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In this episode, I speak with Louis McLatchie-Miller about critical political and societal issues affecting children's rights. We analyze the recent UK by-elections, reflecting on public discontent with traditional parties, and discuss transgender rights and treatments for minors, highlighting potential risks and the need for clarity around biological definitions of sex.   Lois McLatchie serves as a senior legal communications officer for ADF UK . She works with journalists and press representatives to advocate for fundamental freedoms in the “court of public opinion”, both in written pieces and through public speaking. Before beginning her current role, Lois was a legal analyst on ADF International's UN Advocacy Team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. There, she provided Member State representatives with key legal resources and amendatory language which promotes the inherent value of every person. She is an alumnus of ADF International's Veritas Scholarship, under which she she completed training on on international law, communications and argumentation. Lois also holds an LLM Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Kent, and an MA (Hons) International Relations from the University of St Andrews. During her studies, she participated in Areté Academy and Blackstone Legal Fellowship, where she completed extensive research on bioethical issues, including surrogacy. Connect with Lois and ADF UK...

Delphine Chui (Spokesperson for ADF International) speaks to Wendy about a case in the UK where a lady (Livia Tossici-Bolt) was put on trial and has been convicted as guilty for offering consensual conversation in a buffer zone near an abortion facility.

The fallout continues from US vice-president J.D. Vance's speech at the Munich Security Conference. Criticising Europe over what he sees as the retreat of free speech, he singled out the case of Adam Smith-Connor in the UK as something that worries him about the direction that Britain is heading in. Smith-Connor was arrested in 2022 and prosecuted for breaching an abortion buffer-zone in Bournemouth. Freddy Gray speaks to Paul Coleman at the ARC conference in London. Paul is executive director of ADF International, a faith-based legal advocacy organisation that has been advocating for Smith-Connor. What is the truth behind abortion buffer-zones? Is this part of a wider 'censorship industrial complex'? And does Vance's criticism signal a new era of free speech? Produced by Natasha Feroze and Patrick Gibbons.

Ref.: Dr. Markus Hoffmann, Institut für dialogische und identitätsstiftende Seelsorge und Beratung (IdiSB)Ref.: Dr. Felix Böllmann, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International Am 1. November tritt das umstrittene Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (SBGG) in Kraft: Von da an genügt eine einfache Selbsterklärung im Standesamt, um den Eintrag zum eigenen Geschlecht ändern zu lassen. Was das Gesetz für konkrete Auswirkungen für Betroffene, ihre Angehörigen und die gesamte Gesellschaft hat, darüber sprechen wir in der Lebenshilfe mit dem Entwicklungspsychologen Dr. Markus Hoffmann und dem Rechtsanwalt Dr. Felix Böllmann. Beide beobachten eine zunehmende Verunsicherung beim Thema Geschlechtsidentität - nicht nur unter Jugendlichen, sondern auch unter Eltern, in Schulen oder Jugendgruppen: Was darf man überhaupt noch sagen? Und wie geht man konstruktiv mit jungen Menschen um, die das Gefühl haben, im falschen Körper geboren zu sein? Denn von einem Wechsel des Geschlechts ist ja nicht nur der eine Mensch betroffen, sondern auch sein ganzes Umfeld: die Familie, die Schulklasse, der Freundeskreis.... Dr. Markus Hoffmann arbeitet und forscht seit Jahrzehnten zum Thema Geschlechtsidentität. Mit dem Institut für Identitätsstiftende Seelsorge und Beratung (IdiSB) hat er eine Anlaufstelle für Menschen geschaffen, die Fragen zu ihrer geschlechtlichen Identität oder ihrer sexuellen Orientierung haben. Außerdem berät er Schulen, Pfarreien und andere Organisationen zum Umgang mit dem immer drängenderen Thema. Dr. Felix Böllmann ist Rechtsanwalt und leitet die Rechtsabteilung bei ADF International in Wien. Die ADF International ist eine weltweit tätige Menschenrechtsorganisation, die sich z.B. bei den Vereinten Nationen (UN) und dem Europäischen Parlament für die Bewahrung der Freiheit und der Menschenwürde einsetzen. Felix Böllmann ist Experte für Menschenrechte und Völkerrecht und engagiert sich europaweit für Religionsfreiheit, das Recht auf Leben und die Stärkung von Ehe und Familie.

Ref.: Dr. Markus Hoffmann, Institut für dialogische und identitätsstiftende Seelsorge und Beratung (IdiSB) und Dr. Felix Böllmann, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International Am 1. November tritt das umstrittene Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (SBGG) in Kraft: Von da an genügt eine einfache Selbsterklärung im Standesamt, um den Eintrag zum eigenen Geschlecht ändern zu lassen. Was das Gesetz für konkrete Auswirkungen für Betroffene, ihre Angehörigen und die gesamte Gesellschaft hat, darüber sprechen wir in der Lebenshilfe mit dem Entwicklungspsychologen Dr. Markus Hoffmann und dem Rechtsanwalt Dr. Felix Böllmann. Beide beobachten eine zunehmende Verunsicherung beim Thema Geschlechtsidentität - nicht nur unter Jugendlichen, sondern auch unter Eltern, in Schulen oder Jugendgruppen: Was darf man überhaupt noch sagen? Und wie geht man konstruktiv mit jungen Menschen um, die das Gefühl haben, im falschen Körper geboren zu sein? Denn von einem Wechsel des Geschlechts ist ja nicht nur der eine Mensch betroffen, sondern auch sein ganzes Umfeld: die Familie, die Schulklasse, der Freundeskreis.... Dr. Markus Hoffmann arbeitet und forscht seit Jahrzehnten zum Thema Geschlechtsidentität. Mit dem Institut für Identitätsstiftende Seelsorge und Beratung (IdiSB) hat er eine Anlaufstelle für Menschen geschaffen, die Fragen zu ihrer geschlechtlichen Identität oder ihrer sexuellen Orientierung haben. Außerdem berät er Schulen, Pfarreien und andere Organisationen zum Umgang mit dem immer drängenderen Thema. Dr. Felix Böllmann ist Rechtsanwalt und leitet die Rechtsabteilung bei ADF International in Wien. Die ADF International ist eine weltweit tätige Menschenrechtsorganisation, die sich z.B. bei den Vereinten Nationen (UN) und dem Europäischen Parlament für die Bewahrung der Freiheit und der Menschenwürde einsetzen. Felix Böllmann ist Experte für Menschenrechte und Völkerrecht und engagiert sich europaweit für Religionsfreiheit, das Recht auf Leben und die Stärkung von Ehe und Familie.

Ref.: Dr. Markus Hoffmann, Institut für dialogische und identitätsstiftende Seelsorge und Beratung (IdiSB)Ref.: Dr. Felix Böllmann, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International Am 1. November tritt das umstrittene Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (SBGG) in Kraft: Von da an genügt eine einfache Selbsterklärung im Standesamt, um den Eintrag zum eigenen Geschlecht ändern zu lassen. Was das Gesetz für konkrete Auswirkungen für Betroffene, ihre Angehörigen und die gesamte Gesellschaft hat, darüber sprechen wir in der Lebenshilfe mit dem Entwicklungspsychologen Dr. Markus Hoffmann und dem Rechtsanwalt Dr. Felix Böllmann. Beide beobachten eine zunehmende Verunsicherung beim Thema Geschlechtsidentität - nicht nur unter Jugendlichen, sondern auch unter Eltern, in Schulen oder Jugendgruppen: Was darf man überhaupt noch sagen? Und wie geht man konstruktiv mit jungen Menschen um, die das Gefühl haben, im falschen Körper geboren zu sein? Denn von einem Wechsel des Geschlechts ist ja nicht nur der eine Mensch betroffen, sondern auch sein ganzes Umfeld: die Familie, die Schulklasse, der Freundeskreis.... Dr. Markus Hoffmann arbeitet und forscht seit Jahrzehnten zum Thema Geschlechtsidentität. Mit dem Institut für Identitätsstiftende Seelsorge und Beratung (IdiSB) hat er eine Anlaufstelle für Menschen geschaffen, die Fragen zu ihrer geschlechtlichen Identität oder ihrer sexuellen Orientierung haben. Außerdem berät er Schulen, Pfarreien und andere Organisationen zum Umgang mit dem immer drängenderen Thema. Dr. Felix Böllmann ist Rechtsanwalt und leitet die Rechtsabteilung bei ADF International in Wien. Die ADF International ist eine weltweit tätige Menschenrechtsorganisation, die sich z.B. bei den Vereinten Nationen (UN) und dem Europäischen Parlament für die Bewahrung der Freiheit und der Menschenwürde einsetzen. Felix Böllmann ist Experte für Menschenrechte und Völkerrecht und engagiert sich europaweit für Religionsfreiheit, das Recht auf Leben und die Stärkung von Ehe und Familie.

Vor einigen Wochen haben wir eine Folge zur Frage von Cancel Culture und Toleranz gemacht. Nun hat uns eine juristische Perspektive auf das Thema interessiert, was man speziell als gläubiger Mensch, aber auch überhaupt als Mensch in der Gesellschaft sagen darf, welche Rechte und Freiheiten in Deutschland bestehen. Es wird viel Negatives über Deutschland, die deutsche Politik und unsere Gesellschaft gesprochen, was ist positiv zu benennen? Was verbirgt sich hinter der Religionsfreiheit? Was bedeutet es den Glauben öffentlich und privat bekennen zu dürfen? Inwiefern kann die Meinungs- und Bekenntnisfreiheit eingeschränkt werden? Wie steht es mit dem Tragen äußerlicher Zeichen wie Kreuz oder Kopftuch? Wie steht es mit dem religiösen Bekenntnis am Arbeitsplatz? Welche Beispiele von Diskriminierung gibt es? Um diese Fragen und viele mehr geht es in dieser Folg Herr Böllmann hat 1999 sein Jurastudium in Leipzig abgeschlossen und wurde 2006 mit einer rechtsvergleichenden Arbeit im öffentlichen Recht promoviert. Er hat zu wirtschafts- und finanzrechtlichen Themen sowie zu Fragen der internationalen Menschenrechte und Rechtskultur publiziert. Er ist Rechtsanwalt und leitet die Rechtsabteilung bei ADF International in Wien. Ein Schwerpunkt sind Rechtsfälle im deutschsprachigen Raum. Er war außerdem an der Publikation der Broschüre „Rede frei“ mitgewirkt, worüber wir uns in dieser Folge u.a. unterhalten. Link zur im Podcast benannten Broschüre: https://adfinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Broschu%CC%88re-Rede-Frei-Onlinevariante.pdf https://www.begruendet-glauben.org/podcast/ https://www.iguw.de/ Ihr findet uns auch auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/begruendetglauben/

Egyptian authorities do not want Christians around the world to learn about the disturbing case of Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo. Abdulbaqi is a fellow Christian who is languishing in an Egyptian cell. His crime? Being a Christian who converted from Islam. Abdulbaqi, a Yemeni, fled his home country after facing severe persecution once he converted to Christianity. In Egypt, Abdulbaqi lived out his faith and sought to help others come to know and follow Christ. It was these activities that ultimately landed Abdulbaqi in jail. Abdulbaqi has not been convicted of any crime. In fact, he has not even had his case tried in court. Yet for two and a half years, this husband and father of five has been kept behind bars. It is illegal under Egyptian law to hold someone indefinitely in jail like this. But authorities are doing so anyways. They hope no one notices or cares. Fortunately, some do care. One such person is Lizzie Francis, a British Christian who serves as an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom International. She and others on the ADF International team are advocating for Abdulbaqi and seeking to have him returned safely to his family. Listen in to this episode of the Christian Emergency Podcast and learn not only about Abdulbaqi's case, but also how similar pressures are pressing forward in other countries. This is not an isolated phenomenon and Christians everywhere need to prepare for similar challenges in the days ahead. Also, learn how you and your church can champion Abdulbaqi and his family. If you find this episode helpful, please give us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Also share this episode with a friend so they too can be blessed by these insights. To learn more about resources mentioned in this episode, see the following. ADF International (Website) Christian Emergency Alliance (Website) Christian Emergency Alliance (Twitter / X): @ChristianEmerg1 Christian Emergency Alliance (Facebook): @ChristianEmergency Christian Emergency Alliance (Instagram) The Christian Emergency Podcast is a production of the Christian Emergency Alliance. Soli Deo Gloria

The horrors of ‘gender affirming' care amplify as the Swiss government seizes a young girl from her parents, after they refused to give their girl puberty blockers!For more than a year, she has been placed in a government home, and authorities may now begin medically transitioning her without her parents' consent! Furthermore - there PARENTS themselves could face charges according to reports.MUST Watch live interview today with Chris Elston AKA @billboardchirs and Elyssa Karen an international human rights lawyer serving as Legal Communications Director for ADF International.What is the status of this family and how can we help?Could your child be in danger each time they step foot in a government school?How is lawfare being used to disenfranchise parents?How can parents protect their families and children?________________________________Show Resources & Links:Follow Billboard Chris on Twitter: @billboardchrisSupport Chris Elston: www.billboardchris.comElyssa Koran is an international human rights lawyer serving as Legal Communications Director for ADF International. Learn more HERE: https://adfinternational.org/about-us/our-teamWATCH the horrifying parent interview:https://x.com/BillboardChris/status/1811434794947129351Swiss authorities demand parents legally endorse gender “transition” of teenage daughter:https://adfinternational.org/news/swiss-parentsInternet sensation ‘Billboard Chris' in legal battle for right to debate “harmful” gender ideology on “X”https://adfinternational.org/news/billboard-chris-in-legal-battle_________________________________Please Support Our Sponsors:Tickets for The Summit For Truth & Wellness on Saturday August 17th are selling FAST!Join us LIVE in Rochester, NY to see Steve Deace, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden & Jeffrey Tucker! Get your tickets today at www.summitfortruth.comSPECIAL OFFER: Get a FREE bottle of Nano Powered Omega-3's with your purchase of The Liver Health Formula!Go to GetLiverHelp.com/Joy to grab your supply and save your liver!!Get your daily Native Path Collagen supplement at 45% off NOW! GETNATIVEPATH.com/joyColonial Metals Group is a valued sponsor of the SJ Show! Set up a SAFE & Secure IRA or 401k with a company who shares your values and supports this show! Learn about your options HERE ——> https://colonialmetalsgroup.com/joyShow less Extra special bonus from Field of Greens!!!!Plug in the promo code SHANNON for an additional 15% off your purchase!Go to www.fieldofgreens.com to shop and save! Support the Show.Please Support Our Sponsors! Achieve financial independence with Colonial Metals Group!!! Set up a SAFE & Secure IRA or 401k with a company who shares your values and supports this show! Learn about your options HERE ——>https://colonialmetalsgroup.com/joy Get FIT and healthy with your daily serving of Field of Greens!!! Go to www.fieldofgreens.com and use the promo code JOY for 15% off! For TOTAL phone security and privacy check out our sponsors at Connecta Mobil! Visit them TODAY at www.Phone123.com/Joy Or talk to a real person by calling: 941-246-2156

