The Struggle for Religious Freedom - George Pell

In its inquiry into freedom of religion, the Australian Human Rights Commission has questioned the compatibility of religious freedom with human rights. The author traces this fallacy, first, to the Commission's mistaken notion that religion is not built on – but rather opposed to – human reason; and, second, to the Commission's primary concern to implement ideological and secular agenda, not genuine rights. This all stands in stark contrast to international conventions and the principle of subsidiarity. Rights are at risk of becoming, as in Britain and the United States, a subset of public policy and an arm of government.

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