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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Queensland school requires families to denounce homosexuality during enrolment

Citipointe Christian College in Brisbane has issued students’ parents with enrolment contracts stating ‘homosexual acts… are offensive to God’
Citipointe Christian College in Brisbane has issued students’ parents with enrolment contracts stating ‘homosexual acts… are offensive to God’. Photograph: Google maps

One of Queensland’s largest independent schools has sent families enrolment contracts that include asking them to sign a statement that states “homosexual acts” are immoral, listing them along with bestiality, incest and paedophilia as “offensive to God”.

The “statement of faith” required for enrolment at Citipointe Christian College also includes statements that imply transgender students will be recognised only by their “biological sex” at the school – that students should identify “with the gender that God bestowed”.

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