Comments on: Michael Kirby slams government for not releasing religious freedom review

By: Tot Ara

Tot Ara — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 05:09:55 +0000

Private and religious (joined and separately) are the plague of Australia. Like in most socially advanced European countries, education should be public, free and secular from pre-school to tertiary.

By: OzHuntsman

OzHuntsman — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:08:57 +0000

ScoMo’s religious attitude is akin to ex PM Abbott’s catholithism. Both are religious homophobes who promote an uncaring god.
If there is such a deity, which is man’s invention, why did it cause so much death and destruction in Sulawesi recently ?
No religious nutter ever asks that question !
The truth is.. there is no god, which is so clearly indicated when he NEVER lifts a finger to help mankind.
Justice Kirby asks ScoMo to release the report and settle or explain the reasons why so much money and restriction is given to religious institutions !
It’s way more than they deserve. They do not educate children in all aspect of our humanity, so why should they be allocated any money ?

By: Ruxxy

Ruxxy — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 10:16:40 +0000

How fortunate we are to have such a distinguished, eminently qualified person to speak for us as he does. Michael Kirby has to be one of the greatest assets the gay community has. The haters and even those on the ultra right know better than to speak against him or anything he says because they know his experience and authority far outweigh anything they can dish out.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:07:00 +0000

It was a very good interview. Kirby’s very clear perspective was that secularism is a strong and vital feature of our democracy, something we have inherited from Britain where it developed out of the wreckage of Catholic vs Protestant power battles which were otherwise destined never to end.

It’s fascinating to think that the truly conservative position is to be secular. The so-called conservatives who want more religion injected into our lives whether we like it or not are not conservatives at all, they’re reactionaries. Or as I call them fuckwits.