The revamped religious discrimination bill will allow schools to hire people on the basis of faith but will not shield employees from prosecution for making statements of belief that might offend others, Education Minister Alan Tudge said. The bill would also not allow a school to reject a teacher based on their sexuality or other traits, and would not protect healthcare providers’ conscientious objection to providing treatment on religious grounds. “If a school has a set of religious values which they are imparting, then they should be able to employ teachers who have values consistent with those articulated principles,” Tudge told Sky News on Wednesday. “This is a critical principle at stake here, because… you can’t be a Catholic school if you can’t employ Catholic teachers, you can’t be a Muslim school without employing Muslim teachers.” Tudge added the religious bill would override existing state and territory laws “where necessary,” but …