I believe that everyone should just be themselves.
At the same time I do think that we need to understand that Religious schools operate under the belief systems of the Religion so if thats what that religion says then dont send your child there if you dont believe what the religion stands for. By going to the school and paying the fees you are supporting that religion. DONT support them in anyway if you dont agree with what they stand for.

I’d be interested to know how they manage this as there would be signs an adult can identify that children themselves may not, it’s a sensitive issue and would need caution with discussing it. Sad that a minority group gets isolated.

Why should children have to reveal their gender preference when enrolling in a school? Don’t tell and no one will know

All the child wants is an education.

This is really hard to fight, I wouldn’t send my child to a religious school necessarily

Keep the kids away from these bigoted schools. They can get a better education somewhere else, somewhere they can be themselves and feel safe.

I reckon these students are better off far far away from these places anyway. They need a supportive environment where they are actually treated like people. Not surrounded by judgment and constantly told they are some kind of mistake. They cause all sorts of horrible damage to children it all kinds of ways.

Not all Private Schools are unisex. Some have been Boys Schools, others Girls Schools since the 1950s, possibly even earlier. Those wouldn’t have facilities such as toilets for both sexes etc.

If everyone is expected to accept gay marriage and transgender, why should others not have to accept religious beliefs against it? Now it is those who hold a view against gay marriage that are discriminated against.
You can’t say you want gay acceptance but not be prepared to accept others religious beliefs and faith!!

It’s a fine line with this and then what? The colour of someone’s skin…

So the general public can’t discriminate against gay people, but schools can? Double standard there! But there are lots of schools to choose from. And how will these schools know who’s gay and who’s not? It will be difficult to police

This is a bad move. No school should be able to discriminate against race or sexuality. However, I agree, that is a school does, it’s certainly not one that you’d want to send your child to.

There is no way any government could make decisions to keep every person/opinion/group happy and included. There will never be a time when everyone will agree exactly on all matters or feel included, not threatened or not discriminated against and it is the same for both parties in this matter. It’s a catch 22

Just like we are expected to accept gays and transgender then it’s the same for respecting religious beliefs of others including religious school .. these sensitive issues take time to resolve themselves but we need to respectful to all parties..

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  • • Ellen replied
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  So true !

With statistics showing that a good percentage of children are/will be gay then no religious school is without gay students. The children themselves most probably don’t know what gender preference they’ll associate with at this stage of their childhood.

This is what you would expect from a neoliberalism oligarchy government. Please don’t vote this Government back in, expect more of control, control, control if you don’t vote them out.

It looks quite wrong to me. But private schools, religious ones included, can make their own rules.

There should be place for gays and transgenders in churches and religious schools. God would never ever turn anybody down, so why would we ?

I think this is wrong. Okay, teachers in religious schools should be required to verbally support that school’s religious beliefs while on school grounds or representing the school. That’s it. The rest is wrong.