NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Last-minute law change a threat to religious freedom*

Australians once used to enjoy freedom of religion. Later, under anti-discrimination laws, they were still permitted special exemptions and exceptions. But last week, these exemptions were eroded when the Labor-Greens government passed changes to the Commonwealth’s Sex Discrimination Act 1984. The act, which was originally designed to protect women from workplace discrimination, has now been expanded to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or…

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