Christians face increasing restrictions on freedom of speech and religious expression

The Australian Christian Freedom Index (ACFI) 2025 identifies 74 Acts of Parliament passed since 2000 that restrict Christian freedoms across nine jurisdictions. Nearly half of these laws were enacted in the last five years, with the legislative audit ranking Victoria as the most restrictive and Western Australia as the least.

The report, produced by the Canberra Declaration with support from groups like the Australian Christian Lobby and FamilyVoice Australia, is based on a survey of 10,808 Christians and over 40 documented cases of discrimination. Key findings include that 92% of respondents believe it is riskier to affirm Christian beliefs publicly than five years ago, and 73% have felt pressured to conceal their faith. The index attributes these restrictions to drivers such as secular progressivism, doctrinal drift within churches, and legal asymmetry where religious freedom relies on narrow, litigable exemptions.

Key trends and violations include:

• Legislative Restrictions: Laws such as Canada’s Bill C-9 and Victoria’s anti-counselling bill criminalize or penalize expressing disagreement with issues like abortion, euthanasia, and gender identity, often under the banner of preventing “hate speech.”
• Criminalization of Witness: In the UK, street preachers are frequently stopped, questioned, or arrested under the Public Order Act, with some convictions for quoting scripture, effectively treating biblical speech as a criminal act.
• Institutional Censorship: Universities and schools are increasingly silencing conservative Christian voices, while workplaces in healthcare and education are hostile environments where believers fear professional punishment for sharing their faith.
• Cultural Shift: There is a growing trend where religious liberty is viewed as a privilege rather than a fundamental right, leading to self-censorship and the marginalization of traditional Christian doctrines in public discourse.

上述出現的情況是因為基督徒的良善最成，這種良善是過份，良善是可以表達在行動上，不是不表達。不去表達在大事大非之前，只會助長惡的橫行，也是不負責任的表現，因為善惡之間是有分別，模糊公正的界線是人的責任。

這種模糊是被什麼都要愛，這種好壞不分教導引致。如果可以好壞不分，那將來的審判有用嗎？

為何穆斯林不包括在內？