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“If God didn’t invent Human Rights why should religious people support them?”

Please join us for the first in this All Faiths Network supported series of “Conversations Across Beliefs” at 6pm on 27 October 2021. See the full invitation here Please go here for more details and register at this zoom link (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tGQihCurQOuip1JMPHux3A) and forward the invitation to your contacts too. Best regards Martin Weightman AFN

Please join us for the first in this All Faiths Network supported series of “Conversations Across Beliefs” at 6pm on 27 October 2021.

Please go here for more details and register at this zoom link (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tGQihCurQOuip1JMPHux3A) and forward the invitation to your contacts too.

Best regards
Martin Weightman
AFN

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