Preserving The Right of Christian Organisations

To Refuse Employment To Those Whose Beliefs and Practices

Conflict With Established Christian Doctrine

 

 

Petition to the Honourable the President and Members of the Legislative Council Of New South Wales

 

The Petition of the Citizens of New South Wales state that:

 

1.       from the time of European settlement in 1788 religious organisations have had the legal right to employ only persons whose beliefs and lifestyle are consistent with the doctrine and values of that religion;

 

2.       religious freedoms are protected in the Australian Constitution (S116), which states, “The Commonwealth shall not make any law… for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion…”;

 

3.       the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 S 56(d), preserves the right of religious organisations to act in a way that conforms to the doctrines of that religion and protects them from any injury to their religious susceptibilities; and

 

4.       the NSW Greens Party Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Removal of Exemptions) Bill (Notice of Motion 11th Nov 03) seeks to overturn these rights and freedoms by forcing private non-government schools to employ homosexuals et al.

 

Your petitioners pray that the House will preserve the rights and freedoms enjoyed by Christians in New South Wales over the past 215 years by voting against the NSW Greens Party Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Removal of Exemptions) Bill thus retaining the current blanket exemption allowing Christian organizations the right to continue to teach and model a Christian lifestyle as mandated by Almighty God.

 

 

 

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Petition issued by Festival of Light – Community Standards Organisation

Please return to any Member of the Legislative Council of your choosing

C/- NSW Parliament, Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000