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February 6th 2012 10:13

WARREN ENTSCH
Former crocodile hunter and Liberal MP for Leichhart in FNQ, Warren Entsch surprised many, during the Howard era, with his support for some kind of legal recognition for same-sex couples. Unfortunately, his plans went nowhere. Now he’s Opposition Chief Whip, and as everyone else in parliament manoeuvres around the issue of same-sex marriage, Entsch has revived the quaint and forgotten last generation notion of Civil Unions. We ask him why.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
It even sounds a little sinister: Special Religious Instruction, or SRI. But parents are waking up to the fact that, as provided by Access Ministries – this gets more Whovian by the minute – SRI is a fundamentalist evangelical Christian attempt to capture their kids for Christ, to turn them into disciples, and for those disciples to in turn capture more. Despite their protestations to the contrary, it’s an attempt to take vulnerable children and make converts of them.

Some parents think it’s a bad idea to drill kids in one religion, instead of teaching them about all religions. Especially as we are a secular country, with a specifically secular constitution, home to a multiplicity of faiths and none. And they are challenging SRI at VCAT. Scott Hedges is one of them.
http://religionsinschool.com/

FORMAL OCCASIONS
Even when they get a little older, kids are still vulnerable at school. Especially when they start going to formals. Will your school let your son take his boyfriend? Will your daughter’s girlfriend be welcomed, or made fun of? Minus 18 is unique – a group of same sex attracted under 18s running events for other like them. Chairman Micah Scott has details of the latest – a same-sex formal for all those who aren’t allowed to take their partner to the ball, or feel unsure of their reception. Really Long Link

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