Australian Christian Lobby: customers of enslaved prostitutes should be convicted
The Australian Christian Lobby said the conviction of a woman in the ACT for slavery shows broader problems with the prostitution industry..
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Richard Dawkins in debate with Archbishop of Sydney: to question 'purpose of universe' is silly
Atheist Richard Dawkins is in Australia this week for the Global Atheist Convention which started in Melbourne on Good Friday, and on Monday night the academic faced up against Archbishop of Sydney George Pell, the highest ranked clergyman in Australia, in a televised debate on faith and religion.
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Australian gov't called on to reaffirm commitment to overseas aid election promise
The Australian Christian Lobby has expressed concern that cuts to Australia's overseas aid has become part of pre-budget speculation.
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ACL confident of churches' support for Marriage Act to remain unchanged
The Australian Christian Lobby said it was confident that the majority of mainstream churches support the Marriage Act as it currently stood.
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"Jayden's law" campaign for stillbirth recognition now underway in SA parliament
Family First MLC Robert Brokenshire this week introduced to Parliamentarians the campaign for "Jayden's Law", a reform initiative to grant recognition via birth certificates for babies lost inside 20 weeks' gestation.
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Australia's detention of children highlighted in global campaign
Tens of thousands of children around the world, including over 500 in Australia, are currently estimated to be held in immigration detention simply because they do not hold the right documents, the International Detention Coalition reveals in a new report.
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Christian lobby calls proposed changes to Anti-Discrimination Act a threat to free speech
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has expressed concern at comments made by Attorney-General Brian Wightman recently in Tasmanian parliament about proposed changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act.
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Christians reject 'after-birth abortion' - killing of newborn babies
Christians have rejected the claim by two medical ethicists that killing newborn babies is no different to abortion.
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Prayer Rally for Marriage says "I do"
Participants at a Prayer Rally for Marriage strongly indicated that they do not want a change to the status of marriage in Australia. They agreed with the present state of marriage and were committed to it, in much the same way as a man and woman say "I do" during a marriage ceremony!
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Christian Lobby: ACT government feeding demand for trafficked women
The Australian Christian Lobby has expressed amazement that the ACT Legislative Assembly Inquiry into the Prostitution Act 1992 has recommended more prostitution despite the inquiry being triggered by the tragic death of a minor in a legal brothel.
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NSW community program funding cut while Mardi Gras funding continues, Fred Nile asks: Why?
The Rev Hon Fred Nile MLC, Leader of the Christian Democratic Party, has raised concern that the NSW Government was cutting funding to important community programs whilst funding for the 2012 Sydney Mardi Gras continued unabated.
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ACL disappointed by Kate Jones' no show at candidates' forum
The Australian Christian Lobby has expressed concern that Labor's Kate Jones is unavailable to attend a forum for Ashgrove candidates this Sunday.