Tony Abbott – shut the f**k up
Tony Abbott, our delightful opposition leader, stated recently what Jesus would say and do regarding asylum seekers in Australia. It showed yet again that Abbott’s Catholic beliefs are a cover for his...
View ArticleCredibility? He no longer has some
I’m not claiming that the Catholic Pope actually ever had any credibility with me, but I know he does with some Catholics (still), and I wonder how they can let his latest two foot in mouth statements...
View ArticleThe Catholic Mass
Now I’m a long, long, long time ex-Catholic (ok, probably not that long, but long enough), I don’t hold a torch for Catholicism (you might have noticed with my posts about the place focusing on The...
View ArticleThe Pope is in Spain
Yes, this is likely to be another post trashing the Vatican and the institution of Catholicism. If you have problems with this, I suggest you go and look a cute kittens or other baby animals of your...
View ArticleLinkspam not quite mid February 2012 edition
Things that I have read about the place and thought that would be interesting to share: The Nation writes about Obama standing up to Catholic Bishops, which has been a topic of discussion on twitter...
View ArticleForgetting History
George Christensen MP (for Mackay to Townsville, QLD), tweeted this: Wow. Ex @SenatorBobBrown sledges Aust’s top cleric at #NPC. The Church has done more good 4 humanity than Greens ever will. —...
View ArticleStrapping on the ranty pants – Marriage Equality edition (again)
I was really excited to hear that New Zealand was considering a marriage equality bill, and hoped to avoid reading comment from homophobic alarmists, decrying the current decay of modern society, and...
View ArticleThe Vatican and “reality”
Apparently the Vatican still having conniptions about the fact that the rest of the Western world is not listening to them and are continuing to recognise same-sex relationships, granting people who...
View ArticleBoys [and girls] should be taught [that all] sex abuse is wrong
*trigger warning for rape and sexual abuse* So today’s WTF appears courtesy of Paul Mullen, Emeritus Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Monash University. He’s attributed by the Age as saying: Sex...
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The moral high ground
Recently I was listening to a conversation between my mother and my sister. My mother had given up on convincing me to join her at church that Sunday and was talking to my sister instead, hoping to...
View ArticleThe late linkspam of August (overseas edition)
So I’m enjoying myself in a bit of summer (thought right now I’m a bit too hot), in Europe, and I completely forgot my linkspam duties. So here is some linkspam, albeit a bit late. Laurie Penny at The...
View ArticleThe post European summer and beginning of spring linkspam (September 2013)
I’m back in the country and have been looking at the interesting stories I’ve collected for linkspam while I was away and since I’ve been back. There is surprisingly a lot more than I expected,...
View ArticleLet’s talk about abortion – again
Because we should never tire of talking about people’s individual right to make their own medical decisions, their own choices about their body, and their own life choices (as a collective, of course...
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Marriage Equality – again
So last night the Liberal Party and the National Party held a meeting for over 5 hours to discuss whether or not the party would allow a free conscience vote (which still would have not gotten the...
View ArticleSubmission to the Federal Government’s Religious Freedom Review
You have until 14 February to make a submission. Go now. There are fears that this review “Is Actually About Entrenching Discrimination, Participant Says“. Please make a submission. The short read...
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