City on a Hill pastor Guy Mason repeated his apology for the words he used in a sermon,while a religious discrimination expert laid out a dual path for possible legal action against the Bombers.
Andrew Thorburn’s messy departure from Essendon football club prompted a conservative church to apologise for likening abortion to concentration camps.
Ex-bank boss Andrew Thorburn did not declare to Essendon that the church he chaired held views that might be a concern for the Bombers before he was hired as CEO.
While the Essendon CEO’s humiliating exit is further evidence of football club dysfunction,faith groups see a growing intolerance for religion in public life.
Its religious services could be mistaken for those of a Hillsong-style Pentecostal church. But the youthful,self-described “movement” is part of the Anglican Church.
The Essendon Football Club is now embroiled in a public debate about freedom of speech and religion,and Age readers have some strong views about what has happened.
I ticked the no-religion box on census night,but I believe in many things. Things like love,dignity,reason,respect and my fellow human beings.
LGBTQ rights groups,meanwhile,want the government to pass separate legislation protecting gay and transgender students in religious schools against discrimination.
Labor says it should be able to tackle both issues at once,as tensions resurfaced in the Liberal Party over the PM’s plans to revive his contentious religious discrimination bill if re-elected.
Scott Morrison has promised faith groups he will pass a religious discrimination bill ahead of safeguards for LGBT students,but will still have to contend with his backbenchers.
Scott Morrison has told faith communities he will revive his religious discrimination bill “as standalone legislation” if the Coalition is re-elected.