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\n1:36 Public submissions to the Ruddock panel may be kept secret from the public. There is no good reason for this. We need to know what information may have have influenced the panel and we need to know if such statements were true, false or misleading.
\n6:05 A review of a previous inquiry run by the Australian Human Rights Commission looked at public submissions made to that inquiry and concluded that the Christian lobby was effective and distorted the public submission process.
\n14:39 Unfortunately the Labor Party has stated they are happy with the current range of discrimination exemptions allowed to religious bodies.
\n15:52 Peter Singer says religious groups who can’t abide by general laws that apply to the rest of us should simply cease the particular activity involved.
\n18:05\u00a0 Adrenalin and the Freezer story.
\n22:32 Peter Singer continued …\u00a0For example, if you can only eat meat from an animal which has been killed while conscious then just don’t eat meat. If you can’t provide contraception services then don’t operate a hospital.
\n26:20 We present several cases of unfair discrimination by religious organisations where they escape sanction because of the special exemptions they enjoy.
\n39:12 Donald Trump is a genius. Fire and Fury reveals that he never wanted to win the Presidency. Add “Reckless” to the 4 R’s. The Fist looks at the odds of betting that Trump won’t win a second term in 2020.
\n51:33 Trump has a big nuclear button and we discuss “Command and Control” and several incidents which nearly led to accidental nuclear explosions.
\n1:00:59 Flo Bjelke-Peterson
\n1:06:10 Australia Day is not a day of shame.
\n1:09:20 Because of GST considerations, Aboriginal leaders are finally having to recognise that not all Aboriginals are needy and class distinctions are necessary.
\n1:12:20 The Murdoch press has criticised the Royal Commission for suggesting changes to celibacy and the confessional.
\n1:14:10 The Shoppies Union has done a deal with Domino’s and it doesn’t seem like a good one for the employees.
\n1:17:41 Strike Egypt off the list. Atheism will be criminalised soon.
\n1:18:40 Singapore has stolen our idea about organ donation. Agree to donate or you will be bumped down the list if you need one.
\n1:22:15 Kenan Malik says “Working Class” is never used in relation to non-whites … and it should be.
\nThe links:
\nPublic submissions to Philip Ruddock’s review of religious freedom to be kept secret
\nHere is the link to make a submission to the panel.
\nNicholas Aroney. In case you weren’t already worried is on the record as saying “The right of individuals to formulate and articulate their beliefs, to act upon their
\nconsciences and to associate with fellow believers is fundamental to a free society…\u00a0 If religious freedom is restricted to an individual\u2019s right to believe, with no right
\nto practice one\u2019s belief, then it does not amount to very much at all.”
\nChristian groups had the benefits of effective establishmentarianism and were able to flood the submission process with thei...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}