by NZARH Admin | Jan 13, 2014 | Schools Campaign
A parent is complaining to the Human Rights Commission about the Religious Instruction lessons provided for his son’s class at St Heliers School in East Auckland. Roy Warren says his ultimate aim would be to eliminate Religious Instruction from his son’s...
by NZARH Admin | Dec 21, 2013 | News
The Government of Uganda has outlawed homosexuality. The law was first introduced into Parliament in 2009. It was condemned for proposing the death sentence for homosexuals. The death sentence has been removed, The law establishes the penalty of life imprisonment for...
by NZARH Admin | Dec 19, 2013 | News
The Methodist Church in the Pennsylvania has defrocked Frank Schaefer for conducting the marriage of his son, saying that it was “incompatible with Christian teaching”. The Methodist Church does not permit its Pastors to officiate marriages between...
by NZARH Admin | Dec 17, 2013 | News
Stuff is reporting that a Judge has been critical of the pressure churches place on Pacific Islanders to donate. In one case a middle aged woman stole $27,000 in order to donate to the church and send back to her family. The Latter Day Saints require that their...
by NZARH Admin | Dec 12, 2013 | News
Statistics New Zealand recently released the first summary figures around religious belief. The decline of religion was even more marked than that projected. John Murphy, President of the NZARH, was quoted in the New Zealand Herald talking about the census results and...
by NZARH Admin | Dec 12, 2013 | News
Over the last few days there have been some major setbacks for Gay rights around the world. In Australia the High court decided that the Australian Capital Territory’s new law permitting Gay Marriage could not operate concurrently with the federal Marriage Act,...
