Scott Morrison government’s proposed Religious Discrimination Bill leaves room for refusing to hire gay teachers (Australia)

news.com.au ^ | 25th November 2021 | Ellen Ramsay

[naturalman1975]

The Prime Minister’s Religious Discrimination Bill, which will allow room for religious schools to refuse to hire gay teachers, is “necessary” to protect people with faith from the “bots, bigots and bullies” of the “cancel culture”.

Scott Morrison has personally introduced the Bill to the House of Representatives on Thursday, saying people shouldn't be “cancelled or persecuted or vilified” because of their beliefs.

The Bill, which seeks to protect people who prescribe to a faith or religion, as well as those who do not, from discrimination, has been described as Mr Morrison as “sensible and balanced”.

He said discrimination against people of faith was not a new thing, but that the rise of social media and “cancel culture” allowed room for increased risk of persecution.

“Many people from various religious traditions are concerned about the lack of religious protection against the prevalence of cancel culture in Australian life,” he said.

“It’s true, it’s there, it’s real.

“The citizens of liberal democracies should never be fearful about what they believe, the lives they lead, or the God they follow if, indeed, they choose to follow one or acknowledge one at all.

“Australians shouldn’t have to worry about looking over their shoulder, fearful of offending an anonymous person on Twitter, cowardly sitting there, abusing and harassing them for their faith, or transgressing against political or social Zeitgeists.

“We have to veer away from the artificial, phony conflicts, boycotts, controversies and cancelling created by anonymous and cowardly bots, bigots and bullies”.

[naturalman1975]

Naturally the media is doing its best to present a law that is simply designed to guarantee freedom of religion (one of the only freedoms explicitly outlined in Australia's constitution - because England had (and has) an established Church - this is one area where English common law did not assign rights, so Australia largedly copied America's constitution on this one issue) - as being all about 'discriminating against gays'.

[Steve_Seattle]

The ONLY reason gays would want to work for a traditional religious organization is to SUBVERT it.

[Navy Patriot]

Doesn’t PM Morrison know that ONLY Homos, Fagots, Queers, Trannys and Deviants have rights and that includes the Right To Subvert?