Commentary
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has released a consultation paper on the “Religious Education Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws,” which proposes the near complete removal of any protections to these organisations.
According to John Steenhof, principal lawyer at the Human Rights Law Alliance, “If made into law, these proposals are likely to have radical, adverse, and permanent consequences for the character and operations of many schools with a Christian ethos. They are far reaching and will dramatically change the legal landscape for religious schools in Australia.”
Therefore, a group of more than 30 leaders from the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic faiths have written a letter to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on Feb. 13 to express their concerns about these extreme proposals….