Post by 🦍MAXX＞ⓤ on Nov 25, 2021 11:36:17 GMT -5
SYDNEY (Reuters)- Australia on Thursday introduced contentious religious anti-discrimination legislation to parliament that if approved would allow faith-based organisations to prioritise the hiring and enrolment of people from their faith.
Religious freedom has been in the spotlight in Australia since same-sex marriage was legalised in 2017.
In a move seen as targeting religious voters with an election just months away, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the legislation would protect people who express their religious faith outside of the workplace as long as it did not cause financial damage to their employer.
"People should not be cancelled or persecuted or vilified because their beliefs are different from someone else's," said Morrison, a devout Pentecostal Christian, while introducing the bill in the parliament's lower house.
www.yahoo.com/news/australia-introduces-contentious-religious-anti-011430242.html
Religious freedom has been in the spotlight in Australia since same-sex marriage was legalised in 2017.
In a move seen as targeting religious voters with an election just months away, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the legislation would protect people who express their religious faith outside of the workplace as long as it did not cause financial damage to their employer.
"People should not be cancelled or persecuted or vilified because their beliefs are different from someone else's," said Morrison, a devout Pentecostal Christian, while introducing the bill in the parliament's lower house.
www.yahoo.com/news/australia-introduces-contentious-religious-anti-011430242.html