The Uniting Church appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the Religious Discrimination bill on Friday, voicing their opposition to the legislation in its current form. Jason Masters, Co-convener of Uniting Network Australia, the LGBTIQA+ network within the church, said it was disappointing that during the long consultation process over the legislation there […]
A Christian group have voiced their opposition the government’s latest proposal for religious freedom laws describing it as akin to apartheid. The Uniting Church’s LGBTI group, Uniting Network, says the latest legislation put forward by Attorney-General Christian Porter fails to provide protection from discrimination for religious people, but instead sets out the rights for religious […]
Uniting Network, the LGBTIQ network within the Uniting Church in Australia, has expressed its concern around the short period to respond to the Exposure Drafts on Religious Freedom and Associated Legislation which was released yesterday. While the government has consulted widely with some religious groups and conservative organisations, details of the legislation had been kept […]
The Uniting Church’s LGBTIQ+ network has voiced their support for recommendations released in a new report aiming to end harms caused by conversion therapy. The report (Preventing Harm, Promoting Justice – Responding to LGBT conversion therapy in Australia) conducted by La Trobe University and the Human Rights Law Centre highlights the damage inflicted by the practice […]
The Uniting Church has announced it will support a diversity of views of same sex marriage, allowing ministers to decide for themselves if they wish to conduct ceremonies. The church said both views on marriage between same sex couples were equal and it recognised both sides of the discussion. Meeting for the first time since […]
Australian Christians for Marriage Equality launched a public campaign today in support of the YES vote for marriage equality. Australian Christians for Marriage Equality is a national campaign bringing together churches, church organisations, ordained ministers and ordinary Christians who support civil marriage equality. The organisations national launch was held in Sydney today, but a WA branch […]
