Posts tagged religious schools

Religious hospitals and aged care providers will be able to discriminate when it comes to hiring staff under the Morrison government’s redrafted religious freedom laws. …

Rachel Colvin, a former teacher at Ballarat Christian College, launched a ground-breaking discrimination complaint this week against the non-denominational Christian college because she would not …

Labor’s Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek said that there is no reason schools couldn’t hire staff who “faithfully represent their value­s” while also protecting staff and students from discrimination.

The policy would see the establishment of a grant scheme for LGBTI community groups, including dedicated funding for intersex and LGBTI Indigenous organisations.

“$245.7 million for religious chaplains in public schools is unacceptable and puts LGBTIQ+ students in danger.”

“Nearly seventy percent of Liberal voters agree that LGBTQ students and teachers need to be protected. It’s time for Prime Minister Morrison to listen to his constituents about the need for change.”

“We didn’t find a lot of evidence of actual material discrimination that would be of concern”

“LGBTI communities spoke of the stress and mental health pressures placed on teachers who felt compelled to hide their identity from colleagues and students.”

“Freedom needs to be protected – including and especially the right to dissent from the rainbow gender-fluid world view,” Lyle Shelton said.

“Religious freedom cannot be viewed in isolation, nor should it be used as a political weapon in an act of vengeance for the marriage equality vote”