The federal government has just released the exposure draft of
the
Religious Discrimination Bill, not because there's
any evidence of widespread discrimination against people of
faith, but, in reality, it's a reaction to LGBTIQ people having
had the same rights as heterosexuals afforded to them.
Scott Morrison, then treasurer,
told Fairfax media in December 2017 that he was going to
champion religious protection laws, citing Greens senator Nick
McKim's referring to Christmas as a "non-denominational
seasonal festivity" as an example of discrimination
against the religious.
But, McKim's "mockery" was a deflection, as the
now Pentecostal PM and his religious right cronies set off on their
religious privilege crusade precisely because marriage equality had
just been passed. And now, their proposed new laws threaten to
undermine existing anti-discrimination frameworks.
