In response to the recent passage of same-sex marriage law and the establishment of a Religious Freedom Inquiry (the Ruddock Panel), there has been considerable public debate on whether current exemptions for religious bodies under anti-discrimination law should be extended to individuals with a religious or conscientious objection to same-sex marriage. The authors compared current proposals for widening exemptions in anti-discrimination legislation to the legal position in the 29 other jurisdictions which permit same-sex marriage. If proposals that are currently debated were enacted, Australia would be the only jurisdiction to wind back its protections for LGBTIQ+ individuals against discrimination.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	discrimination, human rights, LGBTI, religion and the law, same-sex marriage, sex discrimination, same sex marriage, comparative law, human rights law, marriage equality, Australia
Research Division:	Law and Legal Studies
Research Group:	International and comparative law
Research Field:	Comparative law
Objective Division:	Law, Politics and Community Services
Objective Group:	Justice and the law
Objective Field:	Law reform
UTAS Author:	Gogarty, B (Associate Professor Brendan Gogarty)
UTAS Author:	Hilkemeijer, A (Ms Anja Hilkemeijer)
UTAS Author:	Westbury, D (Mr Daniel Westbury)
ID Code:	127813
Year Published:	2018
Web of Science® Times Cited:	2
Deposited By:	Law
Deposited On:	2018-08-17
Last Modified:	2019-01-11
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