Why 'shocked'? The Prime Minister does not believe in anything. He is interested only in votes, and there aren't too many of those in Christian beliefs and thinking.

And "straight language"! When was that last used by any politician?

I don't think that the government or anyone else will "seek to amend a "contentious section" of anything any time soon, following the charade that saw the Bill being viewed by even members of the Liberal Party as a weapon against religion, not not protection for it. Well, they are against Christianity. They are soft on other religions, except Judaism. They are too frightened to rubbish Islam, for example, which is sooo liberal when it comes to their pet minorities. Islamic schools don't have to tell their students and parents that they don't like homosexuality, transgenderism and all of that stuff.

Of course "moderate liberals" don't support the Christian scriptural stance on homosexuality: they don't have to, but they they also want actual Christians and Christian schools to deny their faith and stop supporting, or living by, the scriptures. You can't convince people who are that unreasonable.

ttbn,

<<Of course "moderate liberals" don't support the Christian scriptural stance on homosexuality: they don't have to, but they they also want actual Christians and Christian schools to deny their faith and stop supporting, or living by, the scriptures. You can't convince people who are that unreasonable.>>

That's an excellent summary statement of what my article promoted, i.e. the Religious Discrimination Bill (RDB) supports the values of the LGBTIQ+ community at the expense of Bible-believing Christians who support what the Scriptures state about homosexuality.

After the election in May 2022, political pundits will try to assess the impact of Scott Morrison's tactics in using the RDB as leverage for the "moderate Liberals" and the LGBTIQ+ community.

In Adelaide yesterday, Morrison announced his "devastation", and declared the Bill dead for this term, which could be why he left it so late, so close to an election. He was never the man for the job.

Now, he is left feeling "... like the woman before Solomon". Bit of a faux pas, given the part played by transgenderism involved in the rejection of the Bill. I hope he is not feeling too much like a woman.

The God of love seems to be wanting when it comes to dealing with Homosexuality and particularly transgenderism.
David

ttbn,

<<In Adelaide yesterday, Morrison announced his "devastation", and declared the Bill dead for this term, which could be why he left it so late, so close to an election.>>

This is what the polls are indicating for the next federal election:

January 20 2022
Finding No. 8879
Country:

ALP support is now at 56% (up 0.5% points since mid-December) cf. L-NP on 44% (down 0.5% points) on a two-party preferred basis according to the latest Roy Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention conducted during the first half of January (https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/8879-federal-voting-intention-january-2022-202201200425)

If elected, I wonder if the ALP will resurrect the RDB.

VK3,

<<The God of love seems to be wanting when it comes to dealing with Homosexuality and particularly transgenderism.>>

It's too bad you only mention one of the attributes of God, love. He's also the God of omniscience, omnipotence, mercy, justice and all-wisdom. He's the God who never breaks his Word for his covenant people.