Religion Row Rolls On
A non-religious group will consider taking the State Government to the Anti-Discrimination Commission after planned changes to religious education in state schools were shelved this week.
Humanist Society of Queensland president Zelda Bailey said she could not understand how the Government would avoid breaching its own anti-discrimination laws if it left the religious education rules unchanged when it passed revisions to the Education Act in State Parliament.
Critics of the proposal said the changes could lead to a dilution of religion in schools.
But it was claims of witchcraft and paganism which had angered many Christians.
Members of the Pagan Awareness Network, which represent about 500 Queensland followers including witches, druids and wiccans, said they wanted the same rights and religious freedoms as any other religion. Full Story
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Humanist Society of Queensland president Zelda Bailey said she could not understand how the Government would avoid breaching its own anti-discrimination laws if it left the religious education rules unchanged when it passed revisions to the Education Act in State Parliament.
Critics of the proposal said the changes could lead to a dilution of religion in schools.
But it was claims of witchcraft and paganism which had angered many Christians.
Members of the Pagan Awareness Network, which represent about 500 Queensland followers including witches, druids and wiccans, said they wanted the same rights and religious freedoms as any other religion. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
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