Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s long-awaited religious discrimination bill has finally been released, outlining how the federal government intends to enshrine greater protections for people of faith.
This would involve making it unlawful to discriminate against a person on the basis of their faith in their personal and professional working lives or access to education.The laws include a provision to shield Australians who make statements of belief from state anti-discrimination and equal opportunity laws.
The bill also retains a provision that gives religious institutions the right to preference the hiring of people aligned with their faith. It states that these institutions would not contravene state or territory law if it: “gives preference, in good faith, to persons who hold or engage in a particular religious belief or activity.”
The protection also would not apply to a statement of belief determined to be “malicious” or that a “reasonable person would consider would threaten, intimidate, harass or vilify a person or group.”The bill would also create a new office known as the Religious Discrimination Commissioner to operate inside the Human Rights Commission.
This is to ensure religious groups have the right to discriminate against those who don't share their beliefs. Not religious groups being discriminated against.
Sure would hate to be a cishet white Christian man living in a Western capitalist society. Truly the most oppressed of all marginalised minorities. /s
I'm an agnostic so the bill dies not effect me, but what's wrong with protecting people's beliefs from others with agendas. As long as individual religious beliefs are not in law or government it's no big deal. The opponents just want to have the ability to control others
Witchcraft or wizardry, faith or fallacy😎
How come religious organizations get their followers into knots about SOME of the people who don’t obey their 1 man - 1 woman rule? Why don’t they condemn people who don’t live by the Golden Rule? Do to others as you’d have them do to you. That’s the true core of morality.
Forget climate change and parliamentary integrity, a bill nobody asked for is what is priority for this scoundrel.
Show you the priority… mmmm people’s safety or ‘protecting’ religion
The only ‘change’ he’s delivered is to the way the people of Australia view him as a Prime Minister and the LNPDisgrace ! ScottyThePathologicalLiar RemoveTheRabble AlboForPM
Discrimination? Will this bill be safe for minorities?
Total focus on abetting discrimination. Zero focus on fighting corruption or runaway climate change. Seriously Australia, we can do so much better.
Preserving the right to cut children in the name of god
why why do we need it it's an insult to the ppl who don't do religion!! lm not mentally delusional, l know there is no god!! there are many more of us. why should we have this bullshit shoved down our throats!!
Robust human rights legislation should be sufficient to protect people from discrimination. Laws that try to enshrine some sort of protection from 'religious discrimination' end up creating discrimination, inequity, and giving shelter to bigotry and bias.
His personal commitment to bringing no legitimate change and doing absolutely nothing.
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