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Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Christians in Australia are pondering the implications of an explosive ruling handed down Friday by a legal tribunal, which found that two Christian pastors had vilified Islam.
Immediate reactions ranged from an evangelical commentator’s view that the decision spelled “the beginning of the end of freedom of speech in Australia” to that of a liberal church denomination which said it sent a welcome message to “Christian extremist groups.”
One of the pastors at the center of the dispute said he was saddened by the outcome, but he predicted it would galvanize Christians and other Australians who cared about free speech.
Pastors Danny Nalliah and Daniel Scot were found to have breached a section of the state of Victoria’s controversial hate law, which says a person must not incite “hatred against, serious contempt for or revulsion or severe ridicule of” another person or group on the basis of religious belief or activity. . . .
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Immediate reactions ranged from an evangelical commentator’s view that the decision spelled “the beginning of the end of freedom of speech in Australia” to that of a liberal church denomination which said it sent a welcome message to “Christian extremist groups.”
One of the pastors at the center of the dispute said he was saddened by the outcome, but he predicted it would galvanize Christians and other Australians who cared about free speech.
Pastors Danny Nalliah and Daniel Scot were found to have breached a section of the state of Victoria’s controversial hate law, which says a person must not incite “hatred against, serious contempt for or revulsion or severe ridicule of” another person or group on the basis of religious belief or activity. . . .
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