The difference between a private prayer and a communal prayer in parliament: are people religious, or is parliament religious? In a secular country, our government should not be taking part in sectarian religious rituals. #auspol

The houses of the new federal parliament have continued with the divisive practice of imposing daily acts of Christian worship, showing disregard for the fundamental rights of non-religious people & non-Christians, & for Australia’s international commitments to freedom of religion & belief.
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"The election campaign was fraught … with more mysterious front groups emerging to push talking points that official actors were not prepared to utter themselves. Perhaps most worrying was the growing activity by religious actors." #auspol
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Following Peter Dutton's declaration that a Coalition government would demand “education not indoctrination” in schools, we have called on the him to support the removal of religious indoctrination, including scripture programs, from Australian classrooms: rationalist.com.au/rsa-calls-on...
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Non-religious students who are bullied because they do not participate in the Special Religious Education program in New South Wales’ public schools can report these incidents to the state's new Religious Intolerance Helpline. Read more: rationalist.com.au/non-religiou...
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This might interest you. Blog post re the depiction of the nativity.

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