MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ – You’ve gotta feel sorry for the Canadians. A socialist Canadian lawmaker drew gales of mockery for showing just how woke she is — by casually dropping the acronym MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ while speaking at a live press conference.
We speak to our UK correspondent Sean Redfearn from Christian Concern based in London. Topics include the response to a recent Islamic public prayer event in Trafalgar Square, King Charles’ no-show on an Easter message this year, Christian street preachers under attack, and is there a youth revival in UK churches or not.
NZ Media In ‘Relegation Zone’ – Global Study. A new ‘trust’ barometer based on a global study has found that compared to media around the world, our news media is in what we call in sporting terms – the relegation zone. The communications agency that oversaw the study suggested that the media should “Write accurate headlines instead of exaggerated or fear-inducing ones” and “Dedicate equal time and coverage to different viewpoints on big issues”. Don’t hold your breath.
It was a big week last week. The transgender agenda suffered another mortal blow as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the culture slowly returns to truth and biology. Not a great day for the NZ media though. The gender narrative is crumbling almost as fast as their trust levels. We look at their previous coverage of the Olympics transgender issue.
The Albanese government has changed the law to give a massive tax benefit to trans lobby group Equality Australia, in defiance of a ruling by the courts that it is a political advocacy organisation. “Political advocacy” is the same justification used for deregistering Family First (but not groups like Greenpeace, The Helen Clark Foundation, Drug Foundation, InsideOut and many other leftist charities in NZ who also do political advocacy.) So does this new Australian tax benefit for a group which opposes female-only spaces for -biological women & who led the campaign for same-sex marriage in their 2017 plebiscite also apply for conservative & Christian groups? We speak to Michelle Pearse – CEO of the Australian Christian Lobby.
The rise Of One Nation, Albanese’s Mosque Visit, Special Law For Trans ‘Charity’, and the Iran War. Lots to talk about with our Australian correspondent Lyle Shelton from the Family First political party.
We speak to our US Correspondent Glenn Stanton from Focus on the Family about some key stories happening in the US, including the normalising of polyamory, throuples and polycules in the legacy media; the rising star of the Democrat party who is a ‘progressive’ Christian – is Christianity now acceptable; failed leader of the environmental movement and promoter of abortion and less children dies; and how do Americans really view the war on Iran.
Family First is calling on the government, or individual Members of Parliament, to adopt its App Store Accountability Bill, designed to target an obvious ‘choke point’ for accessing digital content, to improve online safety for children and young people by placing new responsibilities on app store providers and app developers operating in New Zealand.
To the 87,269 of you who signed our “Don’t Divide Us” petition in 2021 asking for rapid antigen testing as an alternative for unvaccinated kiwis to access workplaces, schools, marae, large gatherings, and places of worship, and perhaps contributed to the significant legal expense of the judicial review on behalf of 110 churches – thank you! You were right. We didn’t want the country to be divided. Unfortunately the government didn’t listen – and we are still paying the cost.
We talk to our UK correspondent Sean Redfearn who works with Christian Concern in London. Topics discussed include attempts to liberalise abortion and euthanasia laws in the UK; the acquittal of Matthew Grech who shared his ex-gay testimony and was prosecuted for ‘conversion therapy’; the UK response to the war on Iran; and are UK banknotes going woke?