The federal government’s exemption for quoting religious texts in its proposed hate speech law has attracted criticism — it ...

Anthony Albanese told journalists to read the Old Testament to understand why Labor was making religious texts exempt. But ...

We asked people in 35 countries about the influence of specific religious texts on their national laws. The texts in question varied by country: For example, adults in predominantly Christian ...

A carve-out in hate speech legislation has been opposed by Jewish groups, with warnings it could undermine the intended ...

Anthony Albanese has used the Old Testament of the Bible to justify carving out religious texts in his bill solely focused on stopping hate on the basis of race and ethnicity.

Republicans on an Iowa Senate panel gave initial approval Thursday to legislation creating guidelines for public high school courses on the Bible. Advocates supporting the bill said teaching the ...

(RNS) — The Christian right has been emboldened by the Trump administration. Nearly every day, there is a headline highlighting the ways President Donald Trump is privileging conservative, white ...

If the law passes, the freedoms of speech, conscience and religion in Australia would thereafter pivot on a novel, imprecise ...

Senior figures in the attorney-general's department have been quizzed on whether proposed hate speech laws would outlaw ...

As Americans drift from organized religion and congregations consolidate, pastors are turning to artificial intelligence to shoulder parts of their ministry — while some worshippers are turning to AI ...

State Sen. Alan Clark told his colleagues Tuesday he was initially skeptical about Senate Bill 223, which would “Create the Religious Rights at Public Schools Act.” I too was skeptical. But unlike the ...

Quoting from religious texts should not be a defence to allow hate speech, Premier Chris Minns says, declaring “hate speech ...