Category: religious discrimination

A Potential Blow to Australian Religious Schools

Commentary The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has released a consultation paper on the “Religious Education Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws,” which proposes the near complete removal of any protections to these organisations. According to John Steenhof, principal lawyer at the Human Rights Law Alliance, “If made into law, these proposals are likely to have radical,…


The Sanctity of Religious Schools Could be Eroded by WA’s Anti-Discrimination Review

Commentary An indispensable part of religious freedom is the freedom to associate. A key way that governments may support religious freedom is by allowing people to create institutions and allow them to manage memberships so that they can be committed to the core principles of their founders. After all, as noted by law professors Rex…


Southwest Airlines, Union, Ordered to Pay $5.3 Million to Pro-Life Former Flight Attendant

A federal jury in Texas ordered Southwest Airlines and its union on July 14 to pay a former flight attendant who opposes abortion more than $5.3 million after she was fired for sending pro-life messages to her union’s president. The jury determined that the airline and Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 556 violated…


Metal Worker Sues Ex-employer Arconic for Religious Intolerance

A longtime metalworks employee is suing his former employer, Pittsburgh-based Arconic, for religious discrimination after he was fired for expressing on an anonymous company survey his religious-based objection to the use of the rainbow to represent sexual identity. Specifically, the ex-employee, Daniel Snyder, who is now 63, was offended by Arconic’s choice, in his view,…


Australia Needs a Restoration of Freedoms, Not a Religious Discrimination Act

Commentary Despite a commitment during the 2019 election campaign by the Morrison government to legislate for religious freedom, the Religious Discrimination Bill has just been shelved by the government. This occurred after Labor, and five Liberal MPs decided to vote for the repeal of all religious exemptions for faith-based educational institutions in relation to students….


[Live Premiere on Feb. 20 at 8 PM ET] INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: Military Whistleblowers Reveal Religious Discrimination Under and Prior to COVID-19

Whistleblowers have stepped forward to reveal what they say is religious discrimination, and what are also possible violations of both military law and Constitutional law. They offer evidence of widespread discrimination in the U.S. armed forces despite claims that the military has been making a push to eliminate discrimination from its ranks. In this exclusive investigative…


INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: Military Whistleblowers Reveal Religious Discrimination Under and Prior to COVID-19

Whistleblowers have stepped forward to reveal what they say is religious discrimination, and what are also possible violations of both military law and Constitutional law. They offer evidence of widespread discrimination in the U.S. armed forces despite claims that the military has been making a push to eliminate discrimination from its ranks. In this exclusive investigative…


[Live Premiere on Feb 20 at 8PM ET] INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: Military Whistleblowers Reveal Religious Discrimination Under Covid-19, and Prior

There is widespread discrimination in the US armed forces. This is despite claims that the military has been making a push to eliminate discrimination from its ranks. Whistleblowers have stepped forward to reveal what they say is religious discrimination, and what are also possible violations of both military law and Constitutional law. In this exclusive…


Australia’s Religious Discrimination Bill Passes Lower House After Five MPs Cross the Floor

A contentious bill to protect Australians from religious discrimination has passed the lower house of federal parliament after five Liberal MPs crossed the floor of parliament to support sticking-point amendments during a marathon overnight session which concluded just before 5 a.m. on Feb. 10. Five Liberal MPs crossed the floor to vote with Labor and the…


Religious Bill Sparks More Debate

The Australian Christian Lobby has stated that they will withdraw their support for the religious discrimination bill if a clause allowing religious schools to discriminate against same-sex attracted and gender-diverse students is withdrawn. The Senate legal and constitutional affairs committee is hearing from religious groups, legal experts, and education representatives on Thursday as part of…