It's Thursday, July 18th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark and Adam McManus Persecution of Christians in Turkey Protestant churches in Turkey are facing increasing hostility from the government. In a recent example, officials prohibited the Diyarbakir Protestant Church Foundation from acquiring land already zoned for religious buildings.  Alliance Defending Freedom International is defending the church.  Kelsey Zorzi with ADF International said, “What we are seeing in Türkiye is a troubling display of blatant, faith-based discrimination against Christians. … Authorities keep finding ways to deny their request since they are Christians. … The discrimination must stop.” According to Open Doors, Turkey is the 50th most difficult nation worldwide in which to be a Christian. The evangelistic outreach during the Paris Summer Olympics (audio of Olympic theme song) The 2024 Summer Olympics begin later this month in Paris, France. A network of Evangelical churches are working to share Christ during the international event. Ensemble 2024 is a “coalition of churches, ministries and individuals all seeking to make Christ known in word and deed during the Olympics.” Matthew Glock is the group's national coordinator. He told Evangelical Focus people can pray for prepared hearts: “May God be pleased to use our efforts to bring the truth [of the] Gospel to those He has prepared. May many come to faith.”  Secret Service knew BEFORE Trump took the stage there was a threat In the United States, another brutal development in the Trump assassination attempt investigation. Fox News reports that federal agents knew there was a threat to the former president's life ten minutes before he took the stage. But they still allowed him to proceed with the rally. Plus, they had identified the shooter a full hour before the assassination attempt because he was spotted with a rangefinder by authorities. Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee tweeted, “I just got off a briefing with the Secret Service and FBI. I am appalled to learn that the Secret Service knew about a threat prior to President Trump walking on stage. I have no confidence in the leadership of Director [Kimberly] Cheatle and believe it is in the best interest of our nation if she steps down from her position.” The pagan prayer at the GOP Convention Bible-believing Christians were understandably irate that a pagan prayer was part of the opening night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this week. Republican attorney Harmeet Dhillon of San Francisco, California chanted a prayer to Waheguru, the god of Sikhism, an Indian religion founded in the 15th century. Listen to how she explained the prayer. DHILLON: “I come from a family of Sikh immigrants. I am honored to share with you, my fellow Republicans and guests tonight, a prayer from my faith tradition, practiced by over 25 million worldwide. “We recite the Ardās prayer before any new endeavor, giving thanks to god and asking for his protection and help to uphold the values of humility, truth, courage, service, and justice for all.” Ironically, Sikhism claims to be both monotheistic and pantheistic. Sikhs believe that their false god is simultaneously within everything and is all-encompassing.  Before Dhillon translated her pagan prayer into English, she sang it. Here is how the first nine seconds sounded. (audio of a portion of the sung prayer) Harmeet Dhillon then translated the whole prayer, the first four sentences of which follow. DHILLON: “Dear Waheguru, our one true god. We thank you for creating America as a unique haven on this Earth, where all people are free to worship according to their faith. We seek your blessings and guidance for our beloved country. Please bless our people with wisdom as they vote in the upcoming election.” Truth be told, Waheguru is absolutely not the one true God! Ben Zeisloft, editor of the Republic Sentinel, declared, “America must turn to the Triune God. Not to Allah. Not to Vishnu. Not to ‘Waheguru.' Jesus Christ alone is Lord, King, and Judge of all the Earth. We must repent and trust in Him or else expect His righteous judgments.” 1 Timothy 2:5 says, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”  According to the Christian Research Institute, Sikhs teach that the nature of humanity is essentially good. By contrast, Christians teach that the nature of humanity is sinful. Sikhism emphasizes good works as the way to attain liberation from the cycle of reincarnation. By contrast, Christians emphasize that we are saved by grace alone, through faith in Christ alone, as explained in Ephesians 2:8-9. Salvation is the free gift of God for the undeserving sinner because of Christ's redeeming work on the cross. California teachers allowed to hide student's transgenderism from parents This week, California became the first state to allow teachers to keep a students' so-called gender identity or sexually perverted preference hidden from parents. Tech billionaire Elon Musk called it the last straw. He said, “Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its Headquarters from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”  Musk also plans to relocate X, formerly known as Twitter, from San Francisco to Austin, Texas. Senator Bob Menendez guilty of taking gold and cash bribes On Tuesday, a Manhattan jury convicted U.S. Democrat Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey in a corruption trial. Menendez faced accusations of receiving bribes in the form of gold and cash from New Jersey businessmen as well as being an agent for the Egyptian government.  The Associated Press reports the jury found him guilty of bribery, extortion, honest services fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. Menendez denied the charges and said he would appeal.  Anniversary of beheadings of 12 bold North African Christian martyrs And finally, this week is the anniversary of the deaths of the Scillitan Martyrs. They were a group of 12 North African Christians who died for the faith in Christ on A.D. July 17, 180. A Roman proconsul put them on trial in Carthage. They were carrying the books and letters of the Apostle Paul. When asked to swear by the name of the emperor, one of the Christians said, “I recognize not the empire of this world; but rather do I serve that God whom no man hath seen, nor with these eyes can see.”  He was referencing 1 Timothy 6:16 which says of God: “Who alone has immortality, Who dwells in unapproachable light, Whom no one has ever seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.” The courageous seven men and five women were beheaded for refusing to deny their Savior.  Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Thursday, July 18th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Join me Adam McManus, and my two sons, Honor and Valor, at the Colorado Father-Son retreat Thursday, August 15th through Sunday, August 18th. Go to ColoradoFatherSon.com. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

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Cultural commentator and senior communications officer at ADF UK, Lois McLatchie Miller returns to Hearts of Oak to give us her analysis of the past weeks doom and gloom in the news, articles and from her social media, and there is plenty to get stuck into including... - Christians in politics are treated terribly - the UK should be utterly ashamed - BBC Debate: One thing is certain. If Labour get into power, your finances are going to get hammered - An elitist white man tells a black woman to "shut up": David Tennant's narcissistic posturing laid bare  - Sunak Says: "If you're calling for women to shut up and wishing they didn't exist, you are the problem - What is a woman? Labour frontbencher refuses to answer eight times when asked which lavatory a trans woman should use - Dear Celebrities... There is no such thing as a trans child - Abortion is not healthcare - Germany: Woman convicted of “offending” migrant gang rapists receives longer prison sentence than the rapists - Birth rates in the world's rich economies have more than halved since 1960 to hit a record low - Farage: Second and third Covid lockdowns were UK's biggest peacetime mistakes Lois McLatchie serves as a senior legal communications officer for ADF UK . She works with journalists and press representatives to advocate for fundamental freedoms in the “court of public opinion”, both in written pieces and through public speaking. Before beginning her current role, Lois was a legal analyst on ADF International's UN Advocacy Team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. There, she provided Member State representatives with key legal resources and amendatory language which promotes the inherent value of every person. She is an alumnus of ADF International's Veritas Scholarship, under which she she completed training on on international law, communications and argumentation. Lois also holds an LLM Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Kent, and an MA (Hons) International Relations from the University of St Andrews. During her studies, she participated in Areté Academy and Blackstone Legal Fellowship, where she completed extensive research on bioethical issues, including surrogacy. Connect with Lois and ADF UK... X x.com/LoisMcLatch x.com/ADF_UK SUBSTACK tradical.substack.com WEBSITE adfinternational.org Interview recorded 28.6.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... WEBSITE heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP heartsofoak.org/shop/ *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com and follow him on X/Twitter x.com/TheBoschFawstin Links to topics... Christians in politics https://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/ann-widdecombe/1915279/christians-politics-terrible-uk-ashamed If Labour https://x.com/LoisMcLatch/status/1806059064864002210 Shut uphttps://twitter.com/Jonnywsbell/status/1805578232067969221  You are the problemhttps://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1805862183626031297 What is a woman? https://x.com/HeartsofOakUK/status/1806375147684630730 Dear Celebritieshttps://x.com/LozzaFox/status/1806011206144008460 Abortion https://x.com/LoisMcLatch/status/1805584488027533772 Woman Convicted https://www.thepublica.com/germany-woman-convicted-of-offending-migrant-gang-rapists-receives-longer-prison-sentence-than-the-rapists/ Birth rateshttps://x.com/cb_doge/status/1804191685708255636 Faragehttps://archive.ph/yp10o

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GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Lois McLatchie serves as a senior communications officer for ADF UK . Formerly, Lois McLatchie was a legal analyst on ADF International's UN Advocacy Team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland to promote the inherent value of every person. She is an alumnus of ADF International's Veritas Scholarship, completing training on international law, communications and argumentation. McLatchie holds an LLM Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Kent. During her studies, she completed extensive research on bioethical issues, including surrogacy. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Sally Beck is a freelance journalist who describes herself as a legacy journalist gone rogue. Sally has 30 years' experience writing for national newspapers and magazines and has reported on vaccine injuries, including on the MMR vaccine as far back as 1998.

It's Monday, April 22nd, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Bible-tweet case to be heard at Finnish Supreme Court Päivi Räsänen, Finland's former Minister of Interior and a sitting Finnish parliamentarian, will stand trial for a third time for her Bible-verse tweet, as confirmed by the Supreme Court of Finland, reports Alliance Defending Freedom.   Despite the Christian grandmother of 11 being acquitted unanimously of “hate speech” charges before both the Helsinki District Court, and the Court of Appeal, the State prosecutor appealed the case. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear that appeal on a date to be set in the future. Räsänen stands criminally charged for sharing her Biblically-based views on marriage and sexual ethics, in a 2019 tweet, and in a 2004 pamphlet which she wrote for her church, cantered on Genesis 1:27 which explains that God created men and women.  Commenting on the Supreme Court's decision, Räsänen said, “This was not just about my opinions, but about everyone's freedom of expression.” Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International, is supporting Räsänen's legal defense. He said, “This is a watershed case in the story of Europe's creeping censorship. In a democratic Western nation in 2024, nobody should be on trial for their faith – yet throughout the prosecution of Päivi Räsänen and Bishop [Juhana] Pohjola, we have seen something akin to a ‘heresy' trial, where Christians are dragged through court for holding beliefs that differ from the approved orthodoxy of the day.  “The state's insistence on continuing this prosecution after almost five long years, despite such clear and unanimous rulings from the lower courts, is alarming. The process is the punishment in such instances, resulting in a chill on free speech for all citizens observing.”  House Passes $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would give financial assistance to American partners in the Indo-Pacific, Ukraine, and Israel, reports The Epoch Times. This comes as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces growing discontent among conservatives, particularly over the billions in funding for Ukraine and its lack of border security measures. The House passed the $61 billion aid package for Ukraine in a 311–112 vote. The $8 billion measure providing for Indo-Pacific and Taiwanese security passed in a 385–34 vote. Another bill funding $26 billion for Israel passed 366–58. JOHNSON: “The world is destabilized and it's a tinderbox. It's a dangerous time. Three of our primary adversaries -- Russia and Iran and China -- are working together and they're being aggressors around the globe. They're a global threat to our prosperity and our security. Their advance threatens the free world and it demands American leadership. If we turn our backs right now, the consequences could be devastating.” Now that it's been passed by the House, the legislation will go to the Senate as a single package, where it's expected to easily pass. Former Congresswoman: American Democrats have joined Team Hamas & Iran In an interview on “Understanding the Times with Jan Markell,” former Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann bemoaned the fact that President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and others in American political leadership, have seemingly abandoned Team Israel and joined Team Hamas. BACHMANN: “Now, we're seeing a shift with the White House, with the President and the Vice President, with the leading Jew in the United States, which would be Chuck Schumer, the head of the United States Senate, with our Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with Nancy Pelosi, who is essentially the head of the House of Representatives, as far as the Democrats are concerned. “They all came out one after another, just in this last two weeks, and they've come one by one to condemn Israel, and to tell Israel, ‘You're going to lose this war. You're going to pull back.' They've gone so far as to embrace and move from Team Israel to Team Hamas. And, what's worse, the Democrat Party has embraced Team Iran!” Congresswoman Bachmann elaborated on Iran's goal. BACHMANN: “And the goal of Iran is very clear. The Ayatollah – [Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei] -- made it very clear himself when he wrote his book in 2015. He said, ‘If Muslims and Palestinians unite and fight, the Zionist regime will not be in existence in 25 years.'  He wrote that, and he means it. Benjamin Netanyahu said, ‘I believe the sincerity of the Ayatollah,' knowing that no statement has changed that. “We just saw they were screaming ‘Death to America! Death to Israel!' They're following Islamic law. They believe that within a very short period of time they will realize their dream of killing every Jew in Israel and taking over the land.” Members of Kennedy Family endorse Biden over Kennedy Some members of the Kennedy family are backing President Joe Biden re-election bid even as their own relative, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., runs as an independent presidential candidate, reports The Blaze. RFK Jr.'s brother, Chris Kennedy, has gone as far as describing Biden as "the RFK of his generation." CHRIS KENNEDY: “When I think of modern politicians in our country in this century, I think Joe Biden is the RFK of his generation.” And Rory Kennedy, a sister of RFK, Jr, described Biden this way. RORY KENNEDY: “This is a president who embodies the Kennedy legacy.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has 10 siblings, is the son of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968. In response to his siblings' endorsements of Joe Biden for president, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tweeted, “I hear some of my family will be endorsing President Biden today. I am pleased they are politically active — it's a family tradition. We are divided in our opinions but united in our love for each other. ... My campaign, which many of my family members are working on and supportive of, is about healing America.” Australian bishop forgives his Muslim stabber And finally, the Australian bishop, who was stabbed in the middle of a sermon during a church service on Monday and is recovering in the hospital, has forgiven his alleged attacker, reports the Christian Post. Bishop Mari Emmanuel, age 53, has been in the hospital since he was stabbed by a 15-year-old male while in the middle of a livestreamed service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley. A 39-year-old priest was also allegedly stabbed after attempting to intervene. Other churchgoers were hurt in the scuffle as well. All are expected to make full recoveries. The bishop is now asking his supporters to emulate Jesus, through "Christlike" behavior, rather than engaging in vengeful words or actions following the attack. In Luke 6:27-28, Jesus said, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Monday, April 22nd in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Lois McLatchie (Communications Officer at ADF International ‘Alliance Defending Freedom International') speaks to Wendy about  Scotland's new hate crime laws that have been stirring controversy. Lois explains the new laws, what they mean and also questions how will they impact free speech.

