As an advocate for the LGBTQI community since 1979, we believe this Bill will do lasting damage to our communities, especially our most vulnerable.People’s freedom of thought, faith or belief are already strongly protected under existing laws.To quote Liberal NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, “We haven’t needed it (Religious Discrimination Bill) for over a 100 years.
Why now?” What this bill actually does is legislate a right to discriminate, and will undermine existing protections for LGBTQI people.One of the most worrying aspects of this Bill is the protection for “statements of belief.”The Bill will also allow faith-based schools and institutions, like hospitals and aged care facilities, to only employ faith-based staff, despite clients of.