Freedom for Faith group also warns of possible ‘bizarre and profoundly damaging’ consequencesReligious discrimination bill so flawed it cannot be supported, Anglicans sayThe flaws in the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill are “so serious” it cannot be supported in its current form, the Sydney Anglican diocese has warned. Both groups have called for the bill to go further in protecting religious organisations, raising the prospect of internal division in the Coalition over attorney general Christian Porter’s draft bill. Religious discrimination bill may breach constitution by allowing doctors to refuse treatment Read moreStead proposed defining unjustifiable financial hardship and making it unlawful to incite religious discrimination by making “threats of financial detriment”. Stead’s submission noted that although the bill exempted statements of religious belief from anti-discrimination law, the protection did not apply to statements that “vilify” others, warning the term is unclear. Religious discrimination bill could legalise race hate speech, Law Council warns Read moreStead also raised the prospect that secular companies could define staff refraining from discussing religion at work as an “inherent requirement” of the job, allowing them to discriminate against religious people in hiring.

Source: The Guardian October 01, 2019 04:07 UTC