Religious freedom is worth protecting even when there is a “loud segment of society” who are against any protections for people of faith, said an expert on religion. Denise Dragovic, a scholar in the field of religion and society and a fellow at the University of Melbourne, told The Epoch Times that if the yardstick is to eliminate all discrimination against the LGBT+ community, then “no anti-discrimination bill would have been passed as they all lead to some discrimination against others or a tension between competing rights.” “All human rights law is in tension between competing rights. That is the nature of this body of law,” he said. “We shouldn’t accept the argument that an international human right should not be protected because of the possibility that a small number of individuals could be adversely impacted.” “We need to be careful about limiting freedoms for the vast majority of the …