As world-renowned apologists gather for Southern Evangelical Seminary’s Conference on the subject this October, Christians in several places are standing up for freedom of faith in the workplace. According to a Hamilton Strategies release, new measures domestically and abroad are aiming to protect workers’ religious freedoms in the workplace—and more Christians are finding that they must intelligently defend their faith at their jobs every day. In Australia, Christians expressed disappointment after the Equality and Human Rights Commission seemed to backtrack on its pledge to protect Christians in the workplace after saying that they will no longer fight for “reasonable accommodation” of religious beliefs.
This summer, the commission intervened in four cases of religious discrimination in the workplace. In New York City , a measure was passed that will significantly enhance religion-based protections for employees working in the city. Although the bill was initiated by the Sikh community, it will protect workers of all faiths. “This bill sends the message that people should not have to choose between serving our city and adhering to their religious beliefs,” stated the city council member who spearheaded the law. “All Americans should receive the full embrace of our country’s constitutional freedoms.”
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