Two Christian education groups say the ability to discipline a teacher who gets divorced is an example of a school’s right to hire staff according to its values.
or pregnancy. But the religious bill has revived a long-running debate over whether these exemptions should be scrapped or amended, with some Liberal moderate MPs pushing for stronger protections for LGBTQ students and teachers before the bill progresses.
“It’s a fairly significant position to be in, lecturing in a theological college, which is training and equipping people for Christian ministry, and you are actually ... living out a lifestyle and modelling a lifestyle, that’s inconsistent with the teachings,” he said.about her experience because she knew of two other teachers who had been sacked from Christian schools this year.
Associate Professor Mark Fowler, from Notre Dame University’s School of Law, said the provision’s caveats set “quite stringent standards on statements that could be made” and were in line with international legal principles of freedom of speech, which did not prohibit offensive or insulting statements.
“This will be a nightmare to resolve where the statement of belief provisions to pass into law, and it will require a significant overhaul of our state and territory not just laws but also courts and tribunals to find a workable solution,” Mr Elphick said.
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