“Tradition under threat.”
FORMER Labor leader Mark Latham has launched a petition to ban privacy curtains installed at a Sydney public pool to allow Muslim women to swim comfortably.
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Mr Latham says the curtains, which were installed by Cumberland Council at Auburn pool so Muslim women can swim without being seen by other pool users, is threatening age-old Australian traditions.
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Writing for right-wing online publication The Rebel, Mr Latham said public pools are a “great Australian institution”.
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“For many decades, the public swimming pool has been a great Australian institution: affordable, open and full of people mixing together, regardless of their background, race and religion,” he wrote for his petition, Tear Down That Curtain.
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“Now, this tradition is under threat.”
Calls to ban privacy curtain for Muslim women at public pool
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He then went on to say that the privacy curtains are discriminating against non-Muslim men.
“For non-Muslim men, the discrimination is twofold: they pay their Council rates, they pay at the pool entry point, but they can’t access the entire pool facility. Public services must be available to all the public.”
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