By Si Gladman, Rationalist Society of Australia
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has informed the Rationalist Society of Australia (RSA) that his proposed Religious Discrimination Bill would seek to provide in federal anti-discrimination law the same protections for religious belief and activity as other attributes, such as race, age and sex. In a letter (see below) to RSA president Meredith Doig, Mr Morrison said the new draft of the bill would treat religion “in the same way” as other protected attributes.