Family First NZ says that 50 marriage celebrant applicants have had their application rejected in just the past 2½ years. Why are they applying to celebrate something they do not believe in, under a law they cannot comply with? Dieuwe asks these questions as he starts a series on government meddling with marriage and how Christians can reclaim it.
On a quiet Wednesday last week, the Senate of the Dominion of Canada voted in favour of neutering their national anthem. The offending words "thy sons" were replaced with a more inclusive "of us".
When you read a headline like "Gun shop urges parents to buy their children weapons to 'keep them active'", some people might get worried. The headline of course, is fake news.
Misogynistic, racist, homophobic. The men’s rights movement is often dismissed by the mainstream media as nothing more than a hate group- an assortment of angry chauvinists intent on forcing women into a life of servitude at the hands of men.
In plain words, halal is anything that is created under the Islamic law called sharia. There are 5 types of ahkam (which means activity) that confined the action of Moslems, halal literally means it is in the “allowed” category, whereas terms like haram means it is forbidden under Islam.
It's not often that I'll go out of my way to sing the praises of a multinational corporation, however I've just seen an advertisement from ANZ which has an important theme. Whether it was intentional or not I don't know.