Church would defy loss of exemptions

Presbyterian Church of Australia logoThe Presbyterian Church in Victoria will defy the law and take the consequences if Parliament removes religious exemptions to the Equal Opportunity Act, a spokesman said yesterday.

The Reverend David Palmer, head of the church’s ethics committee, warned a parliamentary inquiry into the exemptions that changes would create significant conflict between church and state. …

– from Thursday’s The Age. See also Jeremy Halcrow’s post at SydneyAnglicans.net.

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