Foxy,

There is nothing that Thorburn has said or written that links his views to the views of some of the other members of the church especially since the more controversial views were expressed long before he was a member nor are those views necessarily accepted as the views of the church itself.

Y,

According to you, there should be no restrictions on any employer firing any employee for any reason.

RA tried to cancel Folau's contract based on religious grounds and ended up having to pay him out in full and paying a legal bill of about $1m.

shadowminister,

I am not disagreeing with you.

I am simply trying to see both sides of the argument.

shadowminister,

Do Churches have the legal right to exclude gays from
their membership?
Can private religious schools fire gay teachers?
et cetera. Would Thorburn still be a chair in his Church
if his views were different to theirs?

Dear ShadowMinister,

«According to you, there should be no restrictions on any employer firing any employee for any reason.»

Correct, even for no reason at all. This is called "freedom of association", one should never be forced to associate with others they do not want to be associated with.

RA tried to cancel Folau's contract based on religious grounds and ended up having to pay him out in full and paying a legal bill of about $1m.

Outrageous (not that I know what "RA" or "Folau" mean). If there is a contract then one should keep it, that is a matter of honour and righteousness, not a matter for courts.

Foxy,

Your "other side" scenario is at best a strawman argument as firstly the chairman position is not paid and thus does not qualify as an IR issue.

Secondly, as Thornburn has not made any inflammatory posts or statements and is presumably doing a good job, the Church would not be so moronic as to replace him.

Has the Victorian Premier made an appointment with the governor to resign ?
Surely it is a more important case where the State's leader is a
member of a church that strongly disapproves of abortion and homosexuality.
The bible is very clear on homosexuality that it is a major sin.

Or is this all just another demonstration of hypocrisy ?