New Australian PM Gillard says she won't pretend to believe in God - Polidicks

[QUOTE=teeheeV2;22992074]And wasn't it religious nutters that said Earth was the center of the universe and the world is flat?[/QUOTE] No, it was just the time of religious nutters when people were saying that. But anyway, who really cares what she believes in or doesn't believe in? If someone can run a government well it doesn't really matter.

[QUOTE=Goberfish;22993386]No, it was just the time of religious nutters when people were saying that. But anyway, who really cares what she believes in or doesn't believe in? If someone can run a government well it doesn't really matter.[/QUOTE] Because running a government well and running a government well in the interest of ones beliefs and of his or her constituents beliefs are different things.

[QUOTE=Canary;22991175]And two steps back.[/QUOTE] Can you explain why? Or are you just another that makes ridiculous comments in an attempt to sound intelligent.

[I]Impeach impeach[/I]

[URL="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/disappointment_always_follows.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28Pharyngula%29"]Looks like nobody's perfect [/URL]:smith:

No one expected her to be perfect. Nevertheless, gay marriage isn't a big loss. We have laws in Australia that allow for de facto relationships between any genders.

[QUOTE=Regulas021;22977229]Good. This is one of the few areas Atheists are actually 'oppressed', so I would call this a major step forward. Hopefully the Americans follow suit and allow politicians to be non religious.[/QUOTE] We already do. Any laws saying otherwise are unenforceable and would be immediately repealed if they were.

[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;22996702][URL="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/disappointment_always_follows.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28Pharyngula%29"]Looks like nobody's perfect [/URL]:smith:[/QUOTE] So she's not religious but is against gay marriage? what the fuck, that's like the only reason people are against it

[QUOTE=Triumph Forks;22996877]So she's not religious but is against gay marriage? what the fuck, that's like the only reason people are against it[/QUOTE] Yea, it's kind of confusing. Pharyngula commentators have surmised it's pure pandering to voters, which makes more sense than not being religious yet being against it. The reason she supposedly gave is that she grew up respecting that marriage was between a man and a woman, which is a pretty bs answer.

I agree, that is a pretty ridiculous answer [editline]01:09AM[/editline] i'm not religious but I'm indoctrinated all the same! vote gillard

Great, at least some people aren't afraid to be honest still.

It's about goddamn time

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;22992449] This isn't China people![/QUOTE] Not yet...

[QUOTE=Fosty99;22998977]Not yet...[/QUOTE] i like the part where your avatar is the stormfront logo [img]http://mysorebutt.com/images/wplogo1.gif[/img]

Thank God! I also hope see stops the stupid internet filter.

standing up for what she believes in..... FAIR PLAY!