The “Respect at Work and Other Matters” Bill is set to go before Parliament in the week of September 8th, the last sitting days before the election. This bill, in its current form, will have serious impact on all churches and faith-based organisations:
Make anti-vilification easily weaponised by one minority group against another, to silence speech that they consider “hateful” – with no protection for good-faith religious discussion.
Ban “harassment on the basis of sex” on the possibility that staff or volunteers might be offended, including:
(Read more here: https://contactyourmp.org.au/qld-ad-respect)
Church leaders have sought meetings with the Government, to address our concerns and offer solutions. To date, they have not met with us.
It is urgent that you write to your local MP, and ask your church members / parishioners to do so.
We know that politicians respond when they receive lots of letters from people in their electorate. We need both sides of politics to commit to opposing or fixing this bill.
We have created a website to make it easy to find and write to your MP:
https://contactyourmp.org.au/qld-ad
Make anti-vilification easily weaponised by one minority group against another, to silence speech that they consider “hateful” – with no protection for good-faith religious discussion.
Ban “harassment on the basis of sex” on the possibility that staff or volunteers might be offended, including:
- Teaching religious beliefs about gender and sexuality
- Having separate ministry roles, or places of worship, for men and women
- Requiring staff and volunteers to live according to their faith in regards to sex and sexuality
(Read more here: https://contactyourmp.org.au/qld-ad-respect)
Church leaders have sought meetings with the Government, to address our concerns and offer solutions. To date, they have not met with us.
It is urgent that you write to your local MP, and ask your church members / parishioners to do so.
We know that politicians respond when they receive lots of letters from people in their electorate. We need both sides of politics to commit to opposing or fixing this bill.
We have created a website to make it easy to find and write to your MP:
https://contactyourmp.org.au/qld-ad
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