Wednesday, November 18, 2015
A very disturbing development in Australia:
The story is here:
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has denounced as “astonishing” and “alarming” the prospect of a Catholic bishop being dragged before a tribunal simply for stating the Catholic view on marriage, suggesting that it would constitute a betrayal of freedoms long valued in Australian democracy.
The archbishop made the remarks in the wake of news that Archbishop Julian Porteous of Hobart might be hauled before Tasmania’s anti-discrimination tribunal for distributing a booklet explaining Catholic teaching on marriage to families within Catholic schools. . . .
What's most "alarming", I suppose, is that it really isn't all that "astonishing" (with all respect to Archbishop Fisher), given all the givens, that some would seek to employ antidiscrimination laws in this way. I imagine we'll see more of this, even if not in the United States (given our -- for now -- more "libertarian" free-speech doctrines).
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2015/11/a-very-disturbing-development-in-australia-.html