After much wranglg over the relig discrimatn bill, the view seems to rema: stunts n be gay or have a view about their genr, but not exprs
Contents:
- HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT VICTORIA'S GAY NVERSN BILL
- VICTORIA BANS GAY NVERSN PRACTIC AFTER 12-HOUR BATE
- 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASS US STATE OF FLORIDA, GO TO GOVERNOR
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT VICTORIA'S GAY NVERSN BILL
A bill banng gay nversn practic looks set to pass the Upper Hoe State Parliament today. So what is ? And why are some seekg to change the legislatn? * australia gay bill *
Sign up to receive the top stori om Guardian Atralia every morngThe Atralian Christian Lobby has claimed cred for the cln of the clse, which refers to the ntroversial sackg of gby player Israel Fol after he wrote on social media that hell awas “dnks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornitors, thiev, atheists and idolaters” is also unease about givg legal protectn to someone assertg a statement of belief – even if breach of state anti-discrimatn laws – and nscient objectn provisns that uld see people nied health said if Cash troduced the bill to parliament the forthg stg fortnight, should be referred to a public quiry so MPs and senators uld hear directly om those GuiHow to get the latt news om Guardian AtraliaShowPhotograph: Tim Robberts/Stone RFRev Jo Inkp, a transgenr mister at the Pt Street Ung Church, attend the meetg wh Cash and said the Fol clse was “particularly problematic” and uld give licence to discrimatn. “So if you’re workg wh an anisatn that’s tryg to maximise the rpect and eedom of everybody, you n’t really have people attackg them, whatever your private views, you n’t have people attackg particular groups, particularly when they’re mory groups who are already unr severe stra, ” she is ncerned about the bill’s impact on gay and transgenr people of fah, notg the legislatn uld lead to discrimatn wh a fah-based stutn.
VICTORIA BANS GAY NVERSN PRACTIC AFTER 12-HOUR BATE
"Daniel Andrews needs to listen to the many Victorians who support banng gay nversn therapi but have legimate ncerns about the draftg of this bill.
Gay nversn practic have been banned Victoria followg a lengthy bate parliament overnight, durg which two Liberal MPs broke wh party ranks to vote agast the Change or Supprsn (Conversn) Practic Prohibn Bill passed the legislative uncil on Thursday night 29 vot to ne followg a 12-hour bate. As bate rag about the relig discrimatn bill, let’s remember a simple fact: unr feral law, relig schools n already expel gay and transgenr stunts for their sexualy and Coaln attack l have emphasised this week, this power om an exemptn for relig tnal stutns the Sex Discrimatn Act, cludg a versn passed by the Labor ernment once upon a time, there was bipartisan support for Ruddock reviewFast forward to May 2018, when the Ruddock review to relig eedom, lnched durg the same-sex marriage bate, reported back to the Turnbull of s key remendatns was: if relig schools want to discrimate agast staff or stunts for their sexualy or genr, this mt be stated a public Turnbull ernment didn’t release the report right away, then Augt Turnbull was succeed by Stt Morrison, the beneficiary of a nservative ph agast a morate Liberal prime mister. Stoker said the ernment wanted to allow schools to still be able to “mata standards of behavur wh their muny” the attorney general’s partment and the Sydney Anglin church both noted submissns to the relig discrimatn bill quiri, relig schools have the right to sack teachers for their views on Sydney Anglin church fend an unnamed Christian school agast the wily reported claims that teacher Stephanie Lentz had been sacked for beg gay, argug she was sacked “bee of [her] belief that a person n be a Christian and be gay” – not for her sexualy is why the issue grds on so slowly, for the Coaln and other nservativ: the legislative solutn mt be crafted so a gay stunt n’t be expelled or a teacher fired for their sexualy, but a school mt be able to punish those who n rencile their sexualy and relign and exprs that a sense, don’t matter whether the chang are ntaed the same bill, or follow time one after the LGBTQ+ stunts and teachers n be gay or have a view about their genr inty whout beg allowed to exprs , the logil prry enforced through law is still: anised relign first, genr and sexualy send.
The Morrison ernment will seek to protect gay stunts om expulsn whout protectg trans stunts at the same time, a senr mister has Monday Stt Morrison remted to brgg an amendment to prevent children beg expelled “bee of their sexualy”, but the latt ernment amendments fall short of protectg stunts on genr believ that the draft amendments has seen would also not protect same-sex attracted stunts agast other forms of discrimatn, openg the possibily relig schools uld punish them wh measur short of fance mister and Senate lear, Simon Birmgham, nfirmed on Tuday that “the proposal is to repeal the exemptn as relat to sexual orientatn, [but] don’t go further than that”.
'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASS US STATE OF FLORIDA, GO TO GOVERNOR
Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support. Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights. Key pots:The measure has drawn tense opposn om LGBTQIA+ advotThe bill also sparked a swell of protts and stunt walkouts across FloridaGOP lawmakers Florida argued that parents should be broachg the subjects wh their children, rather than torsThe proposal, which opponents have dubbed the "don't say gay" bill, now mov to the sk of Republin Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign to s ceptn, the measure has drawn tense opposn om LGBTQIA+ advot, stunts, natnal Democrats, the Whe Hoe and the entertament has foced creased attentn on Florida as Republins ph culture war legislatn and Mr DeSantis ascends the GOP as a potential 2024 printial ndidate.