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Unfortunately, some religious groups are uncompromisingly criticising the Bill because it does not give them the right to harm others in the name of their religious exercise.

The nature of the criticism reveals the fundamentally same frame of mind as that which causes the harm which the Bill's qualifications are designed to avoid.

Even if imperfect, proposals by such groups which recognise the nature and extent of such harmful 'religious'conduct, and proposals of ways to prevent it would have served better to have indicated a way to find a resonable solution. They shoould try to approach the matter with balance and Christian charity.

An analysis of some of the grounds of complaint reveals the narrow bigotry behind them.  In the name of relief from religious discrimination, they demand the right to engage in unreasonable discrimination.

Th loudest complaints come from those who would include the worst offenders.