Religious discrimination bil - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 03 Oct 2019 05:24:19 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Religious discrimination bil - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Religious discrimination bill so flawed it cannot be supported https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/10/03/religious-discrimination-bill-anglican-australia/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 06:53:47 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=121724 The flaws in the Coalition's religious discrimination bill are "so serious" it cannot be supported in its current form, the Sydney Anglican diocese has warned. Bishop Michael Stead has warned the bill would force Anglican youth camps to host Satanist masses at its campsites and has the "perverse effect" of encouraging companies such as Qantas Read more

Religious discrimination bill so flawed it cannot be supported... Read more]]> The flaws in the Coalition's religious discrimination bill are "so serious" it cannot be supported in its current form, the Sydney Anglican diocese has warned.

Bishop Michael Stead has warned the bill would force Anglican youth camps to host Satanist masses at its campsites and has the "perverse effect" of encouraging companies such as Qantas to threaten to withdraw sponsorship to justify restrictions on religious speech in cases like Rugby Australia's sacking of Israel Folau.

In a separate submission, the Freedom for Faith group has claimed the bill fails a commitment by the prime minister, Scott Morrison, "that the law would not take faith groups backwards in terms of protection of religious freedom". Read more

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