You know what this world really really needs? More religion!
What's that you say in horror?
Northern Ireland? Millions of Catholics dying of AIDS? Islamic Fundamentalism? Female Circumcision? Homophobia? Assisting the Nazis? Covering up child abuse?
Ah, that's all minor stuff. Every group in society has its faults! Come on. I mean surely if we forgive the Scottish for being tightarses and the Yanks for being stupid then we can forgive organised religion giving the world wars, disease, prejudice and Hitler?
Let's put all of that to one side and concentrate on what religion does best - it installs 'good' 'christian' values in our young people of course.
And so with this in mind John Howard has announced that the government is spending $90 million of OUR money on subsidising the cost of employing Chaplains in state, and wait for it, PRIVATE schools. Way to go Johnny! Not only is he going to waste $90 million of our money on something that is completely unnecessary but he is going to give a lot of it to schools that are already loaded. Brilliant! So a cleaner earning $25K a year is now not only subsidising the private school fees of the rich but is now also subsidising the religious indoctrination of the rich. Wow! Now that's a fair go society.
Now, John could have agreed to fund secular school counsellors - you know the types who don't bang on about abstinence from sex and live in the real world. But no they would be far too leftwing, radical and liberal for our Johnny. So he thought, bugger the separation of church and state I'll just ride roughshod over a hundred odd years of tradition (tradition being a thing that Johnny usually loves so much) and inject religion into the public realm.
Well, I am glad he is putting our money towards the real crisis areas of Australian society.
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Good to see I'm going to have plenty of opportunity to carry on my quest for "Active Atheism" when I get down there.
This is the man who appointed an anglican archbishop to the post of Governor General. Of course Hollingsworth had to leave that position due to child abuse cover up allegations. Ironic really. I don't know why you are surprised. Little johnny is trying to recreate Australia in the 1950s. The divide between rich and poor has widened in his tenure and its only set to continue with these idiotic policies. Oh for a decent opposition!
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