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Religious freedom is not absolute – and neither are LGBTI rights

17 October 2018

8:30 PM

17 October 2018

8:30 PM

Last week in Australia the recommendations of the Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom were leaked, leading to media frenzy that religious schools would have enhanced powers to turn away gay students. Hence the ABC headline, Religious freedom panel recommends formalising ability for religious schools to turn away gay students.

However, it soon became apparent that anti-discrimination exemptions to religious bodies already exist federally and most states have similar exemptions, and that the Ruddock Review was actually seeking to limit the right of religious schools to discriminate against gay students.

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