Australia to introduce Sharia law

They argue all prisoners must recognise judges under the law, but public servants don’t have to recognise homosexuals under the law. Their take on ‘religious freedom’ is ad hoc and inconsistent.    

My point is this: if we go down the path of cementing a Christianist form of ‘Sharia Law’ in Australia, it will unleash a culture war that will last for decades. The religious lobby will push for more and more exemptions and greater coverage across all commonwealth legislation. The secular lobby will demand the separation of church and state.

Underneath it all will be the bedrock fact that this isn’t about religious freedom and never was. It’s about anti-gay discrimination.    

Our parliament must stand firm against privileging belief over reason and recasting religious persecution as religious freedom.