FREEDOM OF RELIGION – AUSTRALIA

Howard tackles PM on religion

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Original article by Dennis Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 1 : 24-Nov-17

Former prime minister John Howard has refuted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s contention that boosting religious freedoms could lead to the adoption of sharia law in Australia. Howard says Turnbull’s arguments along these lines are "just plain wrong", noting that state governments would have to permit the introduction of sharia law, something that is just not going to happen. Howard says the federal government did not handle the same-sex marriage debate very well, apart from the actual postal survey.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Tensions increase over rival SSM bill

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Original article by Joe Kelly
The Australian – Page: 6 : 10-Nov-17

Liberal MP Ian Goodenough has expressed concern about the limited focus of religious protections in a private members’ bill to legalise same-sex marriage. He says some Coalition MPs are developing a separate bill on same-sex marriage that will provide greater protection for religious freedoms if the majority of Australians support marriage equality in the postal survey. Meanwhile, Australian Conservatives founder Cory Bernardi says resolving parliament’s dual citizenship crisis should take priority over the issue of same-sex marriage.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIVES, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, FREEDOM FOR FAITH, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY. UNITED STATES STUDIES CENTRE