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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has today revealed the results of the 2021 Census, delivering a snapshot of the lives and demographics of many Australians. While the new data will shine a light on the experiences and beliefs of many discrete groups across the nation, insights on LGBTQIA+ lives are absent from today’s data due […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, census 2021, lgbtiq+ health australia, nicky bath, religious discrimination, wendy francis
28 Jun 2022 /
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South Australian MP Rebekha Sharkie has threatened to take legal action against the Australian Christian Lobby over their political flyers that depict her as being against churches. The member for Mayo said the ACL has used an mage which she owns the copyright on without asking her permission. In a letter sent to the religious […]
Tags: ACL, AusPol, Australian Christian Lobby, copyright, Election 2022, Flyer, image, Mayo, Politics, rebekha sharkie, religious discrimination bill, wendy francis
14 May 2022 |
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The Australian Christian Lobby have announced they no longer support the government’s Religious Discrimination Bill as it passed the House of Representatives in the early hours of this morning. The bill was passed without any of Labor’s four suggested amendments accepted, though a Centre Alliance amendment to include protections for transgender students, alongside gay, lesbian and […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, religious discrimination, religious freedom, wendy francis
10 Feb 2022 |
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Wendy Francis from the Australian Christian Lobby has shared her thoughts on teaching children about consent, saying the government’s approach is fundamentally flawed. The ACL spokesperson says promoting abstinence should be at the centre of sex education, and claims there is a global conspiracy to remove the age of consent, accusing LGBTI groups of being […]
Tags: 2020 Beijing Feminist Declaration, age of consent, Australian Christian Lobby, binary, consent, Dave Pellowe, gay, ILGA, International Gay and Lesbian Association, Kirralie Smith, Lesbian, LGBT Youth Scotland, LGBTI, Okay to Say No, Stonewall Scotland, transgender, wendy francis
25 Apr 2021 |
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A ban on LGBTIQ+ conversion therapy is set to pass Queensland’s parliament this week, as many states across Australia are considering how to move forward with outlawing the practice. Health practitioners who attempt to change or suppress a person’s sexuality or gender identity could be charged for the offence, with a maximum sentence of 18 […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, brave network, christopher brohier, conversion therapy, Martyn Iles, Queensland, SOGICE, wendy francis
12 Aug 2020 |
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The Australian Christian Lobby has launched a new campaign calling for Drag Queen story time events to be banned saying it is putting adult entertainment in front of children. The new push against drag queens reading children’s books comes as the Palmerston library in the Northern Territory holds an event featuring local performers reading age […]
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23 Jun 2019 |
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The Australian Christian Lobby has raised concerns about shopping centre company Westfield hosting a drag show in Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall. Drag performer Maxi Shield and friends are set to give a lunchtime performance on Friday, the day before the 40th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Wendy Francis, head of the Australian Christian Lobby’s […]
Tags: drag, Lyle Shelton, Maxi Shield, wendy francis, Westfield
28 Feb 2018 |
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The Coalition for Marriage has launched a phone app to draw support for their campaign against marriage equality. The app, named Freedom Team, encourages supporters to undertake tasks to promote the ‘No’ campaign, and for each task supporters gain points. The top supporters are listed on a leader board. Points can be earned by reading […]
Tags: app, Bernard Gaynor, Coalition for Marriage, gay marriage, marriage equality, Peter Abetz, postal survey, Same Sex Marriage, traditional marriage, wendy francis
6 Oct 2017 |
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Students in Brisbane have clashed with people hoping to attend an anti-Safe Schools seminar at a Catholic Church. The seminar titled Safe Schools: Education or Social Engineering? was being presented by the Knights of the Southern Cross, a fraternal order of the Catholic Church. In its promotion of the event St Michael’s church in Dorrington claimed that the […]
Tags: Anthony Albanese, Australian Christian Lobby, Catholic, Knights of the Southern Cross, Marriage, marriage equality, Peter Dutton, Safe School, Same Sex Marriage, traditional marriage, wendy francis
8 Sep 2017 |
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The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has complained about Queensland Police supporting International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHoBiT). Wendy Francis, the ACL’s Queensland Director, has said it is inappropriate for police to be seen wearing a rainbow coloured lanyard. Francis said the rainbow lanyard is an endorsement of marriage equality, and “re-shaping” society’s understanding […]
Tags: ACL, Australian Christian Lobby, Bisexual, gay, IDAHO, IDAHoBiT, IDAHOBIT Day, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Queensland, trans*, transgender, wendy francis
19 May 2017 |
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