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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Presbyterian church’s LGBTQ+ school discrimination; Florida’s abortion ban; Jennifer Coolidge to visit Australia

The tower of St Andrew’s Presbyterian church is seen near the flagpole of Parliament House in Canberra
The Presbyterian church has called for the right to exclude students from leadership roles if they are in a same-sex relationship. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Happy Friday! The Presbyterian Church of Australia raised eyebrows today after they called for the right to exclude students from leadership positions if they were in a same-sex relationship or having premarital sex, in a submission to the review of anti-discrimination laws.

The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, pushed back against that idea, saying he “can’t see a situation where we’re inadvertently discriminating against kids”. And on a happier note to end the week, The White Lotus duo Jennifer Coolidge and Mike White are coming to Sydney for a public speaking event.

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