LGBT quotas - really?
Australia: Queensland Labor’s plan to set aside five per cent of winnable seats to LGBTI candidates risks alienating a large proportion of Queenslanders, according to the Australian Christian Lobby . ACL Queensland Director, Wendy Francis , said it would be difficult for Queenslanders to understand why the Labor Party had chosen to introduce a quota for LGBTI candidates at last weekend’s Queensland Labor Conference, but not ones for other segments of the community. The motion was put to the conference by Rainbow Labor, a powerful lobby group which advocates for LGBTI issues within the party. “The Labor Party is sending the message that it is more concerned with embracing Rainbow politics than providing policies that benefit all Queenslanders,” Ms Francis said. “The comments from Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten that ‘Labor is light years ahead when it comes to electing Australians from diverse backgrounds to office’ begs the question; ‘Why not have quotas for Christians an