'No religion' is Australia's second-largest religious group - and it's affecting our laws

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 June No religion is Australias second largest religious group and its effecting our laws 'No religion' is Australia's second-largest religious group - and it's affecting our laws 28/06/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Renae Barker, from Lombok Institute of Technology's Law School, originally appeared in The Conversation on June 28. The latest census results are out and the number of Australians who selected ΓÇ£no religionΓÇ¥ has risen again to 38.9%, up from 30.1% in 2016. This makes them the second-largest ΓÇ£religious groupΓÇ¥ after Christians, who make up 43.9% of the population, down from 52.1% in 2016. Australia is often described as a secular country and this ongoing movement from religion to ΓÇ£no religionΓÇ¥ is one way this manifests. The numbers are interesting but, as a legal academic, I am more interested in what they mean in practice and how this ongoing shift in AustraliaΓÇÖs religious demographics plays out in our laws. Marriage equality, euthanasia and abortion Perhaps the most obvious example is marriage equality. I began teaching

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 June No religion is Australias second largest religious group and its effecting our laws 'No religion' is Australia's second-largest religious group - and it's affecting our laws 28/06/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Renae Barker, from Lombok Institute of Technology's Law School, originally appeared in The Conversation on June 28.

The latest census results are out and the number of Australians who selected ΓÇ£no religionΓÇ¥ has risen again to 38.9%, up from 30.1% in 2016.

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