I am writing to urge you to reject the WA Law Reform Commission proposals that undermine the rights of families to educate their children, according to their beliefs, in a school and in a church. The Commission draws from the Victorian approach, which is so extreme that earlier this year the majority of the House of Representatives voted to override those parts of the Victorian legislation via the shelved Religious Discrimination Bill. Recommendation 79 empowers Tribunals and Courts to determine whether a belief is “essential” enough to require an employee to share the religious ethos of the school. Recommendation 74 would also empower Tribunals and Courts to constrain a religious body’s requirements that staff conform to the group’s beliefs. Recommendations 113-115, if fully enacted, would stifle debate about religious convictions, gender identities and sexuality, at a time when children and adults are speaking out about irreversible harm from hormonal and surgical interventions. WA Courts and Tribunals must not interfere with the rights of families and religious bodies, to choose for children to be led by staff that model, practise and believe the parents’ values. Please reject these harmful, anti-freedom proposals.

I am writing to urge you to reject the WA Law Reform Commission proposals that undermine the rights of families to educate their children, according to their beliefs, in a school and in a church. The Commission draws from the Victorian approach, which is so extreme that earlier this year the majority of the House of Representatives voted to override those parts of the Victorian legislation via the shelved Religious Discrimination Bill. Recommendation 79 empowers Tribunals and Courts to determine whether a belief is “essential” enough to require an employee to share the religious ethos of the school. Recommendation 74 would also empower Tribunals and Courts to constrain a religious body’s requirements that staff conform to the group’s beliefs. Recommendations 113-115, if fully enacted, would stifle debate about religious convictions, gender identities and sexuality, at a time when children and adults are speaking out about irreversible harm from hormonal and surgical interventions. WA Courts and Tribunals must not interfere with the rights of families and religious bodies, to choose for children to be led by staff that model, practise and believe the parents’ values. Please reject these harmful, anti-freedom proposals.

I am writing to urge you to reject the WA Law Reform Commission proposals that undermine the rights of families to educate their children, according to their beliefs, in a school and in a church. The Commission draws from the Victorian approach, which is so extreme that earlier this year the majority of the House of Representatives voted to override those parts of the Victorian legislation via the shelved Religious Discrimination Bill. Recommendation 79 empowers Tribunals and Courts to determine whether a belief is “essential” enough to require an employee to share the religious ethos of the school. Recommendation 74 would also empower Tribunals and Courts to constrain a religious body’s requirements that staff conform to the group’s beliefs. Recommendations 113-115, if fully enacted, would stifle debate about religious convictions, gender identities and sexuality, at a time when children and adults are speaking out about irreversible harm from hormonal and surgical interventions. WA Courts and Tribunals must not interfere with the rights of families and religious bodies, to choose for children to be led by staff that model, practise and believe the parents’ values. Please reject these harmful, anti-freedom proposals.

I am writing to urge you to reject the WA Law Reform Commission proposals that undermine the rights of families to educate their children, according to their beliefs, in a school and in a church. The Commission draws from the Victorian approach, which is so extreme that earlier this year the majority of the House of Representatives voted to override those parts of the Victorian legislation via the shelved Religious Discrimination Bill. Recommendation 79 empowers Tribunals and Courts to determine whether a belief is “essential” enough to require an employee to share the religious ethos of the school. Recommendation 74 would also empower Tribunals and Courts to constrain a religious body’s requirements that staff conform to the group’s beliefs. Recommendations 113-115, if fully enacted, would stifle debate about religious convictions, gender identities and sexuality, at a time when children and adults are speaking out about irreversible harm from hormonal and surgical interventions. WA Courts and Tribunals must not interfere with the rights of families and religious bodies, to choose for children to be led by staff that model, practise and believe the parents’ values. Please reject these harmful, anti-freedom proposals.