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FamilyVoice National Director Charles Newington speaks out about the importance of religious freedom for faith-based schools on Vision Christian Radio:

 “[Faith-based schools] are for religious purposes.” 

“Religion doesn’t just cover what we do in the building, but it covers how we approach science and how we approach the arts, and how we approach our engagement in the world.  And that is the nature of religion and this is part of the big debate that has been going on that some people don’t want to concede that religion is that holistic, that it influences everything.  They want to confine it to the private spaces – the home and the church hall.   

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“We need to see that we are dealing with a major shift in the culture in an attempt to limit the freedoms of, not just the Church of Christ, but all religious bodies, to limit their freedoms and to impose the state over religious bodies and, in fact, telling them what they can and can’t teach.”

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“The momentum in the public square commentary is very selective and frames Christians, in particular, as reactionary and historically irrelevant now.  I think it’s making Christians think very hard again about our engagement in society.”

You can hear more of Charles Newington’s interview at the Vision Christian Radio website here.