Following a recommendation from Fiona Patten – former Sex Party, now Reason Party MP – the Andrews Government has announced they will move to decriminalise sex work.

Every statement made by the ACL flyer is valid and defensible with reference to the new Victorian Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 (VIC).

The Attorney-General Jacklyn Symes described the Australian Christian Lobby’s pamphlets on the recently passed Change or Suppression (Conversion) legislation as “hurtful, harmful and wrong” in the Herald Sun.

Two incidents at Victorian schools are a wakeup call for parents - because many schools are becoming breeding grounds for political activism.

Volunteers collected more than 10,000 flyers and maps last weekend so they can start letterboxing homes in the electorates of Aston, Bruce, Deakin, Hotham and Kooyong – all to raise awareness about Victoria’s Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition law.

Six grassroots movement events were held during March in Wheelers Hill, Bundoora, Frankston, Chirnside Park, Werribee, and Tullamarine. It was a great joy to meet with our supporters in person – and thank you to the churches that hosted these events!

Fiona Patten tabled her Anti-Vilification Bill in 2019, seeking to amend the existing Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 to include a few protected attributes such as gender identity and sexual orientation, while lowering the bar to define vilification.

Many Victorians are reeling after the passage of the Andrews government’s ‘Change or Suppression’ Bill. This is the most draconian legislation of its kind in the entire world.

Victorians have been on a roller coaster ride since last year. We experienced months of lockdown, fought for churches to re-open, campaigned hard against the draconian Conversion Bill, and now we are back in lockdown.

The Victorian Conversion Bill criminalises the truth. It’s a direct attack on the truth of creation, and on the Creator. It’s an attack on God’s people who want to live by standards of righteousness, and the design God has given, and not by the legislative brushstrokes of men.