator, climate-change denier and all-round hater of all things gay – complained to a Senate hearing this week that his  crappy videos are being ‘restricted’ by...

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‘Gay bus’ row: Christian Legal Centre enters the fray

EARLIER this month a bus driver in the UK city of Norwich was suspended for refusing to drive a bus that ‘promotes homosexuality’ by having its service number displayed in rainbow colours. We now learn...

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Christian Concern seizes on fresh ‘persecuted Christian’ case

BRITISH actress Seyi Omooba, 25, above, lost her lead role in a stage production of The Color Purple earlier this year because of an anti-gay comment she posted on Facebook in 2014. In March she...

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Pompeo butters up Christians; angers Jews, Muslims, Humanists

AMERICAN Secretary of State Mike Pompeo keeps a Bible open on his desk because he’s besotted with fairy stories. This we know because Pompeo recently spoke at the American Association of Christian...

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