Show notes and Transcript Lois McLatchie Miller is the senior legal communications officer for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) UK and is a regular media commentator.  She joins us to discuss the work of ADF who's tagline, “Protecting everyone's right to live & speak the Truth in the UK”, is needed more than ever.  Are Christian freedoms really under threat in the UK?  Lois discusses a number of issues which are off limits legally. Speaking up for the rights of the unborn. SIlent prayer on a public footpath. Common sense factual statements on gender and sexuality. Asking people if they want to talk about the sanctity of life. Criminalising thoughts that are the wrong emotion. So many views and actions have been attacked by this so called conservative government. And where is the church amidst this woke wave of censorship? Lois McLatchie serves as a senior legal communications officer for ADF UK . She works with journalists and press representatives to advocate for fundamental freedoms in the “court of public opinion”, both in written pieces and through public speaking. Before beginning her current role, Lois was a legal analyst on ADF International's UN Advocacy Team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. There, she provided Member State representatives with key legal resources and amendatory language which promotes the inherent value of every person. She is an alumnus of ADF International's Veritas Scholarship, under which she she completed training on on international law, communications and argumentation. Lois also holds an LLM Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Kent, and an MA (Hons) International Relations from the University of St Andrews. During her studies, she participated in Areté Academy and Blackstone Legal Fellowship, where she completed extensive research on bioethical issues, including surrogacy. Connect with Lois and ADF UK... 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You're the Senior Legal Communications Officer for ADF, Alliance Defending Freedom. I followed ADF for many, many years. And it's ADF.UK, but everything is there. And I think the tagline on ADF on the Twitter is protecting everyone's right to live and speak the truth in the UK, which is under attack. And that's truth with a capital T. Maybe we'll touch on that as well. I said before, I've had the privilege of doing work with Paul Coleman, who's your executive director. Great to have you on and discuss this whole area, which I don't know if we've talked about for a long time on Christian freedoms. But maybe I'll ask you a simple question that the left trans say, of course it's not, and that is freedoms, specifically Christian freedoms. How are they actually under threat in the UK? Yeah, well, thanks for that question. Well, I think looking around us as Christians in the UK, we can sense that there is a changing culture, which is fine. Christians at the church have survived throughout thousands of generations of many different challenges. But the one that faces us today is one that's particularly sensorial. I say that because of a lot of the legislation that has been brought in recently in my home country in Scotland, most notably, but also across the UK, where the ability to speak truth. We're taught to speak in grace and truth is increasingly being reduced for the fear of offending somebody sometimes or because, more likely, different ideologies set to take precedence. I think, in Western countries, there has always been one belief or one ideolo​gy that is dominant. In and many years ago, that was the church. The church had in place blasphemy laws back in the 1600s. It was wrong to stop people from challenging or questioning the church or even having conversations about what different interpretations of the Bible might mean, of course. We should have allowed those conversations. It was wrong to always impose blasphemy laws with very harsh sentences. But what we're seeing today is in the West, in the UK and across different countries like Finland and across the European Union; we're seeing laws come in which actually just reverse that and we have situations where we can't speak out against what are considered to be the true dogmas or the the most popular narrative views of our day. Whenever we're in a situation like that uh that's a disadvantage to everyone because we don't get to have the conversations about important societal issues that we need and especially right now it is a disadvantage to Christians who are commanded and who love to be able to speak about their beliefs and share and exchange them with other people. And maybe you want to touch on the role of Alliance Defending Freedom. I know that you work here in the UK, but I initially saw it as as a U.S organization. I think it's expanded now to to many parts of the world. It's to my mind, it's probably the major Christian organization defending individuals' rights to speak truth in many areas in society. And the attacks are becoming wider and wider in every area. But maybe our viewers in the UK may not be so aware of ADF. Do you want to just let the viewers know what ADF is and what actually it does? Yeah, absolutely. Well, ADF stands for Alliance Defending Freedom. And the US reference that you mentioned, well, we as an organisation began in the US over 25 years ago. But, 10 years ago, we started up a new branch of ADF, called ADF International, which is headquartered in Vienna. We, as a new international organization, have an eye to keep the right to live and speak the truth free all over the world. So, we have an alliance of over 4,000 lawyers who we support. Whatever their challenges are in their own country, to the concept of being able to speak the truth. They can come to us and we can support them in being able to take these things through courts. And we also have in-house legal teams based in situations of political significance: at the European Union, at the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg, or we have a big office in Washington DC because of the Latin American jurisdictions there or the institutions there. Here in London, we have an office ADF UK, and we work in-house to be supporting these rights, to be serving serving those individuals who are dragged through courts unfairly because of their faith. Or to be promoting in the media and in politics, these foundational ideas that are core. For example, over here in the UK, freedom of speech has been a core value to the Brits for a long, long time, as well as supporting things like the right to life, again, which has been secured in our understanding of human rights law in the West for a long, long time. Although, we have an international presence in each location that we're based in, we work locally with a local team working on local issues with local laws. I think there's a big difference between stateside and over in Europe where in the States you wear your faith on your sleeve more. The conversations are, I think, more vocal and more public, where certainly in the UK, your faith is supposedly a private thing that you keep away from your public life. Is that one of the reasons why we've got to where we're going; Christians taking themselves out of the public sphere? I think probably these things are symbiotic aren't they. As laws and culture and this kind of concept of cancel culture increases it can put pressure on Christians and others of minority beliefs to stay quiet and then that can perpetuate the kind of myth that these views are outdated and don't really exist and therefore legislation comes in to make it even more difficult to express our faith and therefore this cycle kind of continues. And that's one of the reasons why it's so important for Christians to be standing up for their freedom of speech. Sometimes, this can be seen as kind of an icky thing to do to be engaging in our rights and we were supposed to, you know, we are called to be persecuted and some people feel awkward or difficult about speaking up for their rights but we're encouraged to do so, because Paul the apostle when he was under pressure for assessing his beliefs he called on the Roman Roman justice system and invoked his rights as a Roman citizen. And it wasn't because he was afraid of going to prison or afraid of suffering, but it was because, for many reasons, firstly, upholding justice in a country is important. Secondly, because this can be an opportunity to share our story with a wider group of people and to secure the right for them too, to be able to live and speak the truth, to share their faith. It's important to engage in the structures of society that we have around us. And of course, we know that the message of Christianity can have a phenomenal impact, not only in the lives of individuals and in us loving our neighbour to be able to share the truth like this, but also in societies. If you look to pre-Christian Rome, for example, the culture was more hedonistic and awful than today. They were engaging in child sacrifice in some instances. Women were treated as about the same worth as a loaf of bread. Babies were exposed on rubbish heaps if they weren't wanted simply because they were girls. Yet, Christianity came in with a transformative message and instituted this first concept that we ever had of having human rights, of having the equal dignity of each person just because they are human. That is a message that we still carry with us today, the equal dignity and worth of each person, no matter black, white, male, female, born, unborn, child, adult, all of these things. We believe that they have equal dignity and worth. We believe that no child has ever been born in the wrong body, for example. And these are values that can be positive and make a hugely positive impact on those around us. There are great reasons to be upholding this freedom, to be able to share our faith, to be able to share this perspective in society and help shape the laws around us to be the best that they can be for the flourishing of everybody. I've been surprised. I mean, I remember back when I was working at Christian Concern and engaging with churches. And you're kind of thinking, well, surely churches should be engaging in this fight. But it seems as though often, and maybe Americans may think, you've got to stay at church. You're in a wonderful position. Well, it's not necessarily so. And it seems that the church have retreated and left the fight to organizations like ADF. That's your job to speak truth and we'll quietly have a Bible study on a Wednesday evening and that's kind of our job ticked. I mean, how do you see that? Because, really it should be the church that are standing up for rights and freedoms and truth in the world. Yeah. So, the church has a commission, doesn't it, to be sharing the message and making disciples of those who believe. And I don't think that everybody in the church has the same necessarily frontline role in the politics that I do. I think that we all are called to have different parts of the body, but especially when we have state churches. But the church as an institution in society does have freedom to be able to speak into the societal issues of our day and to be sharing a perspective about how lives can be approved for everybody. And I think that church leaders have perhaps lost confidence in their ability to do that, that they do have a voice, that they can speak to politicians, they can speak to newspapers, to society and share their perspective and that it isn't wrong to do so. I wonder if there's been a little bit of a shyness over the last 50 years and speaking externally, but also internally about some issues that can be seen as controversial and maybe not having the language to articulate these things well. It is so important that we do so because we know, we believe the Bible as a church, not just because it's the Bible or because we're told to do so, but because we fundamentally do think it's true. We do think it holds valuable knowledge about how to best support everybody in society, best point them towards the way that they can be flourishing the most. If we truly believe that truth, then it is unfair, unjust and unkind of us to not be sharing that message, to not be speaking out. So, if we take our mission seriously, if we think that this is good for society, then we must be speaking about these issues in compassion and grace and holding out the wisdom that we've been taught. 100% Many of our viewers, not necessarily Christian viewers, may be non-Christian, but I think certainly the response we've got is many people looking for what truth is and looking for certainty in life, especially during the last four years of COVID chaos and trying to find that certainty. I want to talk to you about the the pro-life conversation and the Christian freedom conversation wider. I do need to ask you as a scoff of the the chaos that's north of the border. We've all read about uh it wasn't an April fool's joke it was actually the SNP going fully woke and restricting all conversation. As been reported on a lot, but maybe you want to just mention that, firstly, as an example of this wave against the right to speak what you believe. Sure. Well, like I mentioned earlier, it was 1697 that the last man in Scotland was condemned for blasphemy. He had, Thomas Aitkenhead, a 20-year-old Edinburgh student who had questioned the validity of the miracles of the Bible and made some jokes about Scripture. He was condemned for that, and that was absolutely wrong. That law went defunct for hundreds of years nobody used it in 2021 it was repealed finally, but on the same day that it was repealed a new blasphemy law was put into place. That came into action on the 1st of April this year. That law creates a new offense called stirring up of hate. I certainly don't like to be hated. I don't like anyone else to feel hated either and obviously we've talked about Christianity. Christians should never be called to be stirring up hate in any measure. The problem with this law is that we don't know exactly what kind of language can be seen to come under this. There's no definition of what it means to stir up hate and essentially it's been left wide open to abuse for the government to decide what speech they don't like and to ban that now JK Rowling very famously tested this law right in the morning that it came out. She tweeted, of course, some some fiery tweets about trans activists. She asked the police to come and arrest her if she had done anything wrong. The police investigated these tweets that had been reported as a hate crime. They found that they did not meet the threshold and that is good. It is really good that we've had that benchmark set for feminists that these particular tweets did not meet the threshold. However, we don't actually know, because there is no clear definition if different tweets were worded differently on a different day. And perhaps even might I add, coming from somebody who isn't as famous or on a big platform, or doesn't have the world's attention watching them. We don't know if the police will find a different reason as to prosecuting tweets as hate crimes and we don't know also about other topics that haven't been tested so JK Rowling talked about um trans activists and their link to criminality. We haven't tested this out when it comes to speaking about marriage we know one of the protected categories within law is obviously transgender identity and sexual orientation so we don't know about Christians who might speak out about marriage being between a man and a woman and if in different contexts. That could potentially meet the threshold. There's many Questions about this law that we have not been bottomed out. Police of Scotland had three years to clarify you know to a greater extent what this law was really going to mean for us and really all the best they came up with was a kind of campaign about a hate monster and watching out that the hate monster doesn't doesn't get you doesn't cause you to accidentally commit a hate crime I think it's very disappointing from our establishment that we're in this situation. I do see it as a new form of blasphemy law and that can essentially be used in the future to to criminalize people who are simply expressing their beliefs and it creates it's a culture I think of kind of you can't say that. You know, we'll chill conversations about important societal issues even in the home. This reaches into the family dinner table. Where it still applies, and if kids were to report their parents for their quote-unquote hateful beliefs if that's what they've been taught in school or hateful beliefs, then their parents could be ended up in trouble for what they've said there too. I think it's a very far-reaching law. It is something to be concerned about. And it's frightening that a government are trying to legislate feelings. Maybe the first government in the world to say a certain feeling or a certain emotion is wrong. I guess we'll be told what emotions are right and you must feel those emotions at certain times. And then it falls on the police and in some ways although it's the bobby on the beat that they will have to implement this. They're probably thinking this there are no guidelines this is not explained properly and it it's dangerous. We see it time and time again. Legislation coming in that's worded so badly, so widely, that actually it's up to any individual. And on a Monday someone could be arrested,  on a Tuesday they're not and that's frightening. I guess no safeguards and it's so subjective. Yeah, that's right. I mean we've seen this actually with hate speech laws across the world, so we kind of have a flavour of where this is going already. ADF International was supporting a case in Finland and still is a politician a parliamentarian of 20 years and a former Home Secretary, and a grandmother mother. Paivi Razanen, tweeted in 2019, she tweeted a Bible verse and she challenged her church leadership as to whether they should really have sponsored the Pride parade in Helsinki. She felt that that was perhaps an inappropriate thing for a church to be doing. She was charged for hate speech. She was dragged to the court. She's been acquitted twice at the district court and the court of appeal, and her case has been appealed a third time to the Supreme Court in Finland. The charge that she has been, or what she's been charged under carries a potential sentence of up to two years in prison. We don't think that she would get the full sentence, but the fact that that hangs in the air is quite phenomenal. We've seen where this lands of grandmothers being dragged through courts for years for tweeting their beliefs. Again, in Mexico we've seen this with politicians out there who we've supported, who were convicted actually of gender gender-based political violence for having expressed their beliefs on biological reality. Their are cases being appealed to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, but there are two politicians whose careers have been severely jeopardised because they simply tweeted their well-founded beliefs about reality. They spoke the truth. We know where this goes. We know how the story ends. For Scotland and Ireland are now looking at putting in place their own hate speech law as well. It is concerning, but we're going to have to wait and see how this shakes out. Of course, like you say, it comes down often to an individual police decision on the day, and Police Scotland are now a centralised unit. There's no kind of peer review between different forces in Scotland. It really is down to just one hive mind making the decision on what could count as offensive in the future. The police recently in Scotland said that they were no longer going to be investigating over 24,000 crimes including some examples of theft, because they simply don't have the resources, but we're told that they are going to be investigating every single report of hate speech that comes in. And we've had over 4,000 so far. Bear in mind that this law has been enacted for four days. If you can compare the before and after the effect this is going to have on our resources of policing in the country when it comes into looking about who said what on Twitter. It's a phenomenally interesting place for a country to be, but we're going to see how it shakes out in the next few weeks, I imagine. It really is weird whenever politicians are more concerned of hurdy words than rape, because the rape convictions are, what, one and a half percent, I think, is a conviction from an allegation to conviction. And yet, it's falling over themselves to find a word that may cause someone offence somewhere and to go after that. It is unbelievable the waste of finance and police resources of going after something while you've got these massive problems in society and simply turning a blind eye to it. Yeah, no, absolutely. And you're right. Hate isn't a human emotion. It's a motion of the human heart. It'd be as well trying to ban greed or envy or lust. Hamza Yusuf. Justin Trudeau. Simon Harris. All of these guys can try to ban hate, but that's not essentially what it's going to make the difference in society. Do we have societal issues, societal tensions, of course we do, but resolving those conflicts is going to take more conversation not less. Telling people that that their views or that they are bad people for expressing beliefs is not going to be helpful in engaging those societal conversations. If we let bad speech go underground and be hidden, then it festers into even worse speech for the issues that the government is concerned about. Having conversations out in the open is really the best place for a democracy to be. We need to have these types of conversations and the marketplace of ideas will sort itself out. The ideas that need to be fleshed out can be done so with debate and discussion. I think that's the direction the West needs to be headed. It was certainly historically where we seem to be headed for a long time when we've taken this U-turn back to a kind of more authoritarian, censorial approach, which I think is going to not have the desired consequences of our government. I want to move on to life. Lots of conversation, probably in the UK more on what they call assisted dying or assisted suicide, which is assisting someone to end their life, so to murder. We've seen that, especially probably during COVID, it's becoming even a bigger conversation. I see a number of MPs just get rid of the older members of society and that fixes us, the survival of the fittest. It's a frightening. I guess,  where the conversation goes when you don't have any Christian ethos or belief of the value of life. But the value of life at the beginning as well; I mentioned to you before we went on we've had uh some great individuals: Scott Klusendorf and Seth Gruber, and Janique Stewart. It's always great to drop this in the conversation, because when you look at the other