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FOR SA Appoints Executive Director to Help Defend Religious Freedom

2/3/2016

HRC Tells Church to Stop Preaching "Offensive" Scriptures

2/3/2016

Intervening in Case Against "Christian Schools"

2/3/2016

Proposed Regulation of Religion in SA

24/2/2016

Possible Outlawing of Spanking in the Home

9/2/2016

Comment Invited on Proposed Review of WITCHCRAFT SUPPRESSION ACT

9/2/2016

Comment Invited on Proposed Review of WITCHCRAFT SUPPRESSION ACT

14/1/2016

FOR SA featured on SABC2

2/12/2015

Why We Cannot Regulate Religion (Part 1)

2/12/2015

Why We Cannot Regulate Religion (Part 2)

2/12/2015

Why We Cannot Regulate Religion (Part 3)

27/11/2015

Constitutional Court shuts the door on Ecclesia De Lange

20/11/2015

CRL Rights Commission Says It Is “willing to talk, but not willing to stop”

29/10/2015

FOR SA Interviewed on Pressing Issues for the Church

26/10/2015

DRC: Free to Choose, But Not Free from the Consequence of Choice

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