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Fighting for the right to discriminate
As the law currently stands in Victoria, there is an exemption in the equal opportunity act to allow faith-based institutions to discriminate on who they employ based on religious values. At the moment there’s a bill in motion in the Victorian Parliament to remove that exemption for faith based charities, schools, etc. As far as [...]
Posted in God Stuff
Also tagged Christendom, church and state, discrimination, politics, state politics
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I was homeless and you stole my freaking blanket
I can’t understand how this can possibly happen in any society who claim to have a regard for ethics or even human rights: Many Indigenous people live rough in Alice Springs, where the temperature often drops down to about zero degrees Celsius on winter nights. They often stash their blankets somewhere during the day. Alderman [...]
My new favourite Steve Fielding quote
Heard this on the radio yesterday at lunch. Found it pretty funny. Thought I should share. STEVE FIELDING: Look I think to get around any ambiguousness about the whole issue, principals shouldn’t be feeling under threat and they obviously, it is a concern and frankly it should be deleted from any condition. via The World [...]
Emergencies: A Question of Urgency
This is the learning curve for me – this event is so clearly an emergency that everyone has put the bush-fire mission ahead of their own agendas. We understand that peacetime rules don’t apply in this situation. Even our own schedules have been pushed aside – no unnecessary meetings – no long coffees or chats… [...]
Ruddy Labour
It’s official – the Labour Party have finally come to their senses and realised that while Kim Beazley was leader, there was little chance of taking government. Kevin Rudd is the new Labour leader, and as such, opposition leader. Who knows – we might even see an opposition in this country that presents a viable [...]
Posted in World
Also tagged Kevin-Rudd, Kevin-Rudd-for-PM-in-07, labour-party, politics, Rudd-face, Ruddy
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