alternative media, I think this is a topic that people are afraid to go on and choice seems to trump life and the right to the individual. Maybe you want to touch on what the situation is in the U.K for me for U.S audience who aren't sure. What is the life abortion situation in the U.K? Legally speaking our uh our laws in effect allow abortion for any reason up till 24 weeks. Then after 24 weeks there's three reasons why it could go all the way up to birth. One is in cases of disability. For the child, one is if the mother's life is at risk, and one is if there's a risk of serious risk of physical or mental injury to her as a result of the pregnancy. That's as things stand now. We are are a bit of an outlier in Europe. Average kind of benchmark for European abortion caps between 12 and 15 weeks. At 24, we're almost double. We are much, much more liberal in our abortion law than others. But an amendment has been put forward as part of the criminal justice bill in our parliament by a politician who would like to see abortion decriminalised all the way up till birth in the UK for any reason. Whether you count yourself as pro-life, or pro-choice, or pro-abortion or whatever label you hold, this iteration of an abortion law is extremely dangerous and should be opposed. The reason is that it puts women's lives in danger. We have a scheme in the UK called Pills by Post. Since the pandemic and now permanently, a woman can call up an abortion provider, say that she is less than 10 weeks pregnant, and the abortion provider will be able to administer her by the post Misoprostol pills for her to perform her own abortion at home. The danger with this, of course, without saying obvious, is also that a woman can essentially acquire these medicines very easily, even after the 10-week mark all the way up to the 40-week mark. And this has happened in various instances. There was a case over the summer of a lady called Carla Foster who performed an abortion by obtaining pills in this way on, I think it was, between a 33 and 35 week old baby I believe. She had a very traumatic experience performing her own abortion in her bathroom at home and she talked she later named her baby who she had to give birth to of course, after having performed the abortion she named her baby Lily. She talks about the traumatic experience that was. Now, if we we take away laws which prevent women from doing this, because a small number of women have got around the system to do it. If we take away laws that prevent many more women from doing it, we'll have so many more women like Carla who obtain a very dangerous style of abortion at home like this. It would be an absolutely traumatic result for women. So, no matter what your ideological stance on abortion is, this is something to write to your MP and oppose, because no woman should be going through an abortion alone at home. We're told it was meant to be safe, legal and rare. There seems to be none of those things. Now, there's also been another amendment proposed to the same bill that MPs will have to pick between. The second amendment looks at this 24-week mark and says, well, hang on. This means that now that babies are surviving from 22 weeks outside the womb. We now have situations where in the same hospital; there can be a woman having a 23, 24 week baby aborted whilst the same age of baby is fighting for their lives and we're supporting them to survive. How can we just be discriminating against these two children simply because one is wanted and one is not. That doesn't seem just at all. They're taking the very they made the very modest and moderate proposal of simply lowering that limit on abortion from 24 down to 22 in line of the current state of viability in the UK. Now, of course this still makes us very much out of sync with Europe which is 12 to 15 weeks, but it is a step towards a more humane view of life. I think it's something that should be definitely supported by all MPs. Again, it's not even a defining ideological stance. It's not the Only pro-life. People should think this... It is just a reasonable measure to take to ensure that babies of all, at least at the same age, are treated equally. That no baby's life is being ended in the womb that could be surviving on the outside. My hope is that plenty of people in the U.K will see the sense in this, see the justice in this, and write to their MP and encourage them to support the amendment for 22 weeks and opposed the amendment for 40 weeks. Sorry, that was a lot of information in one go, but I hope that it came across okay. No, it did. And the changes in legislation are often incremental that you don't go for it straight away. It is a conversation and slowly you have to move people with you. But it's interesting, the state, the conversation in the legislation, acouple of states on the heartbeat legislation, and that goes around actually what is life? Can we define what life is? And I've been perplexed with conversations with those who are are absolute desperate for abortion. It's actually something that people are really fired up with, certainly in the left. And I remember touching on different issues, and it's fine, you touch on the issue of abortion, how dare you stop a woman taking the life of her child. But that conversation of life, and I don't see that as much in the UK, because the Harvard legislation, what is life? You feel the pulse, actually the heart's beating, and that makes sense. I would go down to conception, but hey, let's have a conversation. But no one seems to understand what life is and that seems to be the crux of the problem, I think. Yeah, and I think ideologically we're always put into this debate mould where we're told that we have to pick between a woman or her baby, you know, it's like pro-woman or pro-baby. Some people say that, you know, we should protect the woman at all costs and therefore if she doesn't want to have a pregnancy in her body at at all, then like it's absolutely her choice and the child gets no rights. There's not many people who go to the full extreme of saying that at any point up to birth, she should be able to make that choice or even after birth. Very few people would go to that extreme. But there are some. And on the other side, we have this kind of polar opposite opinion of only the child's life matters. And the woman doesn't matter at all. And forget about her. We just have to protect this baby's life. I personally never met anyone who said that, but I'm sure that there have been instances where that's come across. And that's obviously not right either. We're kind of locked into this strange polarization where actually very few people think on these extremes. And I think what most of us want to see is an option where we can protect both. Can we find solutions where we can protect both mother and baby? And I think that's what needs to come through far more in this debate into the mainstream and stop feeding this idea that we can now just have to pick a tribe and in fact look to solutions where we can support mothers and support babies far better. I know the U.S have a great network of pregnancy help centres, which I think do a great service to women, because many, you know, in one in five women in the U.K who have had abortions say that they didn't want to, they felt pressured or pushed into it. So, if we had better options of support, and I think we can all work towards situations where we can be doing more to support and encourage women to take the empowered step to choose motherhood, to choose life. In a culture where so often they're told that the only option is abortion and that they have no future apart from that. So, I'd love to see further changes in our culture towards supporting women. And I guess the danger is the organisations that provide abortion make money from it. BPAS are not going to provide a conversation with a mother saying, actually, these are your options. The option for them is one thing because that's their business. We don't seem to have a, mothers don't seem to be able to have a conversation, actually, of the options. And it seems to be if a mother is thinking of ending the life of her child, then she's kind of funnelled into one direction, and that is abortion. I think that probably needs to change. I guess that partially is the role of the church to have that conversation. Yeah, there's a lot more we can be doing for sure. I think we can all agree that women deserve far better than abortion. When we think about it no little girl ever grows up saying I would love to have an abortion when I'm older. It's never an ideal choice so, the fact that we are in a culture where one in three or one in four women are ending up having abortion is a great failure on society. It's a great failure in the rhetoric that, you know, my body my choice is so empowering when in fact it's really allowed men and family members and people that were meant to be rallying around women in crisis pregnancies to say, well, your body, your choice, your problem, I'm out. And the kind of abandoned woman to a responsibility that was always meant to be shared. So, I do think there's a lot more churches and charities and things to be doing, but we also, we do have great charities in the U.K who do volunteer support. Outside abortion facilities and have made a real life difference in the lives of many women who have chosen help and decided that they would like to continue their pregnancies if only they could have support. But unfortunately, we're seeing a clampdown on their work at a governmental level, which I think is the most anti-woman policy that this government has ever proposed. Completely. And you've written to Rishi Sunak. Have you got a reply back to your letter? I did not. You know it's so funny I I wrote that letter it wasn't an ADF initiative I would just write to my MP, but my MP is standing down and I knew that she wouldn't agree with me anyway on this. At the last minute I said, oh I'll write to Rishi, and I put it on on Twitter. So thank you for saying and noticing that, I'm glad I'm glad somebody did. Yes, no. I wrote to Rishi because I think that we've had a quote-unquote conservative government for 14 years in this country. But in the course of those years, we have seen the destruction of the family. We've seen no support for mothers. Our maternity policy, in essence, has really amounted to just cheaper childcare, which, of course, cheaper childcare is fine and good. But many women feel that they would love to be able to invest more in their families, in their children by staying home, by having tax rewards for being able to put those years into early motherhood. Yet we have very little support for the idea of a family other than getting women back into work as soon as possible. We've had an abortion rate that's only growing under the Conservative government. We've had pills by post implemented by this government and now potentially abortion up to birth under the the criminal justice bill amendment. So I think it's an absolute blight on any party that calls themselves conservative, who should be standing up for family, for freedom of speech, for life and for cherishing these values that are so important to so many of us in society. I felt frustrated that that had not been done. And so I wrote a letter. If only in the manifesto, all lives matter and both lives matter were two policies, I think, actually would have a very different society. You know, it's funny, in the Conservative manifesto; I checked in the 2019 manifesto and family is mentioned dozens of times as support for the family as this campaign was promised to us. But I personally have not seen any measures taken to support and uphold families. I've only seen the opposite. So I think that's a real miss by a government who could have done much better. Yeah, if only we could listen to Hungary and have the most family friendly policies in Europe, it could be quite different. I saw you, I think, recently, back in March, you'd been with, I think, Right to Life had been outside Parliament, highlighting what was happening. Just mention that because it's important for the public to come around initiatives and to try and let MPs know that there is vocal support for policies like this. Yeah, absolutely. I really encourage everybody in the U.K to be writing to their MP about this. The group right to life. I think it's https://righttolife.org.uk, have a tool on their website where you can very easily write to your MP. Put in your postcode and they'll let you know who it is and provide you with information that you can send on to your MP. It's very easy, just takes a couple of clicks and, yeah, even if you want to do it in a different matter you just get in touch. I think there's so many, I wasn't really aware until recently about the number of methods we do have available to us to engage in really important decisions that are made in Parliament. Writing to your MP can make a difference if they're on the fence, or at least letting them know that people in their constituency do care about this issue. It's something important to them and they of course are elected to represent you. There's also things like public consultations that frequently come up, and it's always worth just filling out that consultation and making your voice heard and engaging with these tools that we have before us, because other people do. And so if we're not voicing our own opinion in these measures where the government is looking for opinions, we won't be heard. I really encourage everyone to engage with those tools. Completely. And one MP who I saw you retweeted, a former guest of ours,  Andrew Bridgen. His tweet was there should not be double standards when it comes to free speech, yet repeatedly we see evidence that Christian expression is harshly censored while the right to voice more fashionable views is protected. This was a sign, someone holding up a sign if you want to talk you can talk, and this I think fits in with the buffer, so do you want to fill the audience in on that? Yeah, of course he was referring to the case of Livia Tossici-Bolt Livia has been volunteering to help women outside an abortion facility for quite a few years now. She's a retired medical scientist, and so she frequently has has held a sign that says here to talk if you want, or she's provided information about a helpline and just giving women that chance to talk over their options to hear about resources available to them, if they want, to consider keeping their child if it's if they're at an abortion, but they're not sure about whether they want to go ahead. It's a chance just to look at other options. I think you know pro-life or pro-choice,  especially if you're pro-choice, you should be pro having having these conversations, looking at all the true choices. However, Livia was recently charged and now faces trial because she held this sign near an abortion facility in Bournemouth, where there is a buffer zone, or a censorship zone, as we sometimes like to call them. Placed around the clinic. These buffer zones have been rolled out in five places across England and Wales so far, and under new legislation coming in soon, they will be rolled out across the country, and it makes it a crime to engage in influencing within 150 metres of a clinic. The law, the regulation that Livia was charged under prevents her from agreeing or engaging in disapproval or approval of abortion. So again, it's very, in both instances, it's very vague, ambiguous language and the authorities have deemed in Bournemouth that just by offering to talk. They're here to talk, if you want; that Livia has committed a crime. We're thrilled to be defending or to be supporting Livia's legal defence, because we believe that everybody should have the right to be engaged in these conversations. Nobody should be on trial just for having a belief about abortion or for offering to talk in any circumstance. The UK has public streets. We've always been able to express our views. We have a culture of democracy here and we can't understand why some issues are banned in certain places just because the government might not like what we have to say. So, that's one to watch out for. We're grateful that five politicians last week, as you alluded to, have spoken out for Libya. They've seen what happened in Bournemouth and they're aware that the new legislation coming in will roll this out across the U.K and we could see many more cases like Libya's. We've already seen a few. There was a priest, Father Sean Gough, who was arrested and put on trial, unfortunately vindicated, for holding a sign saying, praying for free speech. There was Isabel von Spruce, of course, most famously, also supported by ADF UK, who was arrested, actually twice, for a viral video for praying silently inside her head. So, this law has a very far-reaching consequence, even into the minds of individuals who are poor life. So something that whatever you think about abortion, we should be concerned about any form of censorship in our country and be able to keep those conversations open. Well, that, I mean, no one would have five years ago have said actually praying silently would be illegal in the UK. But in effect, that buffer zone legislation forced through by my MP, sadly to say, actually is, it means that prayer is now criminalised 150 yards from every abortion centre. That's how it's been acted on by the police. Well, we do have an opportunity to engage here for the better. So, the legislation that has been passed by the government bans influencing, like we talked about, very vague or unclear exactly what this means. Now, because it's so unclear the government are going to provide or the home office are going to provide guidance within the next few weeks to explain to police and prosecutors exactly how they should act outside of buffer zones and we know of course that freedom of thought is protected absolutely in human rights law as incorporated into the U.K law as well. It is wrong that Isabel was arrested for praying inside her head and the government have a chance to clarify here what the line is for being able to at least hold thoughts and conversations in public. Now, let's be clear for a second. We all disagree with harassment or intimidation or violence or anything like that. Nobody should be engaging in harassment of women in any situation. Of course, not here either. So, we're all comfortable with laws, which have already existed for a while, that ban that. But the government must clarify that while this legislation applies to harassment, It must not apply to silent prayer or simply peaceful prayer on the street or conversations like the one that Livia was trying to hold. A consensual conversation between two adults. So, that kindness is going to drop fairly soon. You know, there's still opportunities to engage with that. Again, you write to MP and encourage them to contact the Home Office about this and encourage them to do the right thing and clarify that we need freedom of thought and freedom of conversation. I mean, why not write to the Home Office as well and give your opinion? There is a chance still that we'll be able to preserve this and we'll have something to watch out for in the next few weeks. And just to finish, Lois, let me reiterate your comment about engage with MPs. You mentioned there was five and one of them, the awesome Carla Lockhart, DUP from Northern Ireland. And you realize there are voices, there are MPs who actually do have a belief. They are conviction politicians and they may be fewer of them than there used to be, but actually they are still there. And I think it's vital for us, whether you're watching it as Christians or not, whether you just believe in these fundamental rights that actually do engage with your MP, because you will you will find there are good MPs and you may be blessed by actually having a good MP different to Lois or myself that maybe don't have. Yeah Lois, there is, just want to reiterate that because there are good MPs and they will be fearless on speaking up on these issues. Yeah, yeah, absolutely I mean the the buffer zones debate in parliament before it was passed It was a very fiery debate and we were encouraged, although unfortunately the vote did not go in our favour when it came to the amendment. We were encouraged about the number who did stand up and in fact mentioned Isabel von Spruce by name in their speeches. So, we can see that these stories do have an impact. And hopefully because of the attention that has been shown to Isabel and the unjustifiable arrest that was made for the thoughts that she had inside her head. We hope this information will trickle through to MPs and government officials in places of power and we will be able to protect that freedom to pray silently at least. Lois, thank you so much for your time. It's great to have you on. As I said at the beginning, I followed ADF closely and people can find all the links. If they just go to your Twitter handle, they can find the links for ADF and find the links for your Substack and everything is there and it is in the description. So thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you so much. Thank you for all that you do.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Lois McLatchie serves as a senior communications officer for ADF UK . Formerly, Lois McLatchie was a legal analyst on ADF International's UN Advocacy Team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland to promote the inherent value of every person. She is an alumnus of ADF International's Veritas Scholarship, completing training on international law, communications and argumentation. McLatchie holds an LLM Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Kent. During her studies, she completed extensive research on bioethical issues, including surrogacy. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Debi Evans (SRN, PG Cert Autism) is UK Column's nursing correspondent. She is a past advisor to the UK Department of Health.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Charlie Sansom is a political commentator who famously quit Conservative Party group Chairmanship on the BBC Essex live over it's Covid 19 Plan B and the tyranny that he saw connected to it. He's also a singer and a DJ. His website is http://www.charliesansom.com/ that's S-A-N-S-O-M. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Lois McLatchie serves as a senior communications officer for ADF UK . Formerly, Lois McLatchie was a legal analyst on ADF International's UN Advocacy Team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland to promote the inherent value of every person. She is an alumnus of ADF International's Veritas Scholarship, completing training on international law, communications and argumentation. McLatchie holds an LLM Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Kent. During her studies, she completed extensive research on bioethical issues, including surrogacy.

