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CSA's commitment is to see Christian beliefs and values impact on all aspects of practice and community life in its member schools. With Biblically based beliefs as our foundation CSA provides leadership, services and resources for its members, and generally works to advance the cause of Christian schooling. Our member schools provide an educational environment in which children can be educated in a Christian learning community, based on the beliefs and values of its supporting Christian community. The schools provide for the education of families from a broad range of Christian denominations. Many CSA members are affiliated with a local church, others with Christians from a number of churches in their local area. Most CSA schools also attract significant enrolments from the wider community, from parents who, while not attending a Christian church, nonetheless want their children to receive an education that is based upon Christian beliefs and values. No issue is felt more deeply in our community than preserving the right to operate schools in a way consistent with our religious beliefs. We regard as a basic right in a pluralistic democracy the ability for parents to choose for their children a school that is operated in accordance with their faith. Of course if schools do not have the genuine ability to operate in such a way, there is no real choice. In practical terms this means upholding the historic protections afforded under Commonwealth and State laws and regulations and referred to in the Discussion Paper and Research paper associated with these consultations. These protections generally seek to ensure that Christian schools retain the ability to: integrate a world view based on our beliefs and values into curriculum and school practice choose staff on the basis that they are genuine adherents, in belief and practice, to the Christian faith. In law, these principles have been balanced against other human rights including the right to freedom from discrimination. Beliefs and teachings related to sexual orientation and sex and/or gender identity are important elements of the fundamental doctrines of all major faiths and certainly embedded within the genuinely held religious beliefs of Christians across a range of denominations. Whatever outcomes arise from the Consultation in relation to possible changes to Federal anti-discrimination law we would expect that these beliefs and teachings would continue to be respected. Current exemptions should be maintained in order to ensure that faith communities can continue to exercise their rights to freedom of religion, consistent with both Australian and international law. It is almost of equal importance that these exemptions are not as burdensome or overbearing and provide a clear and simple mechanism for religious bodies including Christian schools to operate in accordance with their faith, values and beliefs. The existing and long standing form of exemption used in section 38 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) provides such a form of exemption. We would expect that an identically worded exemption would be included in any future legislation. 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