NSW draft Religious Anti-Discrimination Act.

by | 6 Sep, 2020

Wies Schuiringa, New South Wales Regional Meeting[1] Mark Latham, member of the Legislative Council of the NSW Parliament for the One Nation Party has tabled “An Act to amend the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 to make discrimination on the ground of a person’s religious...

Quaker submission on religious freedom legislation

by | 1 Dec, 2019

David Purnell, Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee   The following is a summary of the Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee submission to the Religious Discrimination Bill, the Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill, and the Human Rights...

Marriage equality

by | 3 Dec, 2017

Open letter on Marriage Equality The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, supports the right of adult couples in loving and committed relationships to marry, regardless of gender. We also support the right of such couples to have their marriages...