Delphine Chui delivers a talk at Radio Maria England's live and in person event Women Praying Together held at the Rosary Shrine on Southampton Road in London on 2 March 2024. Delphine Chui is a writer, speaker and charity founder who serves as content lead for ADF International and is based in our London office. She works closely with our advocates and legal communications team to amplify and distribute our work to our global supporters via social media, newsletters, and printed materials. A first-class honours Anthropology graduate from UCL and former magazine journalist who experienced censorship and cancel culture for being publicly Christian and pro-life, Delphine is passionate about sharing stories of those standing up for their God-given freedoms

It's Friday, February 23rd, A.D. 2024.  This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus.  (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Ukrainian priest likely killed by Russian occupation forces The bruised body of a Ukrainian priest, who was detained by Russian occupation forces, turned up on a village street last Thursday, with an unconfirmed report of a bullet wound to the head, reports The Christian Post. The Rev. Stepan Podolchak, age 59, of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, disappeared on February 13 in the Ukrainian village of Kalanchak after Russian occupation forces took him away for questioning in his bare feet with a bag over his head. The priest had chosen to remain with his church after Russians invaded the village in southern Skadovsk District of Kherson Region in early 2022.  Podolchak's battered body was taken to the morgue after a passer-by found it, and a morgue staff member phoned his shocked wife to ask her to identify it. His family buried the priest's body in Kalanchak on Sunday. In 1 Chronicles 16:22, God warns, “Do not touch My anointed ones; do My prophets no harm.” German taxi driver, a convert from Islam, fined over Bible quote sticker A German taxi driver and Christian convert from Islam has been fined over a Bible quote sticker on his car's rear window due to what his city refers to as unlawful “religious advertising,” reports LifeSiteNews.com. According to Alliance Defending Freedom, Jalil Mashali was threatened with a fine of up to 1,000 euros in October due to a small sticker on his taxi that displays a cross and reads, “Jesus – I am the way. The truth. And the life.” (John 14:6) The city of Essen argues that the sticker violates an ordinance applying to taxis that prohibits religious advertising. The Christian convert refused to remove the sticker, and city authorities are now demanding a fine of $95. Mashali is challenging the fine with the backing of ADF International. He argues that “due to the content, location, and small size of the sticker,” it does not constitute advertising. He said, “Jesus is the best thing I could recommend to anyone because He changed my life. That's why I have the sticker on my car for anyone who is interested to see.” Romans 1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” In the worst case scenario, Mashali could lose his taxi driver's license. Nikki Haley: “70% of Americans don't want Trump or Biden!” Appearing on Fox News with Faulkner Harris, GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley explained why she is a better option than Trump in the primaries and Biden in the general election. HALEY: “Seventy percent of Americans have said they don't want Trump or Biden.” HARRIS: “True.” HALEY: “They are the most disliked politicians in America; 60% of Americans have said Donald Trump's too old and Joe Biden's too old to run for president. “We have to win. And we need a new generational leader that can put in eight years of hard work day and night, making sure we get things done. No drama, no vendettas. Just results for the American people. I'm determined to go to every single state and give people the right. “If 70% don't want Trump or Biden, let them have another option. Let's let them vote. Let's let this play out. Ten days after South Carolina, 20-plus states and territories will vote. Let's let that happen.” Is Nikki Haley staying in race in case Trump is convicted? As pollster Frank Luntz  guested on CNN, anchor Abby Phillip speculated about what might be truly motivating Nikki Haley to stay in the presidential race despite the fact that she has no clear path to victory in the primaries. PHILLIP: “When she says, Frank, that she's going to stay in until the last vote is counted, how much of that calculation is about just staying in the race to be a failsafe if something were to happen and Trump gets convicted of a crime?” LUNTZ: “There are a lot of people who think that's the reason. And I know that Nikki Haley has future ambitions. Now, make no mistake. There are significant forces just outside the mainstream of the GOP that does not want Trump and is looking for an alternative. “As a pollster, who's been doing this now for more than three decades, I see no evidence whatsoever that Nikki Haley is going to be a significant force in the 2024 election. Super Tuesday, all these states are up. I don't think she wins a single one of them.” Trump has 200,000 fewer donors now than 2020 Donald Trump entered the 2024 election year with about 200,000 fewer donors than in the previous presidential campaign four years ago, raising questions about his fundraising machine just as legal bills eat into his war chest, reports the Financial Times. The Trump campaign, and affiliated political action committees, attracted roughly 516,000 donors in the second half of last year, compared with 740,000 at the same stage of his last race for the White House. Plus, The Los Angeles Times reports that over the last two years, Trump's Save America political action committee, his presidential campaign, and his other fundraising organizations have devoted $76.7 million to legal fees. Cellphone outage hits AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile customers Tens of thousands of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile customers reported outages on Thursday morning for their home phone, internet, and mobile phone services, reports Fox Business. Newsweek added that AT&T customers are unable to make necessary 911 calls to operators in an emergency. Forty percent of customers currently reporting being affected say they have no signal at all, and 9% of users say their mobile internet is down. No cause for the outage was given. A defense official told Fox News that there was "no indication it was a cyber attack." That outage may have been caused by "human error", according to one expert, but a "solar flare" has also been cited as a possible explanation for the cell problems. Pharmacies hit by cyber attack And finally, The Daily Express reports that pharmacies all over America experienced delays in prescription orders on Thursday due to a cyberattack on one of the biggest healthcare technology companies in the nation known as Change Healthcare. Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Friday, February 23rd in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

In this weeks episode I speak with Lois McLatchie Miller part of ADF International. To discuss the arrest of people for silently praying, free speech, abortion culture, marriage, red pill movement and more. Follow me: https://twitter.com/RoryPodcaster Follow my Substack: https://englishgentlemen.substack.com/ Follow Lois: https://twitter.com/LoisMcLatch A devoted Christian and respected Army veteran, Adam finds himself thrust into the spotlight as he faces unjust criminalization for a simple act: silently praying alone outside a designated "buffer zone." In a world where religious liberties are increasingly challenged, Adam's case highlights the urgent need to protect fundamental freedoms. But Adam's story goes beyond his personal battle. We'll explore the broader implications of his situation, delving into the complex landscape of abortion records in the UK and the broader societal questions it raises. From legal intricacies to moral dilemmas, we'll unpack the layers of this contentious issue with empathy and insight. Through interviews, expert analysis, listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by individuals like him, who stand firm in their beliefs despite facing adversity. We'll confront uncomfortable truths, challenge prevailing narratives, and ultimately, ignite a conversation about the importance of upholding civil liberties for all. Hope you enjoy love you all! Time stamps: (00:00) - Introduction (01:50) - What is happening with people being arrested for praying? (08:50) - The lie of abortion (23:30) - How our culture is becoming pro-abortion (26:30) - How abortion culture benefits men (30:50) - Is Christianity on its way back to young people? (43:50) - What the red pill movement gets wrong (53:00) - Marriage advice (59:25) - My issue with judging people too much

Barrister Lorcan Price from ADF International speaks to Wendy about the Irish hate speech bill.

Over the last year, we've reported on the (literal) trials of Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen, who was accused of “hate speech” for sharing Bible verses in support of traditional sexuality. Twice already, she has been found “not guilty” by the courts. But as our friends at ADF reported last week, prosecutors are now trying to get that verdict overturned. According to Paul Coleman of ADF International, the attacks on Räsänen have been relentless. “As is so often the case in ‘hate speech' trials,” he said, “the process has become part of the punishment.”  Recently, a progressive Christian author argued that since Räsänen is “only” threatened with a fine and not prison, it's not really a big deal. But censorship is a big deal. The loss of freedoms that are good for everyone is a big deal. Christians and others who care about human flourishing and about loving our neighbors should stand against persecution of any degree.

Paul Coleman, the executive director of ADF International, joins Dr Gavin Ashenden to discuss the appalling treatment by the Finnish state of Päivi Räsänen, an MP, former government minister for the interior and the wife of a Lutheran pastor, for alleged hate crimes after she publicly expressed the teaching of the Bible on human sexuality. In this 63rd episode of Merely Catholic, the podcast series for The Catholic Herald, they discuss the Räsänen case following her exoneration by the Helsinki Court of Appeal and explore how loosely-worded hate legislation poses mounting threats to such legitimate rights as freedom of speech, freedom of conscience and freedom of religion throughout the Western world.

Ref.: Sofia Hörder, Kommunikationsbeauftragte von ADF International

Lois McLatchie (Communications Officer at ADF International) speaks to Wendy about the court case in Finland where former Finnish Minister Räsänen was charged with “hate speech” for publicly sharing her faith-based beliefs. Lois shares the  latest news on the case that shares she was found not guilty of ‘hate speech' for a Bible tweet she posted.  

Paul Coleman – executive director of ADF International and author of Censored – returns to the The Brendan O'Neill Show. Paul and Brendan discuss the unstoppable march of censorship in the West and the totalitarian roots of modern hate-speech laws. Order Brendan O'Neill's A Heretic's Manifesto now from:

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Ralph Schoellhammer is an assistant professor of International Relations at Webster Vienna Private University and podcasts at The 1020. His research has a particular emphasis on how culture, values, and ideologies influence state behavior. Ralph has written for Unherd, Spiked, the Wall Street Journal and other publications about energy, and geopolitics. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Lois McLatchie serves as a senior communications officer for ADF UK . Formerly, Lois McLatchie was a legal analyst on ADF International's UN Advocacy Team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland to promote the inherent value of every person. She is an alumnus of ADF International's Veritas Scholarship, completing training on international law, communications and argumentation. McLatchie holds an LLM Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Kent. During her studies, she completed extensive research on bioethical issues, including surrogacy. https://adf.uk/ GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Martine Sommers: is a campaigner with a group of local residents in Portland Island, Dorset opposed to the lucrative deal made by the private owners of Portland Port to house 500 asylum seekers on The Bibby Stockholm barge on their island.

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - A Catholic priest reputed for rescuing homeless and impoverished children on the streets of Omaha, Nebraska, is expected to soon be declared Venerable by the Vatican, placing him on the path to canonization. Father Edward J Flanagan, who died in 1948, was an Irish-born priest whose saintly life has been narrated in a recent documentary, “Heart of a Servant — the Father Flanagan Story.” In a follow-up interview after the film's premiere on July 26 in Sligo, Ireland, Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin, Ireland, told CNA that there is a good reason to hope that Flanagan will soon be declared Venerable by the Vatican. Reflecting on the life of the heroic Catholic priest, Doran told CNA that Flanagan “rescued children from homelessness and poverty in Omaha and provided a place for them that they could call home.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255370/irish-born-founder-of-boys-town-father-flanagan-may-soon-be-declared-venerable Three pro-life activists who took part in an October 2022 “rescue” in a Washington, DC, abortion facility were each found guilty of felonies that could land them up to 11 years in prison and fines as much as $350,000. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255394/three-more-pro-lifers-guilty-on-face-act-charges-face-up-to-11-years-in-prison A Catholic priest in China was convicted of “fraud” and “impersonating religious personnel” on September 13. Father Joseph Yang Xiaoming of the Wenzhou Diocese in Zhejiang, China — south of Shanghai — was found to be in violation of the law after he refused to register with the state-sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255391/chinese-priest-convicted-of-fraud-for-refusal-to-recognize-state-sanctioned-church A Christian legal group has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who is serving a prison sentence under the regime of President Daniel Ortega for criticizing the dictatorship's human rights violations. Álvarez, the bishop of Matagalpa, began serving a 26-year, four-month prison term in February, charged with being a “traitor to the homeland.” The regime's police trapped him in his chancery for more than two weeks in August 2022 and entered by force in the middle of the night to take him to Managua and hold him under house arrest. Álvarez later refused to leave the country with 222 other political prisoners who were being deported by the dictatorship to the United States, including four priests, a deacon, and two seminarians. ADF International announced the filing of its petition September 14, saying there are “no effective avenues for legal recourse available in Nicaragua” under Ortega, who has effectively ruled the country as a dictator for years. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255390/legal-group-pleads-for-imprisoned-bishop-alvarezs-rights-before-human-rights-commission Today, the Church celebrates Saint Joseph of Cupertino, a mystic who was perhaps most famous for his ability to fly. Despite being moved from one friary to another, because of the disruption he caused by his ecstasies and the persecutions he endured from some of his brothers who were envious of his gifts, he remained profoundly inundated by the joy of abandoning himself to Divine Providence. He died on September 18, 1663 and was canonized in 1767 by Pope Clement XIII. He is the patron of air travelers and students preparing for exams. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-joseph-of-cupertino-598

