Christian Schools Australia Public Policy Director Mark Spencer says recommendations made for Western Australia’s anti-discrimination laws to help protect LGBT students and teachers, among doing other things, will put people of faith 'backwards”.
Christian Schools Australia Public Policy Director Mark Spencer says recommendations made for Western Australia’s anti-discrimination laws to help protect LGBT students and teachers, among doing other things, will put people of faith “backwards”.
The state’s law reform commission has made 163 recommendations to ensure the laws are fair and effective but there is concern from some the final report tramples on fundamental religious freedoms. “Religious freedom is a fundamental human right … but in this report, the Western Australia Law Reform Commission has trampled on some of those rights and has simply failed to engage with the concerns of faith groups,” Mr Spencer told Sky News Australia.
He said it has also failed to implement some of the “most modest proposals” around “ensuring the objects reflect the need to balance human rights”.
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