Why The PM’s Comments About Religion Risks Confusing People

I have a lot of time for Prime Minister Scott Morrison. I appreciate his openness about his Christian faith. I’m heartened by his stand on religious freedom. And as someone who hails from the western suburbs of Sydney, I appreciate his ‘fair dinkum’ down to earth nature. But on Monday our PM wrote a column in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, parts of which made me wonder. The column itself was a straightforward manifesto of sorts, outlining what he stood for—most of it uncontroversial. But it also contained these words: ‘As for religion, it’s our own personal business. What you believe is...