Standing up for creation is a sacred sacrifice. My Christian friends came close to prison this week
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Holly-Anna Petersen2021-12-16T12:29:00
Christians have a right to peaceful protest, but those in power want to clamp down. If Priti Patel’s last-minute amendments to the policing bill pass, it will seriously undermine our democratic freedoms, says Holly-Anna Petersen of Christian Climate Action
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