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Catholics try new tack in ethics row JACQUELINE MALEY June 8, 2010 THE Catholic Church has joined the chorus of religious voices opposing the trial of ethics classes in schools. It has organised a petition arguing that the classes should not be held ”in competition” with scripture because it means religious children miss out on ethics. ———- qp: So according [...] We need to express our concerns about the way the Australian ‘Christian’ Lobby are becoming a major influence over our policy makers. Why does our Federal Parliament need a Christian chaplain? That’s just medieval. The leaders of our major political parties are fellow travelers with the “Australian Christian Lobby!” It could be said [...] From th ABC Pope Benedict says the sexual abuse scandal shaking Roman Catholicism shows the church needs to do penance for its sins, in a rare public reference to paedophilia in the priesthood. “Now, under attack from the world which talks to us of our sins, we can see that being able to do penance is a [...] They are all lame reasons but number 6 is a dead giveaway. 6. To be blunt, what this Government has done in approving the trial is renege on an assurance given by governments to the churches since 1880, and reaffirmed in 1990 and 2008, that it would not permit ethics or any other programs to be [...] Sign a petition and be counted. The 23-year-old Nigerian charged with trying to detonate a bomb on a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit on Christmas Day was lonely and sexually repressed, according to messages left on an Islamic website. But, like the September 11 bombers, who visited strip clubs before their date with destiny, when his devout religious beliefs conflicted with his [...] Blackout Week From Monday, January 25th to Friday, January 29th, Aussie websites will turn their lights out — “black out” — to inform Australians about the threat of imposed Internet censorship. Follow this link to find out how to ‘black out’ your web sight as a protest. What it is all about http://www.msf.org.au/ Tear down the great firewall Senator Conroy thinks he can sneak his plan to censor the internet in as Australia settles in for Christmas. As he considers the future of the scheme he needs to know that we’ll be watching every step of the way. At this crucial moment send Senator Conroy a quick message to let [...] |
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