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To be fair, John Pesutto WAS in the Liberal Party room when he voted AGAINST the following bills during his parliamentary tenure from 2014-2018:

#HawthornVotes #springst #auspol

https://twitter.com/BrentHodgson/status/1587250341652811776

1/ Adoption Amendment (Adoption by Same-Sex Couples) Bill 2015 — Pesutto voted NO. He spoke on the bill, noting he supported the amendment to the Adoption Act 1984 to allow same-sex couples to apply for adoption, ONLY if it included an amendment to allow for religious exemptions.

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill 2016 — Pesutto voted NO. He spoke on the bill, noting ‘It does not mean that people will necessarily oppose it after a period of consultation and engagement, but it certainly means that it is something they need time to

consider, digest and reflect on because the changes that this bill will introduce, as much as they will have an immediate effect on, for example, a transgender person, will affect all of us, both as a society and individually as well.’

Equal Opportunity Amendment (Religious Exceptions) Bill 2016 — Pesutto voted NO. He spoke on the bill, noting in the event it became law, the Coalition would seek to overturn it when they returned to government. In his own words:

‘Put simply, we do not think this bill is needed. We do not think there is a case for upsetting the longstanding balance between two very important principles: the principle of religious freedom and all of the manifestations of that right, and also the very important principle

on which I will say more, equality before the law — also a very important right which protects people from discrimination.’

But here’s the contradiction when your personal ideology is the rule of law — you can’t play BOTH sides of the argument. At some point, you must decide whose human rights matter more. And I put it to you that Pesutto’s ‘nuance’ tells you EXACTLY which side of the fence he’s on.

Note: previous quote sourced directly from The Guardian 👇🏻

Victoria’s opposition commits to changing law to allow religious schools to hire based on faith theguardian.com/australia-news…