Martyn Iles and John Steenhof - Israel Folau (Religious Liberty Part 5)

Christians Engaging Culture is currently in a module on religious liberty. This week we are looking at religious liberty in the workplace. We are listening to two resources from the Australian Christian Lobby. The first is an interview between Martyn Iles and John Steenhof, who is the Director of the Human Rights Law Alliance. And the second is a section of Martyn Iles’ podcast called The Truth of It. Folau’s case is demonstrative of what can happen to other people of faith in Australia who fall foul of codes of conduct that exist in many professional contracts. Steenhof and Iles show why Folau’s is an important test case and provide an argument for why Folau (and other Australian workers) should be free to share their faith without fear of recrimination from their employers. You may have noticed we’ve used a lot from Martyn Iles recently and that is because he has been speaking so helpfully on religious liberty in Australia in the past year or so. We are thankful to the Australian Christian Lobby for giving us permission to republish this podcast. You can find out more about them at acl.org.au.

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