RELIGIOUS OR NOT RELIGIOUS - FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEW

Paul Kelly has written an interesting article focussing on freedom of conscience, belief and religion for people who support traditional marriage.

"Institute for Civil Society executive director Mark Sneddon summarises his views based on his submission to the Senate committee: 'I am extremely concerned about the lack of legal protection across this country in terms of freedom of conscience, belief and religion for people who support traditional marriage.'...At home there was huge pressure for the sacking of IBM of Mark Allaby and by Macquarie University of Steven Chavura unless they resigned from other bodies perceived to oppose same-sex marriage.  A boycott was imposed by hotels against Coopers Brewing because it sponsored the Bible Society, which ran a video not against same-sex marriage but one that put both sides of the debate..."

You can read the whole article if you Google "Paul Kelly, Rights clash looms in same-sex debate"