On September 26, the Colson Center is launching Breakpoint Forums, digital discussions about topics that matter. The first Breakpoint Forum will deal with this contentious idea of Christian nationalism. Joining me for this online discussion will be R.R. Reno, the editor-in-chief of First Things, an important journal of Christian thought, and Hunter Baker, professor of political science and dean at Union University. This online event will be September 26 at 8 p.m., ET. Registration is free, but you must sign up at breakpoint.org/forum. __________ Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish Parliament, is currently on trial, charged with hate crimes against a minority group. To be specific, Räsänen is being accused of violating a Finnish law that prohibits “War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.” According to state prosecutors, Räsänen committed the crime by quoting the Bible in support of traditional understandings of human nature and sexuality.    While prosecutors claim that they're not attempting to restrict religion per se, only certain public expressions, they are attempting to decide what can and cannot be said and done in the name of religion. In fact, the prosecution openly admitted that “[t]he point” of their case “isn't whether [what Räsänen said] is true or not but that it is insulting” (emphasis added).  This important case will carry dangerous precedent for just how free the Free World remains. Christians and others concerned with liberty of conscience should support Räsänen and ADF International as they champion the first freedom in what is ostensibly a Christian nation. While everyone in Finland “technically” enjoys full religious freedom, it is only in the sense that no one is required to be a part of the state church. Both the dominant Lutheranism and the minority Eastern Orthodoxy there are privileged and receive tax funds from their members. However, this official faith has not kept Finns from drifting further into atheism and relativism, nor has it prevented the open hostility to religion evidenced in this egregious court case. As Dr. Andrew Walker tweeted about the trial, “The Christian Nationalist regime of Finland is currently persecuting and prosecuting a Christian Member of Parliament for daring to quote the Bible.”    Such is the problem when Christian is “in-name-only,” whether nations or individuals. Being “officially” Christian, in other words, isn't the same as actually being one. And this goes for “nationalism,” too.   We may appreciate a royal event that showcases the beauty of a deeply Christian liturgy to rest of the world and consider that a type of Christian nationalism, but other types are far more unsettling. For example, a Russian Orthodox priest recently blessed an image of notorious dictator and persecutor Joseph Stalin, saying that Christians should be grateful that Stalin “created” so many martyrs.   Whether we're talking about the Finns, the English, the Russians, or the Americans, the claim to be a Christian nation does not a Christian nation make. Even more important is defining the idea and determining if the idea of a Christian nation is even biblical, and in what sense. More than a few European nations remain Christian on paper, with laws that enshrine the Christian faith in a privileged position. However, many of these nations are among the most secular in the world, with church attendance falling consistently for the past few decades. At the same time, those voices that praise the demise of “Christendom” will soon realize just what the cultural rejection of Christianity entails.  The relationship between Church and state and culture is and has always been contentious. The recent cultural debate about the term “Christian nationalism” is confusing because participants in the debate tend to use mutually exclusive definitions of the term. For some, it's idolatry and a confusion of Gospel mission. For others, it's faithfulness– and the only thing remaining to prevent our children's co-option into an increasingly immoral culture. There are many questions that must be answered, for example:  With the culture and state so hostile to the Church, isn't it time to stand up for ourselves? Will nations exist in heaven? If God made the nations, then why have some disappeared? Even if Christian nationalism has its issues, is it the lesser of two evils? Why do critics of Christian nationalism only complain about partisanship when it's conservatives getting political? Is there a way we can be faithful in the public square without getting labeled “Christian nationalist”? Is longing for our nation to become more Christian the same as being a Christian nationalist? Weren't all Christians Christian nationalists until the American Revolution?  On September 26, the Colson Center is launching Breakpoint Forums, digital discussions about topics that matter. The first Breakpoint Forum will deal with this contentious idea of Christian nationalism. Joining me for this online discussion will be R.R. Reno, the editor-in-chief of First Things, an important journal of Christian thought, and Hunter Baker, professor of political science and dean at Union University. This online event will be September 26 at 8 p.m., ET. Registration is free, but you must sign up at breakpoint.org/forum.   All who register will receive a link to the recording of the forum after it's over.   This Breakpoint was co-authored by Dr. Timothy Padgett. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org. 

This week Nick talks to Paul Coleman of ADF International about a crucial free speech case involving Päivi Räsänen, who was charged with a hate crime for quoting the Bible four years ago, and is in court again next week. They also talk about: -The comparison between blasphemy laws and hate speech laws  -Why hate speech laws have no basis in international law -The legal decisions behind the woke revolution  -Why the UK is arresting people for praying in their heads -Whether Christianity will become illegal -What people get wrong about the new UK 'buffer zone' laws -How we can still win the culture war  and lots more! Follow Paul on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Paul_B_Coleman Follow ADF on Twitter/X: twitter.com/ADFIntl ADF website: https://adfinternational.org/ More on Päivi's case: https://adfinternational.org/free-speech-on-trial Nick's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's Substack: nickdixon.substack.com Nick's YouTube (with all Current Thing episodes): https://www.youtube.com/@nickdixoncomedy Keep the podcast going by buying Nick a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Produced by the legendary Jason Clift. 

Recently, ADF International's Lois McLatchie Miller tweeted out her “radical takes” for 2023: “1. Biological men shouldn't compete in women's sports. 2. Silent prayer is not a crime. 3. Ending the lives of babies in the womb is wrong.”   She then offered this conclusion: “Radicals of the past got to say things that were groundbreaking. We're stuck with defending the obvious.”  She's right. We ought not underestimate, at least if we take seriously Paul's description from the first chapter of Romans, how prone fallen humans are to deny what is obviously true and embrace what is obviously false. That's why, in this cultural moment, stating the obvious is so “radical.”   Still, reality eventually wins. For example, many Western nations are backing away from trans-extremism. Tragically, until they do, many lives will be ruined. Ideas have consequences; bad ideas have victims. Thus “radical” Christians must be ready to combat bad ideas and care for their victims. 

This week we are broadcasting live from the Birmingham Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference ⁠https://www.bccrc.org.uk/⁠. Ryan Christopher works for ADF International https://adfinternational.org/ and tells us how to change law and culture in our own time.

Today on the Be Bold for Jesus Podcast, we are interviewing Bob Pruitt, Senior Counsel and Corporate Affairs Director of Alliance Defending Freedom.Be encouraged, inspired and empowered to Be Bold for Jesus through this interview! Prior to ADF, Bob operated a business and commercial law practice in Texas. Pruitt also served as President, General Counsel and Board member for CalTex, a national manufacturer in the automotive aftermarket sector. Before CalTex, he was Senior Counsel for Gulf States Toyota, Inc., an independent distributor of Toyota vehicles. Pruitt began his legal career as a civil litigator in Houston, where he was a shareholder of a litigation firm. Pruitt graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Marketing and earned his Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law Houston, where he was a member of two national championship moot court teams.Pruitt is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is admitted to practice in all federal courts in Texas. He is also commissioned as a Colson Fellow. Alliance Defending Freedom:We were launched in 1994 by leaders in the Christian community. While many of our clients are Christians, we've also defended the rights of Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and people of no faith. Religious freedom is for everyone. In our campus free speech work, we've represented students of varied religious faiths as well as libertarian, conservative, pro-life, pro-conservationist, and others. And outside the United States, ADF International has worked to stop genocide against Christians, Yazidis, Shia Muslims, and other religious minorities.https://adflegal.org/#Christianpodcast #Christian #Christianity #Jesus #God #boldfaith #faith #believer #uplifitingpodcast #encouraging #uplifiting #inspiring #unashamedpodcast #unashamed #beboldforjesus #bebold4jesus

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: With the end of Title 42 just hours away, the surge of migrants attempting to cross the Southern Border illegally is breaking records. Former President Donald Trump says he is against the end of Title 42 and thinks it will lead to 15 million migrants entering the country. Managing Partner of Brighton Strategy Group, John Ullyot, joins to share his thoughts on the end of Title 42 and what he thinks comes next. Meanwhile, a former lawmaker in Mexico was recently convicted of a crime for writing social media posts that push back against the transgender movement. The case involves Rodrigo Ivan Cortes, a pro-life civil leader. Director of Advocacy in Latin America and the Caribbean for ADF International, Tomas Henriquez, is defending Rodrigo Cortes and joins to share where things stand now with his client's case. And there are new developments on the fighting between Israel and Palestine. Managing Director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, Rabbi Yaakov Menken, joins to talk about what we are seeing play out in the Gaza strip right now. Finally this evening, a centuries-old group associated with both the Vatican and the Holy Land held an event to raise awareness of Jerusalem as a place of encounter. EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Andreas Thonhauser spoke with the head of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Cardinal Fernando Filoni. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: The US Supreme Court is facing the most significant abortion-related dispute since Roe v Wade was overturned last summer. The justices are considering a lower court ruling that would place restrictions on access to an FDA approved abortion drug, mifepristone. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters, "The stakes could not be higher and we are going to continue to fight. That is the commitment that this president, this administration has made, and we are going to continue to protect women, and women's reproductive rights." Legal Analyst for EWTN News, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, joins to share her thoughts on the Supreme Court taking up the case. Meanwhile, at a meeting in Rome, Pope Francis hoped that the discussions and shared experiences involving journalists, survivors and experts would help shed light on abuse and promote more effective cooperation within the Church. International Safeguarding Consultant, Tina Campbell, joins to tell us more about the meeting on abuse. Finally this evening, a Christian pastor in Iran was released from prison just this month after being arrested and charged with "acting against national security" and promoting "Zionist Christianity." Director of Advocacy of Global Religious Freedom for ADF International, Kelsey Zorzi, joins to tell us a little more about the pastor and what led to the charges and his arrest. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

Caroline Farrow returns to offer her thoughts as we dig a little deeper into some of the stories, headlines and articles from the past week in the news, from articles and on social media. Topics up for discussion this episode include.... - Doctors air concerns over details of Scotland's assisted dying bill. - The Italian Psychoanalytic Society has taken its concerns about puberty blockers to Prime Minister Meloni. - Army veteran fined for silent prayer: Penalty for “praying for my son, who is deceased”. - London ULEZ: Harrow council refuses to install cameras needed to record Sadiq Khan's abhorrent £12.50 a day charge. - Canada performing more organ transplants from 'medical assistance in dying' donors than any country in the world. - Mother in the UK reported to social services for asking daughter's teachers not to call her a boy. - Controversial charity 'Mermaids' to train NHS staff looking after Tavistock trans children. - And much more!  CitizenGo petition to Block Scotland's gender reform.... https://citizengo.org/en-gb/ot/209878-invoke-section-35-and-block-scotlands-gender-reform In 2010, frustrated by many of the media headlines and negative coverage of Catholicism, Caroline began a blog in defence of Catholic teaching and to reflect on UK current affairs and world events through the lens of a Catholic woman. What began as nothing more than personal musings designed to explain and propose controversial ethics and life issues to those who had struggled with them, or to de-bunk misleading narratives and headlines, soon mushroomed and popular posts would receive more than 30,000 unique visitors a day. Between 2011 and 2017, she was a member of the organisation Catholic Voices, set up to promote the defence of Catholic teaching in the public square and made numerous media interventions on their behalf and quickly became the 'go to' voice for media organisations looking to represent a female conservative Catholic point of view. Since 2013 Caroline has writes a weekly column for the Catholic Universe and has written for and featured in a number of other publications such as the Catholic Herald, the National Catholic Register, the Conservative Woman, Mercatornet, Crisis Magazine, LifeSiteNews and Church Militant. She used to write on Catholic culture at the now defunct Spectator Arts blog and has been featured in the Daily Mail, the Observer and the New Statesman. In 2013, Caroline was included as part of the first cohort of the BBC's '100 women' and she regularly features on BBC News, Sky News, ITV's Good Morning Britain, BBC Sunday Morning Live, the Big Questions and has made multiple appearances on Radio 4's flagship Today programme, Woman's Hour, the Moral Maze and the Sunday programme as well as featuring in one-off documentaries. Caroline also presented the coverage for March for Life UK for EWTN and has contributed to News Nightly and Celtic Connections. She also frequently contributes to Talk Radio, LBC and BBC local radio as well as BBC Radio Ulster, discussing matters pertaining to Catholicism, feminism and the challenges of motherhood and family life. Caroline has an eclectic career background. She began her professional life as a student accountant for a big 5 firm before succumbing to a desire for travel and adventure and became a member of cabin crew working both long and short-haul routes for internationally acclaimed airlines. Having got the travel bug out of her system, she returned to work within investment banking and private equity in the City of London until her first child was born. Caroline is currently the campaign director at CitizenGO, has 5 children of school-age, four girls and one boy and is married to a Catholic priest who converted from Anglicanism, a few years after they were married. Follow and support Caroline at the following links... GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/cf_farrow Twitter: https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow?s=20&t=Je-7QgQaAve5NCKtELcYNg Website: https://www.carolinefarrow.net CitizenGo: https://citizengo.org Originally broadcast live 21.1.23  *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Links to stories discussed..... Scotland doctors concerns https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/doctors-air-concerns-over-details-29010000 Puberty blockers https://genderclinicnews.substack.com/p/first-strike-against-puberty-blockers?utm_campaign=post&fbclid=IwAR22OQtj3WolX5qwjF7-QEZMhahVS0Msdb5ap1pSX6BdOhAdhJ4f4CM-CKY Essex Police https://twitter.com/ripx4nutmeg/status/1616354504949268481 Silent prayer penalty https://adf.uk/army-vet-fined-for-praying/ Transgender https://www.cheknews.ca/transgender-woman-told-she-is-not-allowed-to-use-women-only-gym-in-parksville-1134924/ London ULEZ https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/london-ulez-harrow-refuses-install-25996857 Canada MAID https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canada-performing-more-organ-transplants-from-maid-donors-than-any-country-in-the-world-1.6234133?utm_source=ADF+International&utm_campaign=f140929dbc-AA_20230118&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7732cae558-f140929dbc-95031515&mc_cid=f140929dbc Social services https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11646881/I-asked-daughters-teachers-not-call-boy-reported-social-services.html Mermaids https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/13/nhs-trust-trans-care-tavistock-mermaids/

Euthanasie wird in Belgien immer mehr zur Norm. Der Sohn einer Frau, die von einem Arzt getötet wurde, klagte am Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte. ADF International vertrat ihn dabei. Jetzt veröffentlichte der Gerichtshof seine Entscheidung.

Im Sudan konnte man für "Abfall vom Islam" bis 2020 mit dem Tod bestraft werden. Mariam Ibrahim war deswegen in der Todeszelle und hat dort ihr zweites Kind geboren. Nach internationalen Bemühungen kam sie frei. Jetzt setzt sie sich gemeinsam mit den Anwälten von ADF International für Nada and Hamouda ein. Das christliche Ehepaar musste sich unter Zwang trennen und erwartet nach ihrer Konversion eine harte Strafe.

Thank you for joining us today on our podcast Persecuted Church - joining myself by Reverend Ben Cooper and Sandra Robson as todays title is "Advocacy" looking at what an advocate is in religion and belief, looking at the law the spreading of the gospel of Jesus Christ, defending religious freedom and also looking at Christian lawyers in ADF International.

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: With no sign of any end to the fighting between Russia and Ukraine, the Biden Administration and world leaders are pleading for “the need to avoid military operations near the [Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power] plant....” And as we approach the 1 year anniversary of the official US withdrawal from Afghanistan and under the new Taliban government, life has become increasingly more difficult. Former US Ambassador At-Large for International Religious Freedom, Ambassador Sam Brownback, joins to give us a sense of what life is like for religious minorities under the Taliban rule. Many political analysts see Virginia as a battleground state in November's midterm elections. One such race there is between Incumbent Democrat Abigail Spanberger and GOP challenger Yesli Vega. Today, the UN commemorates the International Day for the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. Legal Counsel for Global Religious Freedom with ADF International, Sean Nelson, joins to tell us more about this international day. Finally this evening, the Vatican is weighing in on the situation in Nicaragua, where President Daniel Ortega's government continues to target the Catholic Church and clergy. Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Mike Gonzalez, discusses whether there have been any other incidents between President Ortega's government and the Catholic Church. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

Eine Kirche in Kampala und ein Vertreter der muslimischen Gemeinde haben rechtliche Schritte gegen das von der ugandischen Regierung verhängte Verbot öffentlicher Gottesdienste eingeleitet, nachdem nationale Abriegelungsmaßnahmen angekündigt worden waren. Nach den Vorschriften dürfen Einkaufszentren, Spielhallen und Geschäftszentren geöffnet werden, und die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel sind zu 50 % ausgelastet. Der Besuch eines Gotteshauses ist jedoch gänzlich untersagt.   „Als gläubige Frau ist es schwierig zu sehen, dass meiner Gemeinschaft der Zugang zu öffentlichen Gottesdiensten verwehrt wird – und das zu einer Zeit, in der wir sie am meisten brauchen. In dieser für unser Land schwierigen Zeit muss die Regierung daran denken, dass wir nicht nur körperliche, sondern auch geistige Bedürfnisse haben. Ich freue mich, dass ich mit meiner Kirche und mit Unterstützung von ADF International gegen diese unverhältnismäßige, unnötige und drakonische Einschränkung der Religionsfreiheit vorgehen kann“, sagte Agnes Namaganda, ein Mitglied der christlichen Gemeinschaft, die die Klage unterstützt.

