Australian Unions Seek Limits on Religious Groups’ Hiring Freedom

Crux ^ | 8/7/18 | CNA

[marshmallow]

SYDNEY, Australia - A group of trade unions in Australia last month passed a motion saying that they will lobby to restrict the right of religious organizations to make hiring decisions based on adherence to Church teaching on sexuality.

Wil Stracke, a member of the Victorian Trades Hall Council which proposed the new motion, said that union members hoped the religious exemptions to discrimination laws would be “narrowed significantly so that they can only apply when it’s an inherent requirement of the job.”

“We recognise there are roles in some places where it’s appropriate, [such as] religious education at a Catholic school,” she told the Guardian.

“But…we don’t see why the school should be able to discriminate for someone who is the cleaner there. We’ll work on changing those laws and advocating for that change.”

Although Australia legalized same-sex marriage last year, many religious organizations, most notably schools, retain the right to hire and fire employees based on whether they abide by Church teaching.

An Australian woman told the Guardian that she lost her job at a Catholic organization after someone discovered that she supported same-sex marriage on social media. She told the Guardian that her job was to give educational presentations that were unrelated to gender or sexuality.

[ravenwolf]

Yep, anything to get their dirty socialist feet in the door.