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Christian Schools Fear Closure if Discrimination Laws Altered [Australia]
Cath News ^ | 8/23/22 | Sarah Brookes

Posted on 08/24/2022 6:41:47 PM PDT by marshmallow

Last week, the state’s Attorney-General, John Quigley, announced broad support for 163 recommendations to improve the state’s anti-discrimination laws following a Law Reform Commission of WA review of the Equal Opportunity Act.

One of the key reforms is an “inherent requirement test” that will force religious schools to prove religious belief or activity is an essential requirement of the job.

Australian Association of Christian Schools executive officer Vanessa Cheng said that change would make it difficult for religious schools to employ staff and preference families in enrolment who shared the beliefs of the school.

“Parents who choose to enrol their children in our schools want an education based on Christian values, which the state school system can no longer provide, and these changes are trying to squeeze faith out of our schools too,” Ms Cheng said.

Under existing legislation it is lawful for private religious schools in WA to sack LGBTIQ staff, expel LGBTIQ students and refuse to enrol children of same-sex parents. The current law also means religious schools can discriminate against staff who are unmarried parents or living together out of wedlock.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: australia; education

1 posted on 08/24/2022 6:41:47 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

That’s probably the idea.


2 posted on 08/24/2022 6:53:25 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: marshmallow
Quigley? Quigley?

That guy gets around. I thought he was a sharpshooter hired by Mr Marsden to “control the local population”.....

I always wondered too, if “Crazy Clara” was really crazy or just very cagey.

Oh well.....

3 posted on 08/24/2022 7:46:54 PM PDT by China Clipper ( Animals? I love animals. See? There's one there, right next to the potatoes!)
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