Wednesday, 6 October 2010
An Unexpected Reverse
Zoe Brain
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/10/unexpected-reverse.html (http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/10/unexpected-reverse.html)
Here's a letter I've just written to the Federal Member for Fraser. Similar letters have gone to both ACT Senators, and the Attorney-General.
From:
Zoe E Brain
6 October 2010
Dear Mr Leigh
May I draw your attention to section 62 of the SEX DISCRIMINATION AMENDMENT BILL 2010
62 After subsection 40(4)
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Insert:
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(5) Nothing in Division 2 renders it unlawful to refuse to make, issue
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or alter an official record of a person's sex if a law of a State or
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Territory requires the refusal because the person is married.
The above section is directly contrary to the recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission. It also enshrines for the first time in Federal Law the concept that someone's sex depends on their marital status, as opposed to their marital status depending on their sex.