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\nThe debate about expelling gay students has now widened to include criticism of teaching\u00a0anti-gay\u00a0religious doctrine.
\n1:24 We Won A Podcast Award
\nIt was a small field but a win is a win.
\n2:37 A Conscience Vote
\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison says a Bill to stop discrimination against gay students by religious schools should go to a conscience vote if the parties can’t agree. But he has complicated the deal by adding an amendment preserving the right of religious schools to teach religious doctrine. Legal advice says this swaps one form of discrimination against kids with another.
\nSounds like the religious right wing lent on him.
\nAs one reporter suggested, “We have now moved from who can be in schools to the teachings of religions and we are now on a collision course between the secular world and the religious world.” The sort of issue we are heading towards is “can a school teach that it is sinful to be gay?” Shorten squirmed on this issue.
\nThe Fist hopes nothing is resolved and the ensuing shit fight exposes more people to the evils of religious privilege. He said something similar about the marriage equality plebiscite. The religious right should shut up and concede to keep remaining privileges but they can’t help themselves. If they had given in on gay marriage we would not be having this debate.
\nThe religious right are so used to dealing with a stacked hand they have forgotten how to play poker.
\nYou’ve got to know when to hold ’em
\nKnow when to fold ’em
\nKnow when to walk away
\nAnd know when to run
\nYou never count your money
\nWhen you’re sittin’ at the table
\nThere’ll be time enough for countin’
\nWhen the dealin’s done
\nAlthough a conscience vote would do wonders for the IFVG secular index.
\nAmanda Stoker said “the concern about removing the protections, without including additional amendments for religious freedoms, was because of the threat of activist parents and activist children. Take for example the situation of a parent or child who wants to be an activist in a religious school. You\u2019ve got a conservative Catholic school and you\u2019ve got a child who wants to run a gay club within the school. That clearly contradicts with Catholic teaching and Catholic schools should have the right to say that\u2019s not within the framework of the values we want for this school.\u201d
\nThe current exemption in S.38(3) of the Sex Discrimination Act
\n(3)\u00a0 Nothing in section\u00a021 renders it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s\u00a0sexual orientation,\u00a0gender identity,\u00a0marital or relationship status\u00a0or pregnancy in connection with the provision of education or training by an\u00a0educational institution\u00a0that is condu...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}