Barrister Ian Bassett has given another opinion describing the risks to freedom of religion and belief of Louisa Wall’s Marriage Amendment Act Bill if it is enacted in its presently proposed form, which would include this amendment: “Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), no celebrant who is a minister of religion recognised by a religious […]
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Yet Another Lawyer Agrees: Marriage Amendment Act Bill is an Affront to Freedom of Religion and Belief
March 13th, 2013 22 Comments
Tags: Freedom of Religion · Gay Marriage · Grant Illingworth · Ian Bassett · Louisa Wall · Marriage Amendment Act Bill · Marriage Equality · Paul Rishworth · Rachael Wong · Same Sex Marriage
Matt on Radio: Women tells Court of Appeal being pregnant with a defective baby is an injury
March 5th, 2013 3 Comments
A New Zealand woman has gotten her case against the Accident Compensation Corporation (“ACC”) into the Court of Appeal. The Herald carried the story. Matt was interviewed for his view on Radio Rhema last week. ACC claim mother: I would have aborted Woman says she would have terminated pregnancy had she been told baby was […]
Tags: Abortion · ACC · Court of Appeal · Feticide · Radio Rhema
Madeleine on Same Sex Marriage, US Election Result and Scalping on “The Panel” – with Craig Heilmann
November 9th, 2012 Comments Off on Madeleine on Same Sex Marriage, US Election Result and Scalping on “The Panel” – with Craig Heilmann
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 8 November 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Madeleine Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss the Same Sex Marriage Bill and Louisa Wall’s submission, the US Election Result and if Scalping Tickets is okay, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden mornings. You can listen online here.
Tags: Craig Heilmann · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
Madeleine on Housing Shortage Public Policy and Swearing at the Boss on “The Panel” – with Bob McCoskrie
October 31st, 2012 2 Comments
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 30 October 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Madeleine Flannagan and Bob McCoskrie discuss the housing shortage, the government’s plan to fix it and the legal consequences of swearing at the boss, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden mornings. You can listen online here.
Tags: Bob McCoskrie · George Penk · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
Matt on Rugby as Religion, Churches and Social Media, USA Presidential Debate on “The Panel” – with Craig Heilmann
October 14th, 2012 Comments Off on Matt on Rugby as Religion, Churches and Social Media, USA Presidential Debate on “The Panel” – with Craig Heilmann
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 4 October 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss rugby as religion, if churches are using social media effectively, the PPTA conference and the USA presidential debate, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden mornings. You can listen online here.
Tags: Craig Heilmann · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
“Same-Sex Marriage is not Valid Marriage” – A Potentially Convict-able Statement
October 4th, 2012 41 Comments
In MandM on Same-Sex Marriage and on being “sneaky” we referred to section 56 of the Marriage Act 1955 which provides: 56 Offence to deny or impugn validity of lawful marriage (1) Every person commits an offence against this Act, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 pounds, who— (a) alleges, expressly or by […]
Tags: Freedom of Expression · Freedom of Religion · Gay Marriage · Louisa Wall · Marriage Equality · Ne Temere · Same Sex Marriage
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
Open Letter to Maurice Williamson
May 2nd, 2014 3 Comments
Dear Maurice Williamson, I hear you are having some troubles in the media at the moment. Apparently there are moral questions swirling around you about honest disclosure, potential abuse of power, unduly influencing the police in favour of a person who donated money to you, and so on. Don’t let judgmental people like Prime Minister John Key […]
Tags: Big Gay Rainbow · Maurice Williamson