The Israel Folau saga looks set to have after-effects in politics, with conservative coalition MPs calling for stronger religious freedom laws, it was reported in late May.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is pushing for religious beliefs to be exempt from employment contracts. ‘You can’t bring people’s faith beliefs into a contract’, Joyce said. ‘Your own views on who God is, where God is, or whether there’s a God should remain your own personal views and not part of any contractual obligation.’
Joyce added that such a law shouldn’t be nicknamed Folau’s Law as it ‘should be designed for everybody’.
