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Author Neil Foster Reports in the press note that that the ACT Government has announced its intention to “ close a loophole ” in discrimination laws by removing the capacity of religious schools to apply their religious beliefs in staffing decisions. The law is referred to is not a “loophole”, it is part of the fundamental architecture of discrimination law around Australia, with rare exceptions, and removing these provisions would not be a good idea. Background The context of the proposals is the recent debate in Federal Parliament about the leaked recommendations of the Ruddock Report (for comment here see  here  and succeeding blog posts linked at the bottom of this one.) In particular, concern has been expressed that religious schools may apply their faith-based moral framework (which in many cases includes the view that homosexual activity is not part of God’s purposes for humanity) in dealing with students and staff at the school. The Federal Government has ...

A Facebook image of Jill Moran, which she alleges was used by the Coalition for Marriage in a defamatory manner. Picture: Facebook A Canberra public servant and “yes” advocate is launching a defamation lawsuit against the Coalition for Marriage , after the “no” campaign group depicted her as an “extremist” on its website. Jill Moran 26, claims the use of her photograph marching at a “ Yes ” rally on its website coupled with the description “the extremists of the ‘yes’ campaign”, falsely portrays her as a bully, a violent protester and a political extremist . Ms Moran, 26, said she felt “sick to her stomach” when a friend bought the image to her attention. Jill Moran is suing the Coalition for Marriage for defamation for using her image in the media release . “I am a passionate supporter of marriage equality and I am proud to campaign publicly, but it is completely untrue and hurtful to paint me as violent or a political extremist.  I am embarrassed and angry to be as...

What debate? What democracy? When Mark Steyn was last in Australia I of course paid close attention to what he had to say and took copious notes. One thing I recorded that especially stood out was this thought: “The Left does not want to win the debate, it wants to shut down the debate.” That is as accurate as you can get. And I know this from firsthand experience. I have been to numerous public meetings on topics such as marriage and family either as a speaker or a listener which the radical leftists and the homosexual activists sought to shut down, disrupt, and/or turn into mayhem. I have more than once even had to run the gauntlet, and be personally escorted into a venue by a line of police who had to keep the raging and hate-filled militants away from us. I have personally experienced being jostled and shoved by the angry activists, had things thrown at me, and abused me with all manner of foul and despicable language – all because I dared to think differently than...

PUBLICLY funded advertising promoting each side of the proposed same-sex marriage plebiscite will not be bound by regular advertising standards requiring truth and accuracy, news.com.au understands. A spokeswoman for the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) told news.com.au communications promoting each camp’s messages will be classed as political advertising , and therefore will not be monitored by the industry body. If the campaigns were to be classed as political advertising, there would be no legal requirement for content of the ads to be factually correct , only that they be properly authorised as outlined in the Broadcasting Services Act. That means, when a TV or radio station runs “political matter”, it must be immediately followed by authorisation by the person responsible for approving the content and deciding it be broadcast. Though the authorisation itself — the quickly spoken message usually also written across a blank screen at the end of political campaign ads — must ...

English: A procession of the during the first Annual Southeastern Eucharistic Congress in , USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) CHARLOTTE, North Carolina,  – A U.S. Catholic diocese called off an annual charitable event rather than host a performer living in obvious violation of Church teaching on marriage. The Diocese of Charlotte, N.C. , confirmed for LifeSiteNews it did not follow through with its March 12 Catholic Charities Gala for Hope in Asheville once it learned the entertainer booked for the event is in a homosexual “marriage,” and said that it was not acceptable for the diocese to have someone perform at one of its events while the person is in open conflict with Church teaching. Singer Katrina (Kat) Williams appeared the last two years for the event and was booked to perform again, but said she was informed March 1 by Catholic Charities Executive Director Gerry Carter she would not be needed for this year’s event because Charlotte Bishop Peter Jugis had read a ...