Tag Archives: Australia

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Calling it an act of “cultural cleansing,” some Christian activists are furious that Australia’s schools have decided to drop the abbreviations “BC” and “AD” from textbooks. Via the Christian Institute: The curriculum will replace BC (Before Christ) with BCE (Before Common Era). And AD (Anno Domini – which means ‘in the year of our Lord’) will be replaced with CE …

JMG reader Jill writes from Melbourne to tip us to Australia’s Commitment Project, which is collecting photos of LGBT couples for inclusion in an upcoming marriage equality billboard campaign. “This Project documents long term gay and lesbian committed relationships. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the median length of an Australian marriage is 8.7 years so I have used …

An Australian television show asked ad agencies how they would promote a hypothetical campaign to outlaw all religions.(Source)

With scenes like this one and the ones in Charlotte this weekend, we are fast approaching the moment when these confrontations explode into outright bloody violence. This WILL happen, hear me now.

From the openly gay former frontman for Savage Garden.

Anti-gay Christian activists staged a hate rally in Australia’s capital today, calling on lawmakers to ignore the rising calls for marriage equality. The ‘National Day for Marriage’ rally, organised by the Australian Christian Lobby, heard from a number of speakers, including MPs, who claimed that gay marriage is “selfish”, will “destroy marriage” and could give rights to paedophiles. Around 500 …

Australian feds, actually.

Visit the Census Campaign for more information on why it’s politically important for atheists to step forward and identify themselves.

Even though 26 suicides have been attributed to the actions of pedophile priests such as Father Robert Best (above), local Catholic officials in Australia say that no inquiry is needed into the deaths. All of the suicides occurred at schools where Best taught. He has pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of child molestation. Bishop Connors on Tuesday said not …

And he brought Mary back with him!

Brisbane’s safer-sex ad campaign has been reinstated after widespread outrage across Australia. The campaign had been yanked after complaints from an anti-gay Christian group. Announcing their backflip this afternoon, the company said it had changed its mind because it did not realise it had been subjected to a campaign from the Australian Christian Lobby to remove the posters. “Following ACL …

An anti-gay Christian group in Brisbane, Australia has forced an outdoor advertising company to yank a just-launched safer sex campaign. The ads featured a fully-clothed gay couple holding an unopened condom. Adshel, the company that provides advertising for Brisbane’s bus shelters; Goa Billboards; and the Advertising Standards Bureau were targeted in an orchestrated campaign by the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL). …

A peaceful rally against homophobia was ruined in Adelaide, Australia yesterday when a Christianist hate group unexpected showed up to shout anti-gay epithets and generally disrupt the event. About 200 people gathered outside parliament today to rally in support of International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia when members of the Adelaide Street Church showed up. Rally organiser Jason Virgo said …

Australia’s aural whiz kid takes on H.R.Pufnstuf.