news in brief
Canada: Trans Fine
A human-rights tribunal ruled in March that a Christian activist discriminated against a transgender woman by distributing flyers that referred to the person, who was running for political office at the time, as a ‘biological male’.
In a 104-page ruling, the tribunal further declared that there is no room for any public debate in the matter. The tribunal ordered the Christian to pay $35,000 in compensation for injury to the person’s ‘dignity, feelings, and self-respect’.
USA: out of scouts
crosswalk.com
Date posted: 1 Feb 2019
Christian parents are pulling their children
out from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
in exchange for a faith-based organisation,
CBN News reported in December.
Since
the BSA policy change
in 2015
that allowed gay adults to lead boy scout
troops and the 2017 decision to allow girls
and transgender boys to join troops, many
Christian parents have moved away from the organisation that once emphasised the
importance of a nuclear family.
news in brief
Algeria: closure
The official notice that a village pastor in Algeria received on 30 December confirmed that his church had been ordered to close.
Pastor Rabah Messaoudi had won a legal battle in 2017 after local officials in the Muslim country tried to close his church. Those acting for the pastor have said they will appeal again, as the church is affiliated to an organisation of 45 churches through which the national commission confirms their authenticity.