(June 26, 2012 at 7:27 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: That decision was that the Chaplain programme was unconstitutional Trist...not that they would be banned, but a question about whether they should be funded by the federal government was the issue.
All in all a win for secularism
True, there is little doubt that the federal government will just draw up legislation to make the funding of school chaplains constitutional.
As I see I cant see both the school chaplain program and scripture classes (done by evangelistic organisations such as Access Ministries and the Scripture Union) in state schools any-time soon. Because of the apathy of a lot of the voting public. Also not to mention the fact of the "Christian" vote often deciding how gets to govern or not.
Because unlike the secularists whose support is disproportionally in safe Labor or Coalition inner city seats, the "Christian" vote is often strongest in the swing outer suburban and provincial city electorates which decide elections. With the Greens being a challenge for Labor in it's safe inner city seats, that will likely make the Labor party be more likely to do the bidding of organisations such as Access Ministries and Scripture Union not less so.
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