Recent attacks on the Christian foundations of Australia

In Queensland, Bernard Gaynor has endured a decade-long legal battle over his conservative internet blogging and promotion of Christian views on marriage, gender, and family. An LGBTQI+ activist in New South Wales (Garry Burns) filed over 40 complaints of discrimination (36 of them within a 32 month-period) against Gaynor for the views expressed in his blog.

Defending these accusations has been deeply distressing for Gaynor, who has been forced to sell his home and has incurred over $400,000 in legal fees.

Remarkably, "Gaynor has been unable to have complaints dismissed as vexatious harassment, despite the fact that not a single discrimination action against him has even been successful." (pdf)

The phenomenon that has emanated across Australia in recent years has been described as the "new sectarianism," where religious values and beliefs-particularly Christianity-are deemed as meaningless, irrelevant, or even harmful in consideration of key social issues.

It is certainly not easy to be an outspoken Christian in contemporary Australia, a country where illiberal ruling elites have effectively declared war on the more traditional aspects of this historical religion.