Comments on: Religion no excuse for prejudice

By: Stuart Baanstra

Stuart Baanstra — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:47:40 +0000

So, “Secularjohn” says Rabbi Cowen should ask his mother if she is a bigot, and he gets four “likes” to boot. What a disrespectful comment and shame on those who share his views.

By: Stuart Baanstra

Stuart Baanstra — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:09:06 +0000

Religiously speaking, in the Messianic Age, there will be no laws governing homosexuality and it will have free reign. It is a reality conservatives, like Rabbi Cowen, will concede.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:07:05 +0000

At the end of his nasty article, Rabbi Cowen is described as having an institutional affiliation with Monash University.

However, I understand that Monash University denies that such affiliation existed at the time the article appeared.

I suspect that the Rabbi was not being altogether truthful in his self-description. Given the content of his article, such lack of truthfulness (if this is what it is) is no surprise.

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By: SecularJohn

SecularJohn — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:59:12 +0000

Rabbi Shimon Cowen’s father, the late Australian Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen, would not be proud of his son’s homophobic non-inclusive attitudes.
I doubt whether his mother Lady (Anna) Cowen would share his narrow-mindedness either. As she is still alive, perhaps he could ask her if she is a bigot also?