- What I'm about to share with you,
is really sad and sickening and disgusting.
And it comes from City Point Christian College
here in Brisbane.
It's a school who literally a couple of days ago,
sent an email to all its students,
asking them to sign an updated contract
in order to attend the school.
Now it's not out of the realms of normality
to have students sign contracts to say,
"Yes, I will abide by the rules and the values
and the morals of the school."
That's perfectly acceptable.
However, there's a clause in the contract.
This is how, it's not funny,
but it just so apparently awful that I'm just...
Let me read you.
This is one of the clauses in the contract.
It's under the heading,
"Family, Marriage, Sexuality and Gender,"
and I'm sure you know where this is going.
Now, mind you, kids have to sign this.
And this is a school from five year olds
to 18 year olds.
So can you imagine a five year old
having to sign this contract?
This is the updated clause that was emailed
around to students a few days ago.
It reads, "We believe that the family as instituted
and created by God,
is the fundamental building block of society.
We hold fast, the biblical and churches' historical belief
that a family begins with the conventional institution
and holy estate of marriage as ordained by God
between a biological man, the husband,
and a biological woman, the wife,
mutually and exclusively entered into for life.
God calls some people to marriage
and some to a single state.
Both have dignity, according to the Bible.
God's gift of sexual union is sacred within marriage
as a sign of his mutual and lasting covenant,
and as a means whereby we may share in creating new life.
The covenant of husband and wife to love and serve
one another faithfully, is intended to reflect
the faithfulness of God,
and is a picture of Christ and his church.
We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur
only between a man and a woman
who are married to each other.
We believe that God has commanded that no sexual activity
be engaged in outside such marriage.
We believe that any form of sexual immorality,
including but not limited to adultery, fornication,
homosexual acts, bisexual acts, beastiality, incest,
pedophilia and pornography is sinful and offensive to God,
and is destructive to human relationships and society."
I just wanna stop there and say that they're lumping in
bisexuality and homosexuality
in the same vein as beastiality and pedophilia.
Wow, what a great Christian school.
"We believe that God created human beings." (chuckles)
"We believe that God created human beings as male or female.
Jesus confirms this to the Pharisees by stating..."
Oh they quoting the Bible.
"Have you not read that he who created them
from the beginning made them male and female.
Mathew 19:4 and Mark 10:6."
All right, mate.
I mean, it's a 2000 year old book, but good, carry on.
"These two distinct and complimentary genders,
biological sexes," they put.
"Together reflect the image and nature of God.
The Bible ties gender identity to biological sex,
Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 2:22 to 24."
If we wanna see a reference to that, I absolutely do not.
No thank you.
"And does not make a distinction
between gender and biological sex.
By creating each person, God in his divine love and wisdom".
Really, in his divine love and wisdom?
After you lump me in with the pedophiles
and the beastiality?
"God is all loving."
Yeah, but no, he's not though.
You're pretty much saying God isn't divine, love and wisdom.
Right, let's anyways, carry on, don't get heated.
"In his divine love and wisdom,
gifted them their gender as male or female.
God's good design and purpose is that each individual
should live in the fullness of that
which he created them to be."
Do we know God is a he though?
Anyways, "In obedience to him as an act of worship,
living in the fullness, includes identifying with the gender
that God bestowed upon each person
in all aspects of their life."
That's just one small clause in the contract
that these students are being asked to sign.
So six year olds being asked to sign that.
I mean, do they even...
At this current stage I've Googled
City Point Christian College.
I've seen no news outlets pick this up.
I was tagged in an Instagram story from a former student.
I've also seen follow up posts from current students
wishing to remain anonymous.
Shocking and appalling.
There's a Change.org petition,
but just so sickening and so sad.
I can't imagine the damage and trauma
that this instills on young people.
And also those who don't identify as a member
of the LGBTQI+ Community.
What is that telling them?
Oh, just discriminate.
"Guys, if you could all freely discriminate
and not include anyone else,
you need to be born a male or female and be heterosexual.
Those are the three things.
Anyone else, stone them, kill them."
Literally what they're saying.
It's not really what they're saying, but I mean,
Christ on a stick.
Anyways, I'm keen to hear what the school
has to say for themselves.
And I'll try and keep you updated on the matter.
Please, please don't post anything bigotry in the comments.
Let's not be assholes,
but I did wanna bring this to your attention,
and make you aware that there is a church
who on Instagram, if we go and have a look at City Point,
they say they're a Christian Church, "Where you matter."
Apparently I don't matter.
So that's...
It's a misleading statement there.
It should be, "Where certain people matter."(laughing)
I don't mean to laugh.
It's just so bad.
Here's what I wanna say to any students, former students,
people who are in an environment
that is incredibly toxic in this way.
When you leave school,
or when you get out of the environment
that you're currently in, that does not support you,
I want you to know that that is not a reflection
of who the world is.
The world can be a dark, awful place,
but you will find a community that loves and accepts you.
They exist.
I've discovered them.
I surround myself by just so many diverse,
wonderful human beings that lift me up,
that make me feel valued and welcome.
And I mean, I couldn't imagine a small child
thinking how alone they are in the universe
to be given this appalling text and contract
that they needed to sign in order to attend the school,
and are probably made to sign.
Just know that you are valued.
You are incredibly loved.
You're just not in the right place.
And you will find your place in life.
And you'll find those people that love
and adore and respect you.
And I also wanna say,
this is what religious freedom gets us.
Right, like I can understand being religious,
and I appreciate if you are religious yourself,
but this is on one extreme, really bad.
And I'm pretty confident
that the Bill before Parliament for Religious Freedom
will allow schools to put this in their contracts.
I invite you to sign the Change.org petition,
and make sure that this absolutely is made illegal.
It's very discriminatory.
Anyways, thank you, and I'm gonna go scream
into to my pillow now, out of anger,
not because I'm having sexy times,
that's not appropriate to do.
I'm so sorry.
Anyways, thank you, thanks for listening.