politics

Say where you are now, not where you used to be.

Don't enter your childhood religion on the Census if you've left it behind.

Lets give the Government accurate information so they don't believe that you believe in banning Stem Cell Research, Abortion rights, and Free Speech.

Vote against the National School Priest Chaplain Program

 You can vote to make fighting the illegal National School Priest Program a priority for GetUp

"Chaplain" is just a code word for Priest.

A Federal government tax-payer funded program for priests in every State School is obscene. Its a violation of the Anti-Discimination Act AND Section 116 of the Australian Constitution to demand a test of religion for a government funded job. State Schools have greater needs than a Government Priest.

Two hundred and twenty million dollars would be an impressive chunk of change, even in the huge amount of dough carved out of the federal tax take for education.

Much less impressive however is Julia Gillard is wasting that much on a naked and sadly desperate bribe for the god-bothering lobby.

We’ve all read the words ''chronic'', ''underfunding'' and ''state school system'' placed one after the other so many times now that I hesitate to do so again, lest your eyes roll back in your heads, your brain functions flatline and you all start thinking of Wendy Francis as a reasonable choice for your upper house vote.

 Submission to the Consultation Process for the
National School Chaplaincy Program (PDF download)
Dr Monica Thielking,
Psychologists in Schools Advisor
m.thielking@psychology.org.au
David Stokes, Senior Manager Professional Practice
d.stokes@psychology.org.au
1 July 2010
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The Australian Psychological Society Ltd, Level 11, 257 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
July 2010
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In America, the separation of Church and State was made law by the Establishment Clause of the US Constitution. This is why they don't have prayer in State schools and why they don't have prayer in Congress or the Senate. In Australia, we also have an Establishment clause in our Constitution that separates Church and State:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/26/2401531.htm

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition leader Malcom Turnball are united in supporting Christian prayer in Federal parliament.