The dehumanising effect of Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commission

Mercatornet ^ | March 21, 2018 | Campbell Markham

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[Subtitle] A chemical attack on our freedom of speech and conscience.

Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Act is the harshest in the nation, whereby Section 17 of the Act prohibits offending, humiliating, or insulting another person on the basis of a range of attributes including sexual orientation and gender identity. Section 17 came to national attention in 2015 with a complaint against Tasmanian Bishop Julian Porteus over a booklet defending Catholic teachings on marriage. The Anti-Discrimination Commissioner eventually decided it was not in the public interest to continue investigating the complaint, but despite concerns over freedom of speech, Section 17 remains in place.

In August 2017 a complaint was made against Presbyterian pastor Campbell Markham and colleague David Gee, over comments made during same-sex marriage debates in 2011. In this article Campbell Markham shares his experience as the target of a law that empowers the offended.

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Make no mistake, the Gaystapo would love to implement this totalitarian policy worldwide if possible. It is not limited to Tasmania.

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and make no mistake; amid the lengthy list of the offended, some Hobson’s Choice is going to eventually bring out the adult in citizens who begin to say “NO MAS, enough of your childish cheap s**t!” And the “offended” will indeed be fortunate if all that’s hurt are their feelings.
Viva Common Sense!

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Lotta little devils down there.