AUSTRALIA: Faiths rule on sex from staffroom to bedroom
AUSTRALIA: Faiths rule on sex from staffroom to bedroom
Australia's religious organisations fight for the right to discriminate
By David Marr
http://www.smh.com.au/national/faiths-rule-on-sex-from-staffroom-to-bedroom-20110214-1asj0.html
February 14, 2011
ADULTERERS? "Yes." Divorcees? "Normally, no." At his desk overlooking St Andrew's Cathedral, an uneasy Bishop Robert Forsyth is listing the sinners officially barred from working for the Anglican Church. A postcard of Christ keeps watch on this uncomfortable scene. The unmarried and unchaste? "Yes." Gay men or lesbians in relationships? "Yes."
The churches of Australia guard with absolute determination the right to hire and fire according to the ancient sex rules of their faiths. Orthodox Jews and Muslims claim and exercise the same right, too. But across the faiths and denominations, religious leaders are far happier talking the talk of religious liberty than detailing the human cost.
Are de factos on the list? "Yes." Single mothers? The bishop pauses. "General carte blanche, no. You need to know why." The key is repentance: an unmarried mother is employable if she repents of the "behaviour" that occasioned conception. Indeed, everyone on this list of shame can save themselves - and their jobs - by being seen to wrestle with their sins.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Australia's religious organisations fight for the right to discriminate
By David Marr
http://www.smh.com.au/national/faiths-rule-on-sex-from-staffroom-to-bedroom-20110214-1asj0.html
February 14, 2011
ADULTERERS? "Yes." Divorcees? "Normally, no." At his desk overlooking St Andrew's Cathedral, an uneasy Bishop Robert Forsyth is listing the sinners officially barred from working for the Anglican Church. A postcard of Christ keeps watch on this uncomfortable scene. The unmarried and unchaste? "Yes." Gay men or lesbians in relationships? "Yes."The churches of Australia guard with absolute determination the right to hire and fire according to the ancient sex rules of their faiths. Orthodox Jews and Muslims claim and exercise the same right, too. But across the faiths and denominations, religious leaders are far happier talking the talk of religious liberty than detailing the human cost.
Are de factos on the list? "Yes." Single mothers? The bishop pauses. "General carte blanche, no. You need to know why." The key is repentance: an unmarried mother is employable if she repents of the "behaviour" that occasioned conception. Indeed, everyone on this list of shame can save themselves - and their jobs - by being seen to wrestle with their sins.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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