Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says students’ leadership qualities shouldn’t be tied to their sexuality as a major church group calls for the right to exclude gay pupils from roles like captain in religious schools. In a submission to a review of anti-discrimination laws, the Presbyterian Church of Australia argued for the right to exclude…
Right to Faith-Based Education Sacrificed at the Altar of Progressivism
Commentary If, like most of us, you are under the impression that parents have a “right” to see their children educated within their own values system, you are mistaken. In practice today, mainstream religion, and all the values that it connotes, are being erased from our national education system. Every child in Australia has the…
A Potential Blow to Australian Religious Schools
February 18, 2023
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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,…
Hypocrisy Leading to an Attack on Religious Freedom
Commentary On Jan. 27, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) released a consultation paper on its inquiry into religious, educational institutions and anti-discrimination laws. The Terms of Reference outlined in the paper require the ALRC to develop proposals for protections against discrimination of students and staff while ensuring that religious educational institutions “can continue to…
Religious Schools and Anti-Discrimination Laws: Are They Incompatible?
Commentary On Nov. 4 2022, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus requested the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to report on the reforms that would need to be undertaken to ensure that the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) reflects the Government’s commitment to amend the Act “in a manner that is consistent with the rights and freedoms recognised…
US Court Upholds Religious Schools Title IX Exemption
A federal court in Oregon on Thursday upheld a Title IX exception that permits religious universities to receive federal funding even if they follow religious beliefs regarding marriage, sexual identity, and gender. A group of 40 LGBT individuals filed the 2021 lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to challenge an exception or loophole in…
Religious Schools That Don’t Follow LGBT Mandate May Keep Federal Lunch Money, Biden Admin Says
August 16, 2022
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Religious schools that don’t embrace the new federal guidelines on gender identity and sexual orientation may still receive federal meal funding, the Agriculture Department said. Under Title IX, schools that receive federal dollars to pay for meals through the Agriculture Department’s National School Lunch Program may not discriminate on the basis of sex. In May,…
Biden Admin Plans to Defend Title IX Exemptions for Religious Schools
The U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing that it intends to defend an exemption for religious schools and universities from an anti-discrimination federal law. The filing (pdf) comes in response to a class action lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Education by a coalition of current and former students from over…
Oregon Christian School Drops Lawsuit After Governor Lifts In-person Learning Ban
An Oregon Christian school that sued the state for not being allowed to teach in person during a pandemic lockdown has dropped the case after the ban was lifted. The First Amendment lawsuit was filed last October by Hermiston Christian School against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, as well as heads of education and health departments….
Ohio Attorney General Backs Lawsuit to Keep Religious Schools Open Amid Pandemic
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday filed an amicus brief in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of religious schools seeking to overturn a county health department’s shutdown order, calling the order a violation of the First Amendment. “This order violates the Free Exercise Clause,” Yost wrote in the brief. “That clause…
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