Samoa's PM threatened new Sabbath law that would ban any work from Friday evening until Monday morning

Samoa’s PM threatened new Sabbath law that would ban any work from Friday evening until Monday morning

Monday, April 16th, 2018

Samoa Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has revealed that he threatened the council of churches with a proposed new law which would close the country down completely every weekend to allow Christians to keep the Sabbath holy. Continue reading

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