Die US-Amerikanische Gesetzgebung zu Abtreibung unterscheidet sich von Staat zu Staat; im Vergleich zu den meisten anderen Ländern der Welt nahm die USA eine Extremposition ein. Daten der Vereinten Nationen zeigen, dass nur jedes dritte Land Abtreibung auf Verlangen zulässt. Von diesen Ländern erlaubt die Mehrheit die Praxis allerdings nur bis zur 12. Schwangerschaftswoche. „Die USA korrigiert ihren Kurs nach Jahrzehnten des Abtreibungsextremismus und zeigt der Welt, dass es nie zu spät ist, Menschenrechte wiederherzustellen. Das Urteil bringt die USA in Einklang mit den meisten Ländern weltweit, die ungeborene Kinder vor Abtreibung auf Verlangen schützen. Dadurch erkennt das Gericht an, dass es in der US-Verfassung kein Recht auf die Tötung von unschuldigem Leben gibt,“ Elyssa Koren, ADF International.

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC's Executive Vice President and former commander of the U.S. Army's Delta Force, discusses a U.S. general admitting to the House Armed Services Committee that the Biden administration's deterrence strategy failed in Ukraine and the wave of terror attacks on Israel. Lorcan Price, Legal Counsel for ADF International, celebrates the ruling in Päivi Räsänen's case. Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative for the 5th District of Arizona, voices his concerns over the Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson and the border crisis. Jody Hice, U.S. Representative for the 10th district of Georgia, calls out the Biden administration and teachers' unions for colluding over CDC school reopening guidance. Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, shares what's happening in schools around the country regarding COVID related policies and the push for transgender ideology and critical race theory to be taught in classrooms. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Daily News Brief for Wednesday March 30th, 2022 As you share this news brief and join our club at FLFNetwork.com, make sure you tell your friends about us. Sending a magazine subscription to the Whitehouse would be a big help to us:) Iron Apples DNB: The world in which we live is moving towards total techno tyranny at an incredible rate. This tyranny includes spying, censorship, data theft all through electronic means. Iron Apples is a small cybersecurity consultancy firm seeking to give churches, organizations, businesses, schools and individuals the education, resources and tools needed to be able to circumvent techno tyranny. Over the next year, Iron Apples will be hosting a series of virtual meetings to inform, educate and equip attendees with actual solutions to the problem we find ourselves in. Visit ironapples.com, and click events, in the bottom right corner of their site, to sign up today! That’s ironapples.com. NFL To Require All 32 Teams To Hire Minority Offensive Assistant Coach For 2022 Season https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-nfl-to-require-all-32-teams-to-hire-minority-offensive-assistant-coach-for-2022-season “On Monday, the NFL announced that every team will be required to hire a minority assistant coach on the offensive staff, according to NFL.com. The individual can be a minority or a female, and will be signed to a one-year deal, partially paid from a league-wide fund. “It’s a recognition that at the moment, when you look at stepping stones for a head coach, they are the coordinator positions,” said Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II, chairman of the NFL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. “We clearly have a trend where coaches are coming from the offensive side of the ball in recent years, and we clearly do not have as many minorities in the offensive coordinator [job].” Earlier in the day, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin — who hired Flores to his staff during the offseason — expressed doubt that the new measures would have an impact on increasing the number of diversity hires in the NFL coaching ranks. “I haven’t been in any discussions, and, no, I don’t have a level of confidence that would lead me to believe that things are going to be better,” Tomlin said. “I’m more of a show-me guy as opposed to a guy that sits around and talks about things.” Also on Monday, the league announced the creation of the NFL Diversity Advisory Committee. “Today, the National Football League (NFL) announced the creation of the NFL Diversity Advisory Committee, following its pledge last month to retain outside experts to review the league’s diversity policies and practices,” the NFL said in a press release. “The six-member committee will lend its expert, external perspective on industry best practices and will evaluate league and club diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies and initiatives, including all hiring processes, policies and procedures, with a primary focus on senior-level coach and front office personnel positions.” Let me just say this. All this diversity and inclusion stuff has not solved any of the problems that they originally set out to solve. Also, how insulting and belittling is this forced hire. How do they know they got the job based on their abilities and not based on the color of their skin. Judgment in Finnish MP’s Bible-tweet trial expected on 30th March https://adfinternational.org/aviso-judgment-in-finnish-mps-bible-tweet-trial-expected-on-30th-march/ According to ADF International: “A Finnish court is expected to rule on the Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola’s free speech case on 30th March. Both stand accused of having engaged in “hate speech” for publicly sharing their faith-based beliefs. The former Minister of the Interior had voiced her convictions on marriage and sexual ethics, in a 2019 tweet, a 2019 radio debate, and a 2004 pamphlet. The bishop faces charges for publishing Räsänen’s pamphlet. Their case garnered global media attention this year, as human rights experts voiced concern over the threat this case poses to free speech in Finland. “In a free society, everyone should be allowed to share their beliefs without fear of censorship. This is the foundation of every free and democratic society. We hope the Helsinki District Court will uphold this fundamental freedom when it rules on this case. Criminalizing speech through so-called ‘hate-speech’ laws shuts down important public debates and poses a grave threat to our democracies,” said Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International and author of ‘Censored: How European Hate Speech Laws are Threatening Freedom of Speech’. In the last two years, Räsänen attended several lengthy police interrogations about her Christian beliefs – including being frequently asked by the police to explain her understanding of the Bible. In April 2021, Finland’s Prosecutor General had brought three criminal charges against Räsänen. Two of the three charges Räsänen faced had come after the police made strong recommendations not to continue the prosecution. Räsänen’s statements also did not violate the policies of Twitter or the national broadcaster, which is why they remained freely available on their platforms. ADF International will host a press conference after the verdict is announced on 30th March at 16:00 CEST. Dr. Päivi Räsänen, MP, Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International, and Lorcán Price, Legal Counsel for ADF International will be available for questions after their statements. Please register here to access the Zoom link: https://adfinternational.org/paivi-press-conference-invitation/ “ In other news President Biden identifies himself as a capitalist and his capitalist pronouns are Greed/2+2=5. Roll whole clip: https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1508545216927735814 “Pay your fair share”. Why is it that a billionaire is greedy and our federal government, who oversees a four Trillion dollar budget, is not greedy? Rapid City Plug We hope to see you at our live show April 7th in Rapid City with Uncle Gary, and our opener Comedian John Branya. We will have a full day workshop on God and Government, and then that night comedian John Branyan will open our live show, and then we will go right into CrossPolitic’s ESPN meets Johnny Cash meets Uncle Gary wrestling match. Sign up here: https://crosspolitic.com/rapid-city/ and we will see you there. And if you want to sponsor the event, reach out to us at contact@FightLaughFeast.com and we will connect you with the event planner. It could potentially land you tickets to having dinner with us. Washington state plans to ban most non-electric vehicles by 2030 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washington-state-plans-ban-non-electric-vehicles-2030-rcna21683 File this article under, please liberals do more of this. According to NBC News: “Washington state plans to ban most non-electric vehicles by 2030, according to a newly signed bill by Gov. Jay Inslee. The bill says that all vehicles of the model year 2030 or later that are sold, purchased, or registered in the state must be electric. The bill covers a lot of transportation issues in the state and is a part of a larger $16.9 billion transportation package called “Move Ahead Washington," which Inslee described as a way to create more efficient transportation options. "Transportation is our state’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. There is no way to talk about climate change without talking about transportation," Inslee said. "This package will move us away from the transportation system our grandparents imagined and towards the transportation system our grandchildren dream of." Also included in the transportation package is funding for four new hybrid-electric ferries, thousands of electric vehicle charging stations, 25 transit electrification projects across the state, as well as free fares for riders 18 and younger on public transportation systems, according to a Medium post the governor wrote on Friday.” As Garrison reported on yesterday, the Don’t Say Gay Bill Drama Continues… Roll Clip: https://www.dailywire.com/news/gay-florida-kindergarten-teacher-worries-on-msnbc-he-wont-be-able-to-share-his-love-life-with-kids-anymore A couple things here. Of course you are not to be trusted. You are going against God and against creation, and what you are doing is harming your soul. Secondly, The left are absolutely lying and misrepresenting this bill. This bill is not outlawying you from talking about paddle boarding trips. This bill is outlawing you from grooming students. The word “gay” is not even mentionened in the bill. This is how the left are the liars we deserve, and anything that touches up to their worldview, they will attack, malign, and even slap you in the face like Will Smith. File this next one under Republican Governors are cowards: Utah's Republican Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Men From Women's Sports, Utah Legislature Overturns The Veto https://notthebee.com/article/utahs-republican-governor-vetoed-a-bill-banning-men-from-womens-sports-utah-legislature-overturns-the-veto According to the Bee: “After Utah Governor Spencer Cox, who included his pronouns in his Instagram account, cowardly vetoed a bill that would prevent men from competing in women's sports under the guise of transgenderism, the Utah legislature stood up and defied the RINO governor.” From the Washington Times: “The Utah State Legislature voted Friday to override Republican Gov. Spencer Cox's veto of a bill barring male-born athletes from girls' scholastic sports, becoming the 12th state to pass legislation to address rising concerns over transgender competitors in female athletics. The Senate voted 21-8 and the House voted 56-18 to override the governor's veto, clearing the required threshold of a two-thirds majority in both chambers in what was a widely anticipated outcome. The bill sponsored by Republican state Rep. Kera Birkeland requires public schools and private schools that compete against public schools to designate sports as male, female or co-ed. Male-born students are banned from competing on girls' teams.” “The Democrat opposition to the bill, as cited in the Washington Times, shows how far detached from reality the left is: Democratic state Rep. Brian King argued that "things are simply not black and white in terms of gender orientation, sexual orientation, gender identification." "It's simply not accurate to say that girls are girls and boys are boys, and never the two shall meet," he said. "There is in fact a lot that is unknown." Closing This is Gabriel Rench with Crosspolitic News. Support Rowdy Christian media by joining our club at fightlaughfeast.com, downloading our App, and head to our annual Fight Laugh Feast Events. With your partnership, together we will fight outdated and compromised media, engage news and politics with the gospel, and replace lies and darkness with truth and light. Go to fightlaughfeast.com to take all these actions. Have a great day. Lord bless

Daily News Brief for Wednesday March 30th, 2022 As you share this news brief and join our club at FLFNetwork.com, make sure you tell your friends about us. Sending a magazine subscription to the Whitehouse would be a big help to us:) Iron Apples DNB: The world in which we live is moving towards total techno tyranny at an incredible rate. This tyranny includes spying, censorship, data theft all through electronic means. Iron Apples is a small cybersecurity consultancy firm seeking to give churches, organizations, businesses, schools and individuals the education, resources and tools needed to be able to circumvent techno tyranny. Over the next year, Iron Apples will be hosting a series of virtual meetings to inform, educate and equip attendees with actual solutions to the problem we find ourselves in. Visit ironapples.com, and click events, in the bottom right corner of their site, to sign up today! That’s ironapples.com. NFL To Require All 32 Teams To Hire Minority Offensive Assistant Coach For 2022 Season https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-nfl-to-require-all-32-teams-to-hire-minority-offensive-assistant-coach-for-2022-season “On Monday, the NFL announced that every team will be required to hire a minority assistant coach on the offensive staff, according to NFL.com. The individual can be a minority or a female, and will be signed to a one-year deal, partially paid from a league-wide fund. “It’s a recognition that at the moment, when you look at stepping stones for a head coach, they are the coordinator positions,” said Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II, chairman of the NFL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. “We clearly have a trend where coaches are coming from the offensive side of the ball in recent years, and we clearly do not have as many minorities in the offensive coordinator [job].” Earlier in the day, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin — who hired Flores to his staff during the offseason — expressed doubt that the new measures would have an impact on increasing the number of diversity hires in the NFL coaching ranks. “I haven’t been in any discussions, and, no, I don’t have a level of confidence that would lead me to believe that things are going to be better,” Tomlin said. “I’m more of a show-me guy as opposed to a guy that sits around and talks about things.” Also on Monday, the league announced the creation of the NFL Diversity Advisory Committee. “Today, the National Football League (NFL) announced the creation of the NFL Diversity Advisory Committee, following its pledge last month to retain outside experts to review the league’s diversity policies and practices,” the NFL said in a press release. “The six-member committee will lend its expert, external perspective on industry best practices and will evaluate league and club diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies and initiatives, including all hiring processes, policies and procedures, with a primary focus on senior-level coach and front office personnel positions.” Let me just say this. All this diversity and inclusion stuff has not solved any of the problems that they originally set out to solve. Also, how insulting and belittling is this forced hire. How do they know they got the job based on their abilities and not based on the color of their skin. Judgment in Finnish MP’s Bible-tweet trial expected on 30th March https://adfinternational.org/aviso-judgment-in-finnish-mps-bible-tweet-trial-expected-on-30th-march/ According to ADF International: “A Finnish court is expected to rule on the Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola’s free speech case on 30th March. Both stand accused of having engaged in “hate speech” for publicly sharing their faith-based beliefs. The former Minister of the Interior had voiced her convictions on marriage and sexual ethics, in a 2019 tweet, a 2019 radio debate, and a 2004 pamphlet. The bishop faces charges for publishing Räsänen’s pamphlet. Their case garnered global media attention this year, as human rights experts voiced concern over the threat this case poses to free speech in Finland. “In a free society, everyone should be allowed to share their beliefs without fear of censorship. This is the foundation of every free and democratic society. We hope the Helsinki District Court will uphold this fundamental freedom when it rules on this case. Criminalizing speech through so-called ‘hate-speech’ laws shuts down important public debates and poses a grave threat to our democracies,” said Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International and author of ‘Censored: How European Hate Speech Laws are Threatening Freedom of Speech’. In the last two years, Räsänen attended several lengthy police interrogations about her Christian beliefs – including being frequently asked by the police to explain her understanding of the Bible. In April 2021, Finland’s Prosecutor General had brought three criminal charges against Räsänen. Two of the three charges Räsänen faced had come after the police made strong recommendations not to continue the prosecution. Räsänen’s statements also did not violate the policies of Twitter or the national broadcaster, which is why they remained freely available on their platforms. ADF International will host a press conference after the verdict is announced on 30th March at 16:00 CEST. Dr. Päivi Räsänen, MP, Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International, and Lorcán Price, Legal Counsel for ADF International will be available for questions after their statements. Please register here to access the Zoom link: https://adfinternational.org/paivi-press-conference-invitation/ “ In other news President Biden identifies himself as a capitalist and his capitalist pronouns are Greed/2+2=5. Roll whole clip: https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1508545216927735814 “Pay your fair share”. Why is it that a billionaire is greedy and our federal government, who oversees a four Trillion dollar budget, is not greedy? Rapid City Plug We hope to see you at our live show April 7th in Rapid City with Uncle Gary, and our opener Comedian John Branya. We will have a full day workshop on God and Government, and then that night comedian John Branyan will open our live show, and then we will go right into CrossPolitic’s ESPN meets Johnny Cash meets Uncle Gary wrestling match. Sign up here: https://crosspolitic.com/rapid-city/ and we will see you there. And if you want to sponsor the event, reach out to us at contact@FightLaughFeast.com and we will connect you with the event planner. It could potentially land you tickets to having dinner with us. Washington state plans to ban most non-electric vehicles by 2030 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washington-state-plans-ban-non-electric-vehicles-2030-rcna21683 File this article under, please liberals do more of this. According to NBC News: “Washington state plans to ban most non-electric vehicles by 2030, according to a newly signed bill by Gov. Jay Inslee. The bill says that all vehicles of the model year 2030 or later that are sold, purchased, or registered in the state must be electric. The bill covers a lot of transportation issues in the state and is a part of a larger $16.9 billion transportation package called “Move Ahead Washington," which Inslee described as a way to create more efficient transportation options. "Transportation is our state’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. There is no way to talk about climate change without talking about transportation," Inslee said. "This package will move us away from the transportation system our grandparents imagined and towards the transportation system our grandchildren dream of." Also included in the transportation package is funding for four new hybrid-electric ferries, thousands of electric vehicle charging stations, 25 transit electrification projects across the state, as well as free fares for riders 18 and younger on public transportation systems, according to a Medium post the governor wrote on Friday.” As Garrison reported on yesterday, the Don’t Say Gay Bill Drama Continues… Roll Clip: https://www.dailywire.com/news/gay-florida-kindergarten-teacher-worries-on-msnbc-he-wont-be-able-to-share-his-love-life-with-kids-anymore A couple things here. Of course you are not to be trusted. You are going against God and against creation, and what you are doing is harming your soul. Secondly, The left are absolutely lying and misrepresenting this bill. This bill is not outlawying you from talking about paddle boarding trips. This bill is outlawing you from grooming students. The word “gay” is not even mentionened in the bill. This is how the left are the liars we deserve, and anything that touches up to their worldview, they will attack, malign, and even slap you in the face like Will Smith. File this next one under Republican Governors are cowards: Utah's Republican Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Men From Women's Sports, Utah Legislature Overturns The Veto https://notthebee.com/article/utahs-republican-governor-vetoed-a-bill-banning-men-from-womens-sports-utah-legislature-overturns-the-veto According to the Bee: “After Utah Governor Spencer Cox, who included his pronouns in his Instagram account, cowardly vetoed a bill that would prevent men from competing in women's sports under the guise of transgenderism, the Utah legislature stood up and defied the RINO governor.” From the Washington Times: “The Utah State Legislature voted Friday to override Republican Gov. Spencer Cox's veto of a bill barring male-born athletes from girls' scholastic sports, becoming the 12th state to pass legislation to address rising concerns over transgender competitors in female athletics. The Senate voted 21-8 and the House voted 56-18 to override the governor's veto, clearing the required threshold of a two-thirds majority in both chambers in what was a widely anticipated outcome. The bill sponsored by Republican state Rep. Kera Birkeland requires public schools and private schools that compete against public schools to designate sports as male, female or co-ed. Male-born students are banned from competing on girls' teams.” “The Democrat opposition to the bill, as cited in the Washington Times, shows how far detached from reality the left is: Democratic state Rep. Brian King argued that "things are simply not black and white in terms of gender orientation, sexual orientation, gender identification." "It's simply not accurate to say that girls are girls and boys are boys, and never the two shall meet," he said. "There is in fact a lot that is unknown." Closing This is Gabriel Rench with Crosspolitic News. Support Rowdy Christian media by joining our club at fightlaughfeast.com, downloading our App, and head to our annual Fight Laugh Feast Events. With your partnership, together we will fight outdated and compromised media, engage news and politics with the gospel, and replace lies and darkness with truth and light. Go to fightlaughfeast.com to take all these actions. Have a great day. Lord bless

