Writer: Atheist Republic
Subject: Sydney Christian School Equates Same-Sex Relationships With Abuse
Link: 25.02.2022 / newsletter@atheistrepublic.com
Sydney Christian School Equates Same-Sex Relationships With Abuse
Last week, Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College received resounding condemnations from advocacy groups for student contracts with morality clauses that stigmatized LGBT students.
Due to the fallout, Penrith Christian School in Sydney has now fallen under scrutiny for similar practices. Penrith made it a part of the student enrollment process for parents to “read and understand” the school’s “Statement of Faith.”
The document includes; “Adultery, same-sex attraction, transgender identity, premarital sex, sexual acts between members of the same sex and abusive relationships, are all examples of relationships and behaviors which are not acceptable to God,” listing these as examples of “fallen relationships.”
It is not clear if there a consequences for violating the Statement of Faith. When asked by the Guardian to respond to the criticism, the school’s principal Tracy Deal declined to give any comments insisting instead that the Statement of Faith has been taken “out of context.”