Submission says agency’s push to enable LGBTQ+ role models ‘preferences one worldview over another’
It said Anglican schools “generally do not require” teachers to sign statements of belief and did not dismiss employees for being LGBTQ+, although there might be a “code of conduct” requiring them to support the Christian ethos of the school.The ALRC consultation paper noted that some stakeholders argue that “without revealing personal details, LGBTQ+ staff can play an important role in supporting LGBTQ+ students and ameliorating some of the mental health risks they disproportionately face”.
“Its rejection is based on the spurious ground for the purposes of this inquiry that ‘preferencing staff on the grounds of religion disadvantages those who are not of the same religion’. The Australian discrimination law experts group, coordinated by academics Robin Banks, Liam Elphick and Alice Taylor, welcomed the ALRC’s proposal, which they said “differs significantly” from the Morrison government’s religious discrimination bill.
The term “ethos” has no current meaning in Australian law and “its potential breadth could privilege religious educational institutions above all other employers”, they said.
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