Nothing less than the character of Australian secularism is at stake in the religious discrimination debate
3 years ago

Nothing less than the character of Australian secularism is at stake in the religious discrimination debate

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The last few years have seen an unprecedented level of public interest in and disagreement over religion and its place in Australian society. By contrast, if passed the federal Religious Discrimination Bill will be a conspicuous addition to this tapestry of laws, public policy, and social conventions that make up the Australian state-religion relationship. It is therefore important, not only because it will prohibit religious discrimination, but also because it will play a significant role in shaping the Australian state-religion relationship into the future. If the trend of increased social hostility towards religion — and minority faiths specifically — continues, it will push the Australian state-religion relationship away from liberal separation, pragmatic pluralism, and non-establishment pluralism and towards antagonism. If the exemption relating to selection and hiring of religious leaders were removed, this would shift the state-religion relationship towards one of hostility towards or control of religion by the state.

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Queer and devout: The Australians caught in the middle of the religious discrimination bill
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Queer and devout: The Australians caught in the middle of the religious discrimination bill

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Religious freedom has been a hot-button issue since same-sex marriage was legalised in 2017. 'An additional route to discriminate' Simon Rice, Professor of Law at the University of Sydney and member of the Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group, says such discrimination is already permissible thanks to religious exemptions in existing discrimination law, "including the Sex Discrimination Act, the NSW Anti-Discrimination …

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