OPINION In the midst of the campaign for marriage equality in Australia three and a half years ago, the ‘gay wedding cake’ scenario quickly emerged as the international symbol of the simmering tensions between the campaign for rights for the LGBTIQ+ community, and religious rights. Cases of bakers in the US and the UK refusing […]
Tags: Alison Xamon, conversion therapy, marriage equality, rainbow futures wa, religious exemptions, WA Greens
4 Mar 2021 /
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the coalition will introduce amendments to change the federal anti-discrimination laws so that schools will no longer have the right to expel students over their sexuality or gender identity. The Prime Minister said the leaking of recommendations from the Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom in Australia has caused “unnecessary confusion […]
Tags: Anti Discrimination, Bill SHorten, John Quigley, Lyle Shelton, religious exemptions, Scott Morrison
13 Oct 2018 |
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It remains lawful for private religious schools in Western Australia, including those receiving taxpayer funding, to sack lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer staff, simply because of who they are. It is also legal for religious schools to expel LGBTIQ students and to refuse enrolment to the children of same sex parents. It has […]
Tags: Alison Xamon, AusPol, lgbti discrimination, religious exemptions, religious freedom, WA Greens, WApol
28 Jun 2018 |
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Ahead of the state election here in Western Australia, LGBTIQ voters had the opportunity to discuss local issues with representatives of Labor, the Liberals and the Greens at a forum hosted by OUTinPerth at The Court Hotel. Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren, Maylands MLA Lisa Baker of WA Labor and federal Liberal Senator Dean Smith took to […]
Tags: ALP, de facto, Dean Smith, defacto, defacto relationships, Drugs, economy, Election, election 2017, Jobs, Labor, Lisa Baker, Lynn MacLaren, One Nation, overseas marriage, Politics, prisons, Religion, religious exemptions, safe schools, The Court, The Court Hotel, The Greens, the liberals, vote2017, WApol
9 Mar 2017 |
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