by Patrick J Byrne, National President of the National Civic Council
Last week, five dissident Coalition members crossed the floor to vote with Labor against the Government to remove the section 38(3) exemptions for faith-based schools from the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) – one of the two most important protections for religious schools in federal law.
The SDA exemptions give religious schools the freedom to apply the ethical standards of their religious adherence when it comes both to…
