Religious groups argue for right to hire, fire staff based on sexuality
The Minns government has been warned that attempting to stop religious schools from hiring or firing staff because of their adherence to “Christian ethos”, including sexuality, would be a breach of religious freedoms.
Religious groups including Catholic Schools NSW, Christian Schools Australia and the Presbyterian Church all argue that existing exemptions within the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act which allow private schools to discriminate on the basis of sexuality, marital status or gender should be retained because of their religious views.
The demands from religious organisations to keep the exemptions in place signal a looming test for the Minns government as it seeks to balance their concerns with a push from key crossbench MP Alex Greenwich to prevent gay students and teachers from being expelled or fired by religious schools on the basis of their sexuality.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/reli...5evmt.html
The Minns government has been warned that attempting to stop religious schools from hiring or firing staff because of their adherence to “Christian ethos”, including sexuality, would be a breach of religious freedoms.
Religious groups including Catholic Schools NSW, Christian Schools Australia and the Presbyterian Church all argue that existing exemptions within the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act which allow private schools to discriminate on the basis of sexuality, marital status or gender should be retained because of their religious views.
The demands from religious organisations to keep the exemptions in place signal a looming test for the Minns government as it seeks to balance their concerns with a push from key crossbench MP Alex Greenwich to prevent gay students and teachers from being expelled or fired by religious schools on the basis of their sexuality.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/reli...5evmt.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
