Advocates Fear Australia’s Religious Discrimination Bill Will Harm LGBTQ People

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When the Australian Parliament resumes session next week, it will be taking up the Religious Discrimination Bill, which critics say may effectively sanction discrimination against the LGBTQ community and other minority groups. Read More

Catholic Archdiocese Funds Anti-Trans Ad in Australia

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The Archdiocese of Hobart in the Australian state of Tasmania has confirmed that it provided funding for an anti-transgender newspaper ad.  Read More

Between Ruddock and a Hard Place: Australia’s Cautionary Lessons on Religious Freedom

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As the Masterpiece Cakeshop’s legal saga continues to unfold, LGBTQ people of faith are again caught between two legal aims: LGBTQ equality and religious freedom.  How can we use the law to curtail unjust religious discrimination against LGBTQ folk without inadvertently setting precedents that limit religious liberty? Read More

Australians Oppose Religious Exemptions for Employing LGBTQ People

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A recent survey by an Australian LGBTQ equality group has found that a large majority... Read More

After Australia Passes Marriage Equality, Priest Says He Would Be Glad to Marry Gay Couples

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A week ago, Australian legislators passed a marriage equality law following the nation's non-binding postal survey this fall and years of debate. A Catholic priest has since expressed his desire to celebrate a same-gender couple's wedding amid more muted reactions from church leaders. Read More

Archbishop Claims the Result of Australia’s Marriage Equality Survey Are Wrong

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Despite majority support for marriage equality, an Australian bishop is claiming the results of the nation's recent postal survey are not correct and that Australians actually oppose marriage equality. But rather than re-hash the vote, many Australians are looking to move forward as the nation's legislators advance a potential law. Read More

Australian Catholics Welcome “Yes” Victory in Marriage Equality Survey

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Australian Catholics are celebrating a "Yes" victory in the nation's postal survey on marriage equality, the results of which were released yesterday. But there is also a new focus on healing after a very harmful, and in many people's opinion unnecessary, process that did not actually legalize marriage equality. Read More

As Australian Vote Concludes, Catholics Should ‘Vote Yes’ on Reconciliation and the Common Good

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Yesterday was the final day for Australians to submit ballots in the nation's postal survey over marriage equality, a debate in which Catholics have been heavily involved. With the results to be announced in less than two weeks, it is time for Catholics to consider what comes next. Read More

Gay Couples’ Love is “Like the Love of Friends,” Says Australian Bishop

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An Australian bishop has said same-gender couples' love is "like the love of friends" and compared their relationships to incestual relationship, all while weighing in as the nation's postal survey on marriage equality that continues through early November. . . Read More

Two Australian Bishops: Respect Consciences in Vote Over Marriage Equality

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Two Australian bishops have released moderated statements about marriage equality, a contrast to the sometimes... Read More