More than half Australians oppose allowing schools to sack gay teachers, polling shows
Survey commissioned by Just.Equal Australia comes as Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College says it regrets distress caused by 2022 enrolment contractFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMore than half of Australians oppose laws allowing faith-based schools to legally sack or refuse to hire teachers on the basis of sexuality and gender identity, as the proposed changes to discrimination and religious discrimination law once again reach a political deadlock.The new data comes as a Brisbane religious school, Citipointe Christian College, issued an expression of regret on Sunday after it released an enrolment contract in 2022 that included a “statement of faith” implying that transgender students would only be recognised by their “biological sex”, and described homosexual acts as “immoral” and “offensive to God”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
Survey commissioned by Just.Equal Australia comes as Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College says it regrets distress caused by 2022 enrolment contract
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More than half of Australians oppose laws allowing faith-based schools to legally sack or refuse to hire teachers on the basis of sexuality and gender identity, as the proposed changes to discrimination and religious discrimination law once again reach a political deadlock.
The new data comes as a Brisbane religious school, Citipointe Christian College, issued an expression of regret on Sunday after it released an enrolment contract in 2022 that included a “statement of faith” implying that transgender students would only be recognised by their “biological sex”, and described homosexual acts as “immoral” and “offensive to God”.
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