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Mon 09 Sep 2009Australian state to allow religious to discriminate against minority groups
LEGAL EXPERTS and gay rights lobbyists are outraged after the Victorian state government announced that religious groups will be allowed to discriminate against gays, single mothers and people of other faiths.
Victoria’s attorney-general Rob Hulls said the move would protect the right of church-run schools, hospitals and welfare services to refuse to employ or provide services to people whom they believe may undermine their beliefs. The changes will be introduced to the state parliament early next year.
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