Australian Schools Object To Newly Mandated Salaries For Chaplains

In the Australian state of South Australia, 187 schools face the prospect of having to raise the pay of their school chaplains by 400%. ABC South East reports that a new state law requires school chaplains be paid by the hour, instead of being given a small honorarium as is done at present. Critics of the new law call it "atheism by stealth", since they say this could make chaplains unaffordable for many schools.