Vocal Minority Should Not Spell the End of Enshrining Religious Freedom: Expert

Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher speaks during the State Funeral Carla Zampatti at St Mary's Cathedral on April 15, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Dean Lewins - Pool/Getty Images

Religious freedom is worth protecting even when there is a “loud segment of society” who are against any protections for people of faith, said an expert on religion.

Denis Dragovic, a scholar in the field of religion and society and a fellow at the University of Melbourne, told The Epoch Times that if the yardstick is to eliminate all discrimination against the LGBT+ community, then “no anti-discrimination bill would have been passed as they all lead to some discrimination against others or a tension between competing rights.”