Dumb and Dumberer (Part 2)

[Update] This is a follow-up to a previous post Dumb and Dumberer. The similarities are that both the intiators of these grandiose schemes are female lefties. Is an ideological debate brewing that pits socialist-leaning women against conservative men? Perhaps it has already happened. Witness the RU486 debate, and the gender split on the conscience vote. maybe not so dumb and dumberer after all, but a concerted, systematic attack on Christianity with women parliamentarians in the front lines.


From the SMH.

Dumb and Dumberer (Part 2)
The Greens and the Democrats are at it again. This strikes me as a similar "politically correct effort" to attempts to produce gender inclusive language, but with a more Orwellian focus - eliminate all references to a despised group (from the Greens and Dems POV) by closing down their discourse. Cut off their 'power' and the Church, like the lefties' favourite arguments about the state, will 'wither away'.

And while Lyn Allison is at it, let's also scrap kickbacks, donations, funds and allocations of public money to political parties.

I wonder who will 'wither way' first?

This is simple confusion on behalf of the Greens and Democrats. Long may they writhe in minor-party obscurity.

PM wants to retain parliamentary prayers

2 March 2006

Prime Minister John Howard has dismissed as absurd a bid by minor parties to have prayers dropped from parliamentary proceedings.

The Australian Democrats and Australian Greens have attempted to abolish the official prayers which open every day of parliament.

Democrats leader Lyn Allison also wants religious references removed from statutory oaths and pledges and tax breaks for religious groups scrapped.

The Senate on Wednesday voted down her plan by 50 votes to seven.

Mr Howard said it had been based on a completely misguided understanding of the separation of church and state.

"What the separation of church and state means in this country is that there is no established church," Mr Howard told reporters.

"We don't have the ... Anglican Church as the official state religion, that's what it means.

"It doesn't mean that we abandon our Judeo-Christian heritage, it doesn't mean that we eliminate public ... references.

"I think it's an absurd proposition which shows a total misunderstanding of the nature of the separation of church and state."