Australia’s largest Christian lobby group is mobilising to put pressure on centre-right Liberal MPs who they say are not standing up for religious freedom. The Australian Christian Lobby on Wednesday announced its largest information campaign ahead of the federal election, which its managing director said would aim at “calling out” and preventing “ideological cancer” that has been “growing” inside the Liberal-National coalition party. Martyn Iles, managing director of the ACL, said the campaign seeks to “empower the right people” who would stand up for traditional values on issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion, euthanasia, queer education, and religious freedom. The campaign comes as a response to the shelving of the religious discrimination bill, which would allow faith-based schools to teach and employ staff on the basis of faith. The bill faced resistance from several Liberal MPs holding key marginal seats for the government, including Bridget Archer in Bass, Trent Zimmerman in North …
‘Short Term Pain’: Christian Lobby to Pressure Moderate Liberal Party MPs
April 7, 2022
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