Published: October 11, 2018
PM backs new law proposed by Ruddock review allowing religion to be protected in same way as gender and race
Scott Morrison has called for religion to be protected in the same way as gender and race, signalling Coalition government support for a new religious discrimination law proposed by the Ruddock review.
While the review’s primary recommendation – to entrench the power of religious schools to discriminate on the basis of sexuality – appears dead on arrival due to Senate opposition, LGBTI advocates agree in theory that discrimination on the basis of religion should be outlawed. They have warned the law must be a “shield not a sword” against LGBTI people.
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