Australian Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney warns against the striking plans of politicians. The proposal of the “equal act” which progressives from the state of fresh South Wales want to introduce will deprive the Church of its autonomy and will force the “equal treatment” of public enemies of religion and Christian morality in its structures, notes the clergyman. For example, the ban on “discrimination” of alleged sexual minorities
The draft equality bill was proposed in August 2023 by MP Alex Greenwich. It deprives schools and spiritual organizations of safeguards against forcing homosexuals or representatives of another sexual minorities against spiritual values in their institutions.
The proposed government received strong support from the LGBT lobby. The head of Equality Australia, Anna Brown, late lamented that although the ruling Labour organization in the state of fresh South Wales had promised to carry out a series of reforms before gaining power, so far "discrimination of students and staff continues across the country due to regulatory gaps that let spiritual schools to play by their own rules".
Archbishop Fisher pointed out that the draft equality bill had a “disturbing anti-religious subtext”. – For example, it proposes removing respective existing safeguards for spiritual institutions from anti-discrimination law, including schools, wellness care, aged care, social care and pastoral services, while offering no protection to believers He commented.
Hierarch expressed concerns about discrimination against believers, women and children in the name of alleged protection of “sexual minorities”.
As the bishop at the Synod reminded of the Synod of Synodality: “More than 13,000 people responded to the parliamentary procedure of the bill in fresh South Wales. Of these, more than 85 percent asked Members to reject it completely. Furthermore, the largest online petition always presented to the Legislative Council besides demanded its rejection."
However, as the average noted, the government, having more than a year to learn about the negative effects of the bill, refused to reject it. The Archbishop pointed out that "under average circumstances" the draft tabled by Members of Parliament would have expired a fewer months ago, "but what is different is that he remained on the table and now it looks like he will be debated this week."
The clergyman has already repeatedly pointed out that fresh South Wales and South Australia are the only 2 states in Australia, “in which discrimination against a individual due to its spiritual beliefs or activities remains completely legal”. By proposing that "the sole spiritual protection be removed, the law would further extend discrimination against believers," he warned.
The project's assumptions offer specified shocking and extremist changes that it would let another people to be solicited by prostitutes even just under the church or school.
The Act provides for the anticipation of "self-determination of the cultural gender" in authoritative papers specified as birth certificates. Churches would be forced to give vows to single-sex couples or to sanctify women. Class creation and separate education of girls and boys would be prohibited.
The bill, according to the clergyman, besides exposes susceptible groups to risk. For example, the task provides for "commercial replacement motherhood", which "risks the usage of women, especially in poorer states; while its proposals for medical consent let children to undergo life-changing medical procedures without parental consent, exposing children to interventions they may later regret". This is at a time erstwhile "a number of abroad jurisdictions and local experts urge caution as regards the affirmative treatment of minors, or even the full prohibition of affirmation [changes—ed.] of sex".
"In fact, this bill in the name of equality for the fewer proposes to limit the rights of the vast number of believers, putting any of the most susceptible at risk," said the archbishop.
LGBT communities believe that the bill is not extremist adequate due to the fact that it was expected to abolish “the protection of LGBTQIA teachers and students” in fresh South Wales.
Project initiator Alex Greenwich argues that he late made a "heartbreaking decision" to remove key provisions from his proposed draft law on equality reform. He informed that the proposed amendment to the Anti-Discrimination Act, which would ban private schools from discrimination against homosexual or transsexual students and teachers, would be withdrawn.
Greenwich explained that he had encountered considerable force from spiritual organisations, but hopes that the changes "could strengthen adequate support for the bill to be passed by Parliament this year".
The MP complained that there was a "coordinated campaign, especially from any spiritual organisations", forcing him to make changes to the first draft law in order to yet "not halt urgent reforms" which the bill promised.
– The Act continues to contain key measures to defend LGBTQI people – assured Anna Brown, who cooperates with Mr Greenwich. It is intended to pave the way for “protection of homosexual or transsexual students and teachers” in the state.
To date, the task to be discussed this week has already been rejected 4 times.
Sources: Cruxnow.com, abc.net.au
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