Pastor Brian Mulheran, the principal of Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College, has resigned from his role following the controversy over the school’s contract for students, families and teachers that equated homosexuality and bisexuality to incest and pedophilia. In a note to families who have children enrolled at the school Citipointe Church’s Mark Ramsey said Pastor Mulheran […]
Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College is back in the news after it was revealed the school has introduced new employment contracts for teachers that warns them against being openly homosexual, having non-monogamous relationships or conducting intimate acts outside of marriage. The school says the wording of it’s staff contracts is now under review, but the move […]
Christian groups have reacted angrily to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that the federal government will be amending the Religious Discrimination Bill to add greater protections for LGBTIQA+ students. The PM flagged a change to the government’s approach to the bill during a radio interview on Thursday. His announcement follows a Brisbane Christian college backing […]
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged the government will make amendments to its Religious Discrimination Bill, adding protections that will protect students from being expelled from schools over their sexuality or gender identity. Speaking on a Brisbane radio station this morning the Prime Minister said he did not support the move by Citipointe Christian College […]
BREAKING NEWS Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College has withdrawn its contract that required parents to sign up to a strict set of Christian beliefs and issued an apology. In a statement posted to the school’s website they said families will no longer be asked to agree to that contract for their child to be enrolled in […]
Liberal MP Jason Falinski says the contract put forward by Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College, that describes homosexuality and bisexuality as destructive to people and society, is appalling – but it would not have been permitted to occur if the government’s proposed Religious Discrimination laws were in place. His claim has been questioned by LGBTIQA+ rights […]
Union calls on College to remove its discriminatory contract for students and staff The union representing over 17,000 teachers and staff in Queensland non-government schools has called on Citipointe Christian College to meet its responsibilities under the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act and ensure no student at the College is discriminated against on the basis of gender […]
A Christian school in Brisbane is under fire after it revealed an updated contract that parents are required to sign when enrolling their children in the school. Citipointe Christian College’s sent their updated contract to parents ahead of the new school year, adding in a new clause that allows the school to expel students if […]
