Domestic and family violence is too grave a problem to be misused as a weapon in anti-Christian bigotry. And yet, the ABC recently achieved a new low standard in anti-Christian journalism. In a report on 7.30, Julia Baird and Paige MacKenzie claimed the biggest wife-bashers are Christian men who “sporadically” attend church. The report quoted advocates claiming “the church is not just failing to sufficiently address domestic violence, it is both enabling and concealing it”.[1] In an online article by Baird, published by the ABC on July 21, no details of any surveys are given to substantiate the claim that…
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