Opinion: Right to discriminate not being threatened

Updated September 20 2017 - 10:42am, first published September 19 2017 - 11:19am
No change: Ministers of religion have always been able to refuse to marry anyone they like (or don't like) in their church and will be able to continue to do so.
No change: Ministers of religion have always been able to refuse to marry anyone they like (or don't like) in their church and will be able to continue to do so.

There appears to be a great deal of anxiety among many conservatives, including those who run religious organisations, ex-prime ministers and some current legislators, that if same-sex marriage is made legal, freedom of religion will be negatively affected.

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