RE: 'No religion' belongs to the unspoken for
August 10, 2011 at 10:59 pm
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2011 at 11:00 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Nevertheless, I fear my X may be hijacked for irreligious - that is, anti-religious - purposes.
This I speculate because the 'no religion' response has found its champion in the Atheist Foundation of Australia.
I refer you to The atheist foundation Of Australia's forum,of which I am a long time member. specifically, the threads entitled "Mark no religion campaign begins" and
"Census reflections and beyond." (begun by Foundation president David Nicholls))
http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/foru...php?t=8722
http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/foru...hp?t=11215
Of course some are anti theists and anti religion. Most ,including me,are neither. Australian Atheist foundation is not now and has never been anti theist or anti religion. It is however PRO separation of Church and state ,which is a big problem here in Australia. The issue is not as clear constitutionally as it seem to be in the US and our High Court tends to be unsympathetic.
The campaign to urge people with no religion to actually say so on the census form is so the census will accurately reflect religious affiliation in this country. One result may be to abolish the federally funded, almost exclusively Christian chaplain's programme in all public schools.
The chaplains tend to be members of various churches, with little or no training in counseling, who openly proselytise the children.The government has also refused to include a voluntary option of ethics classes instead of religious instruction.
I support the campaign 100%
