RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: When truth is no defence*

Two Christian pastors, prosecuted and fined heavily under Victoria’s Racial and Religious Tolerance Act for allegedly vilifying Islam, learned just before Christmas whether their appeal before the Victorian Supreme Court was successful. Roslyn Phillips reports.The court-room in the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal in Melbourne’s Lonsdale Street was hushed. At 9:30 am on Thursday, December 14, 2006, three judges entered and handed down their judgement on the appeal by two Christian pastors again…

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