OddThinking

The Copenhagen Declaration on Religion in Public Life; is this an pro-atheist or pro-libertarian democracy manifesto?

A brief study in which I compare the professed religion of Australian Prime Ministers to the professed religion of Australians over the past 50 years.

Mr. World, our teacher, divided our class into groups and gave us a difficult assignment to do. Some project about climate or something. He warned us it was worth a large part of our assessment.

So we all agreed to meet at Denmark’s house (Man, that took a while to organise; most of the term was already done by the time we did.) We started divvying up the work – there was a lot of studying to do – and that’s when the arguments started.

When I say I am against the Australian Government extending the Marriage Act to allow for marriage between same-sex couples, it isn’t for the reasons given by the religious, trying to protect society from what they see as an abomination.

It is because I want the Government to repeal the entire Marriage Act, and get their nose out of things that are none of their affair!

I hope by the time you read this, the problem will be fixed, but embarrassingly, our parliament has been taken over by hackers – and a full 6 months ahead of my plans!

I have a terrible confession to make, that I fear may ostracize me from polite society. I don’t really understand why we have to support our troops, in particular.

I won’t be voting for Labor.
I won’t be voting for Liberal.
I won’t be voting for the Christian Democratic Party.
I won’t be voting for The Greens.

Let me explain why.

Whether you believe David Hicks’s guilty plea was honest, co-erced or a pragmatic lie, …
whether you believe the acts he committed were actually a crime, …
whether you believe that the military tribunals can deliver justice, …

Last weekend, at a small sports carnival, a local politician was brought in to give a short speech and present the awards.

I didn’t notice how much impact his demeanour had made on me, until I started processing the photographs I had taken that day.