Paul Coleman is a UK lawyer and Executive Director of ADF International - a legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. Coleman is the author of “Censored: How European “hate speech” laws are threatening freedom of speech”, and as a specialist in international human rights law, has been involved in over twenty cases before the European Court of Human Rights, UN Human Rights Committee and various national courts.  This episode is sponsored by Synthetic Notes - the privacy focused, desktop based notes app. Go to https://SyntheticApps.com/Zuby and use my code 'zuby' at check out to get 25% off! Follow Zuby - https://twitter.com/zubymusic Follow Paul - https://twitter.com/Paul_B_ColemanSubscribe to the 'Real Talk With Zuby' podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & more - https://fanlink.to/zubypodcast Support Zuby on Patreon - https://patreon.com/zubymusic Special thanks to GOLD TIER Patreon members: Andrea Mucelli, Edwin Chiang, Libbie Richardson, Matt Gallagher, Matthew Steinfeld, Paul Pugh, Mondo, Todd Weyl, Destiny Hillhouse, OnlineBookClub.orgWebsite - https://zubymusic.com Online Store - https://teamzuby.com 'Strong Advice: Zuby's Guide to Fitness For Everybody' eBook - https://gumroad.com/l/zubyfitness

Mike Donnelly interviews home education leaders Juliet English and Randall Hardy along with ADF International attorneys Lorcán Price and Lizzie Troughton to get their expert insight on the judicial review outcome for home educators in Portsmouth, England.

We are joined by Lois McLatchie, Communications Officer of Alliance Defending Freedom International/UK, to talk about pro-life news and wins from around Europe.She works with journalists and press representatives to advocate for fundamental freedoms in the “court of public opinion”, both in written pieces and through public speaking. Before beginning her current role, McLatchie was a legal analyst on ADF International's UN Advocacy Team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

While we usually focus on what is going on right here in the United States, today we have the opportunity to discuss what is happening on the human right to life across the Atlantic. In June, the European Parliament adopted the Matic Report, an extreme pro-abortion step that seeks to enshrine abortion as a fundamental right. To break down what pro-life advocates are doing to protect life in Europe, Tom Shakely and Noah Brandt speak with Jean-Paul Van De Walle. Jean-Paul serves as Legal Counsel, Europe for ADF International in Brussels where he advocates for religious freedom, life, and the family at the European Union. Jean-Paul speaks on the work of ADF International, the danger posed by the Matic Report, and the rising hope of pro-family policies in Europe. ADF International https://adfinternational.org Jean-Paul Van De Walle at ADF International https://adfinternational.org/advocacy-team/jean-paul-van-de-walle/ European Centre for Law & Justice (ECLJ) Webinar on the European Parliament and the Matic Report https://eclj.org/abortion/eu/webinar-defeat-the-matic-resolution--protect-unborn-children ECLJ: Why Abortion Is No Human Right https://eclj.org/abortion/un/pourquoi-lavortement-nest-pas-un-droit-de-lhomme?lng=en

Today’s Holy Smoke podcast is about the increasingly brutal bullying and silencing of people – especially Christians – who hold the ‘wrong’ opinions on controversial topics. A culture of censorship is becoming ever more deeply embedded in public institutions not just in Britain but also throughout Europe. There is a direct link between Europe's increasingly fanatical attempts to police public opinion and the former Soviet bloc. My guest Paul Coleman, executive director of free-speech legal advocates ADF International, explains that when Moscow and its satellites were involved in drawing up international human rights legislation after the Second World War, they insisted that it should include the criminalisation of speech. One wonders whether Boris Johnson and his ministers are aware of this and, if so, whether they care. As Coleman points out, although European bodies are hunting down heretics with predictable relish, the behaviour of the heavily politicised police forces of post-Brexit Britain is in some respects even worse.

Mike Rounds, U.S. Senator from South Dakota, on a possible deal between the United States and Iran. Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International, on a bishop in Finland who was charged under a hate speech law for sharing what the Bible teaches about human sexuality. Greg Steube, U.S. Representative from Florida, on hostilities to religious expression here in the United States. George Barna, FRC's Senior Research Fellow for Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, and the Director of Research at the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, on worldview formation and what parents need to do to counter the indoctrination that is accelerating in our culture. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Today's show features: Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), on a possible deal between the United States and Iran; Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International, on a bishop in Finland who was charged under a hate speech law for sharing what the

While Americans United for Life primarily focusses on defending the dignity, value, and basic human rights for at risk persons here in the United States, the fight to defend the human right to life is also raging across the world through international institutions and throughout nations far from our shores. Elyssa Koren, Director of United Nations Advocacy at ADF International, joins Tom Shakely and Noah Brandt on "Life, Liberty, and Law" to speak about how she advocates for the human right to life at the United Nations and through international institutions. ADF International https://adfinternational.org Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/oga/global-health-diplomacy/protecting-life-global-health-policy/geneva-declaration.html Elyssa Koren on Twitter https://twitter.com/Elyssa_ADFIntl

Reyna Anderson is a Legal Fellow with ADF International at the United Nations in New York City (https://adfinternational.org/regions/...) and an alumna of the Nesti Center for Faith & Culture master's program (https://www.stthom.edu/cfc). She talks with Bridget Richardson, with the Nesti CFC, to discuss the cultural understanding of the common good in the United States. Reyna shared her thoughts on individualism in our culture and how Christians can and should transcend their cultural experience.

Governments that seek to acquire nuclear weapons, such as Iran and North Korea, are sometimes serious violators of the rights of their citizens. Is it appropriate for the United States and other democratic nations to negotiate agreements with these governments to prevent or roll back their acquisition of weapons of mass destruction without also addressing internment camps, severe persecution of political and religious dissidents, and other conduct?Our speakers will be Roya Hakakian, who has written extensively about Iran and who co-founded the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center at Yale; Ben Rogers, who serves as East Asia Team Leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide and who is a founder of the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea; and Professor David Koplow of Georgetown University, an expert on national security law and policy who has served in senior USG arms control positions, most recently in the Defense Department.Featuring: -- Roya Hakakian, Author and Founding Member, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center-- Prof. David A. Koplow, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center-- Benedict Rogers, East Asia Team Leader, Christian Solidarity Worldwide-- Moderator: Sean Nelson, Legal Counsel for Global Religious Freedom, ADF International

Governments that seek to acquire nuclear weapons, such as Iran and North Korea, are sometimes serious violators of the rights of their citizens. Is it appropriate for the United States and other democratic nations to negotiate agreements with these governments to prevent or roll back their acquisition of weapons of mass destruction without also addressing internment camps, severe persecution of political and religious dissidents, and other conduct?Our speakers will be Roya Hakakian, who has written extensively about Iran and who co-founded the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center at Yale; Ben Rogers, who serves as East Asia Team Leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide and who is a founder of the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea; and Professor David Koplow of Georgetown University, an expert on national security law and policy who has served in senior USG arms control positions, most recently in the Defense Department.Featuring: -- Roya Hakakian, Author and Founding Member, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center-- Prof. David A. Koplow, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center-- Benedict Rogers, East Asia Team Leader, Christian Solidarity Worldwide-- Moderator: Sean Nelson, Legal Counsel for Global Religious Freedom, ADF International

Benjamin Bull serves as General Counsel of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. He leads the NCOSE Law Center fighting child sexual abuse, illegal pornography, sex trafficking, and other forms of abuse and exploitation. Benjamin was also the founder and Executive Director of ADF International, a leading global human rights organization.

International sporting star Israel Folau was sacked by Rugby Australia after sharing an image on his Instagram and Twitter that read: ‘Warning - Drunks, Homosexuals, Adulterers, Liars, Fornicators, Thieves, Atheists, Idolators. Hell Awaits You. Repent! Only Jesus Saves’. Folau is now pursuing legal action. Laurence Wilkinson of ADF International and Nick Heath of Sports Media LGBT debate whether Folau deserved to be sacked or has been unfairly punished for expressing his Christian beliefs. For Unbelievable? The Conference 2019: http://www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievableconference   For Laurence Wilkinson’s article on Folau: https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/05/israel-folau-and-the-right-to-freedom-of-expression/  For Nick Heath’s video response to Folau: https://twitter.com/nickheathsport/status/1116689212210909184?s=21   Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Unbelievable-the-Book  For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

Recent pro-life legislation in certain US states has reignited the debate about access to abortion. In the UK activists are lobbying for abortion to be decriminalised in Northern Ireland. So, is abortion a healthcare right? Or should the rights of the unborn child also count? Pro-life Christian Ryan Christopher of ADF International debates the issues with pro-choice Christian Barbara Ntumy of Abortion Rights UK. Ryan will be speaking on the issue at Unbelievable? The Conference 2019 on 20 July. For an exclusive 10% discount on Unbelievable? the Conference 2019 tickets (till 20 June) use promo code SPEAKTRUTH at checkout.    Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook here. For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.  Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via Podbean's RSS feed or iTunes. 

Religious freedom is facing new threats here in America, but you don’t have to look very far overseas to see that we still have it remarkably good. Andreas Thonhauser of ADF International weighs in about the state of religious freedom abroad, and what his organization is doing to fight for it. Plus: The next season of "The Bachelor" will feature a virgin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There have been a growing number of ‘freedom of conscience’ cases and they’re not going away. People want to feel they can do their job and follow their faith. Laurence Wilkinson a lawyer with ADF International working in this area joins Sir Jeremy Cooke, Ranti Williams and Rachel Huston to discuss the pros and cons of allowing people to opt out of parts of their job for religious reasons. We also hear from Elinor Grimmark, a Swedish midwife who took her country to court over the right to opt out of abortions.

This week Rachel Huston looks back on the work Christian organisation ADF International and hears directly from their lawyers.

In this interview, Doug Napier provides an update on how ADF International is defending the religious liberties of Christian business owners. He also debunks some of the myths about what aspects of faith expression are and are not legally permissible in the marketplace.  Douglas H. Napier, Esq., serves as executive director of ADF International, where he leads an international legal advocacy team engaged in defending religious liberty, the sanctity of life, and marriage and family values. Napier joined the organization in 2007 to work with a network of thousands of allied attorneys and eventually became the head of all litigation efforts in the U.S. Subsequently, he served in the role of chief alliance officer, where he focused on serving, strengthening, and expanding a strategic alliance throughout the world. He has conducted regional and national litigation training to help equip allied attorneys and other allies across the globe. Napier earned his J.D. in 1990 from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he graduated with distinction. He received a B.A. in finance at the University of Iowa in 1985 and graduated with a M.A. in biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1988. He is admitted to the bar before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Arizona Supreme Court, the Iowa Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district courts across the U.S. He is a fellow of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, is a member of the Council for National Policy, and serves on the boards of Family Policy Alliance and the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Napier resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife Christi and two children.  Download ADF's Employer's Guide to Faith in the Workplace: http://adflegal.org/campaigns/faith-in-the-workplace  Christianity in Business is the show that helps Christian business leaders to integrate biblical values into business. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.ChristianityInBusiness.com

Declaración en la 46 Asamblea General de la OEA, de la mesa de trabajo de La Mujer por Sofía Martinez, de ADF International.