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In the article we read there was a conflict between the government and two Christian schools. The government was putting pressure on the schools to accept a rule about LGBTQ issues that went against Christian beliefs. I think that when it comes to honoring government rules it should depend on whether the school is religious or non religious. If the school is non-religious there is no obligation to honor a certain religious lifestyle, thus it is completely ok to honour an LGBTQ lifestyle.

Therefore, a GSA can be formed because there are no specific religious values set that everyone has to agree on to join the school so different beliefs can be expressed and supported. However, in a religious school where one lifestyle is expressed and supported it is not fair for the government to tell those at the school to go against their beliefs and the lifestyle supported. At that school they support a different lifestyle than the LGBTQ and they don't want to support a GSA because it's against the lifestyle being supported at the school.
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I think when the government passed the "Ministerial" act they didn't think of the fact that Christian schools couldn't honour it according to the lifestyle supported at that school. The government also failed to see that since the Christian schools could not honour the bill LGBTQ students would feel discriminated against. When the government created this Bill they were so focused on protecting the rights of the LGBTQ that they created a reverse discrimination effect against the Christian schools. -Lachlan

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