A Brisbane Christian college is going through a rising backlash after sending out new enrolment contracts for households to signal which condemn homosexuality and any identification with non-biological genders.
An on-line petition protesting the contract despatched out by Citipointe Christian School has to date attracted greater than 40,000 signatures.
"Citipointe has just lately despatched out an amended enrollment contract which states that they'll terminate a toddler's enrollment based mostly on sexual orientation, gender identification or sexual exercise," the petition states.
"Dad and mom have been given every week to signal this new contract."
In a part of the contract, posted on Twitter by Australian comic and content material creator, Christian Hull, the faculty asks for a declaration of religion referring to homosexuality and gender identification.
"God intends sexual intimacy to happen solely between a person and a girl who're married to one another," the declaration says.
"Dwelling in fullness contains figuring out with the gender that God bestowed upon every particular person in all features of their life," it later added.
In a press release posted by principal, Pastor Brian Mulheran on the varsity's web site, it stated the faculty was merely attempting to be upfront about its beliefs, which was why it despatched out the contract.
"We now have at all times held these Christian beliefs and we now have tried to be honest and clear to everybody in our neighborhood by making them clear within the enrolment contract," Pastor Mulheran stated.
"We're searching for to keep up our Christian ethos and to present dad and mom and college students the proper to make an knowledgeable selection about whether or not they can help and embrace our method to Christian schooling."
Pastor Mulheran stated opposite to what was being reported, college students wouldn't be expelled merely for being gay or transgender.
"Citipointe doesn't decide college students on their sexuality or gender identification and we'd not decide about their enrolment within the School merely on that foundation," the assertion stated.
"We imagine every particular person is created within the picture of God, with dignity and price equal to each different particular person. We unequivocally love and respect all individuals no matter their way of life and decisions, even when these decisions are totally different to our beliefs and apply."