What Civil Rights?

 

So, here’s what’s been pissing me off the most lately. I feel as though this has probably been said a lot already, but Julia Gillard’s decision to allow religious exemption in civil rights legislation still burns at the edges of my outrage-o-meter. You don’t want to see me when it’s red. Oh golly, I eat Mr Hyde AND Dr Jekyll for breakfast, thank you very much.

If you aren’t familiar with what’s been happening lately, let me bring you up to speed. Basically, the PM signed off an a decision last week to allow religious institutions, including but not limited to churches and schools, to discriminate based on anything that might be slightly distasteful to the religious palette.

Ms Gillard has defended this one by saying that she would “fight for the religious freedom to discriminate.”

All I have to say right now is what is the point of having an Atheist Prime Minister, if she isn’t going to fight for the separation of church and state.  Essentially, we are taking another step back in the dark ages just because good ol’ Ms Gillard is far too scared of offending the religious right.

I put it to the blogging laity that this is one of the main reasons this country doesn’t seem to be moving forward at all as far as civil rights is concerned.

Here’s my letter to the PM.

Dear Ms Gillard,

No one will care if you come across as favouring the left as long as you stick to your guns. Rhetoric is only fine when it’s being acted on and you haven’t been acting much, (unless you count acting like you care about anything other than poll results).

Thanks so much your thoroughly pissed off public.

At least she’s better than the other guy.