Tag: tyranny
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British judge orders woman to have abortion
Update: A British appeals court has overturned this decision. I’m pleased by that result, however this story is still a chilling reminder of the control a government can try to exercise over citizens. A British court has ordered a British woman to have an abortion. The unnamed woman is in her 20s, but due to a…
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Shattered peace: 80th anniversary of Nazi’s “Night of Broken Glass”
Throughout Germany and Austria, riots broke out on this night 80 years ago in a night which is infamously referred to as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, after the destruction done to Jewish businesses and properties. At least 91 Jewish people were killed; 30,000 men were arrested; hundreds of businesses were damaged or destroyed.…
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The Christian law school that wasn’t: Canadian Supreme Court rules against Trinity Western University
Today the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against Trinity Western University, a Christian liberal arts college which has been trying to establish a law school. From the legal brief: The Law Societies of British Columbia and Ontario had the power to deny approval to a proposed law school that would have required students to follow…