Australian bishops are target of anti-discrimination suit because of defense of marriage
November 13, 2015
The Catholic bishops of Australia have been targeted by an anti-discrimination suit, which charges that a pamphlet distributed by the bishops in defense of marriage was humiliating to homosexuals and transsexuals.
The Anti-Discrimination Commission in the island state of Tasmania has scheduled hearings on a complaint brought by Martine Delaney, a Green Party politician who was born a man but now lives as a woman. Delaney charges that the bishops’ pamphlet, Don’t Mess with Marriage, paid only “lip service” to the rights of homosexuals, and in fact harmed “the wellbeing of same-sex couples and their families across Tasmania.”
Archbishop Julian Porteus of Hobart, Tasmania is the primary target of the anti-discrimination complaint. The Australian bishops have said that they had no intention of denigrating the dignity of homosexuals. At the same time, Church leaders have expressed keen concern about the attempt to curb freedom of religious expression.
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Posted by: Gregory108 -
Nov. 15, 2015 12:53 PM ET USA
This sort of speech policing goes on in Canada too. If you teach your own kids that homosexual "marriage" is wrong or ever espouse such "hateful" views, you can face legal trouble or forced "re-education" to train you to be more tolerant. Canada! Our neighbor to the north. People just like us. With alleged rights of free speech! AS WE ARE SO ONCE WERE THEY. AS THEY ARE SO SHALL WE BE!
