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		<title>The Christian Right and the 2007 Election</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2007/12/11/the-christian-right-and-the-2007-election/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2007/12/11/the-christian-right-and-the-2007-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bronny</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Family Values]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The remarkable victory of Kevin Rudd’s Labor Party in the 2007 Federal Election brings to an end 11 years of conservative rule under John Howard. Much of the Howard government’s rhetoric revolved around claims of growth and national prosperity. But for many Australians there was a sense of unease during the Howard years with its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ewan McDonald</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2007/07/12/ewan-mcdonald/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2007/07/12/ewan-mcdonald/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might like to know some more about the people who support Bill Muehlenberg on his CultureWatch site, and even occasionally perform the difficult feat of outflanking him on the right.
I won&#8217;t bother for the moment with Jonathan Sarfati and Tas Walker, both of whom are senior staffers at Creation Ministries International (CMI), Australia&#8217;s leading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Christian Values Checklist &#8211; 2007 NSW State Election</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2007/03/09/australian-christian-values-checklist-2007-nsw-state-election/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2007/03/09/australian-christian-values-checklist-2007-nsw-state-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Values]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stem Cell Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An &#8216;Australian Christian Values Checklist&#8216; has been published by a number of Religious Right groups in order to assist prospective voters at the NSW state election to be held on 24 March 2007.
The introduction to this checklist claims that:
In the 2001 census, 68% [of] Australians identified themselves as Christians. This summary of the positions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salt Shakers and same-sex registrations</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2007/02/21/salt-shakers-and-same-sex-registrations/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2007/02/21/salt-shakers-and-same-sex-registrations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Melbourne City Council is considering the introduction of a same-sex &#8216;Relationships Declaration Register&#8216;, a move that has shocked and appalled the egregious Salt Shakers &#8216;Christian ethics&#8217; group. Leaders Peter and Jenny Stokes turned up at a recent council meeting at which this idea was discussed. No other Salt Shaker bothered to do so, thus setting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right to Life in action</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2007/02/03/right-to-life-in-action/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2007/02/03/right-to-life-in-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Right]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Margaret Tighe&#8217;s Right to Life Australia (RTLA) is still practising &#8216;punishment politics&#8217;. Aspiring politicians can have conservative views on just about every topic under the sun, but if they&#8217;re a shade wobbly on &#8216;life&#8217; issues, there&#8217;s a good chance that RTLA will mount a campaign against them.
Here&#8217;s an example of their work, taken from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s afraid of the Exclusive Brethren</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2006/09/26/whos-afraid-of-the-exclusive-brethren/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2006/09/26/whos-afraid-of-the-exclusive-brethren/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Right groups throughout Australia are usually very vocal about anything concerning the overlap between religion and politics. Abortion, therapeutic cloning, IVF, homosexual rights, censorship, euthanasia &#8211; you name it, they&#8217;re all over it.
So why are they all so quiet about recent revelations &#8211;   Separate Lives, ABC Four Corners, 25 Sep 2006 &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition Against Decriminalisation of Abortion (CADOA)</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2006/09/26/coalition-against-decriminalisation-of-abortion-cadoa/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2006/09/26/coalition-against-decriminalisation-of-abortion-cadoa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A group of conservative Christian bodies has just formed an umbrella organisation aimed at defeating the proposed decriminalisation of abortion in Victoria. Abortion law reform will probably become a public issue no matter who wins the November 25 state election.
The new body is called CADOA &#8211; the Coalition Against Decriminalisation of Abortion &#8211; and is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Good Report&#8217; and theocracy</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2006/09/05/good-report-and-theocracy/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2006/09/05/good-report-and-theocracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Report, an evangelical periodical edited by Christian Democratic Party personality Janne Peterson, is the latest magazine to nail its theocratic colours to the mast. For a start, legitimate Members of Parliament must be conservative Christians:
&#8230; [T]he Bible makes it clear that Government ministers are supposed to be God&#8217;s ministers and not Satan&#8217;s ministers, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salt Shakers on a traitor hunt</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2006/09/05/salt-shakers-on-a-traitor-hunt/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2006/09/05/salt-shakers-on-a-traitor-hunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pentecostalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Lots of cracks are now appearing in the reputedly monolithic Christian right facade. Already squabbling with the Australian Christian Lobby over gay and lesbian issues, Peter and Jenny Stokes&#8217; &#8216;Salt Shakers&#8217; group is now having a go at backsliding mega-churches, Baptists and sympathetic National Party Senator Barnaby Joyce.

Pentecostals seem to be the first target:
Sadly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WA Nationals OK gay and lesbian unions</title>
		<link>http://unbelief.org/2006/08/16/wa-nationals-ok-gay-and-lesbian-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://unbelief.org/2006/08/16/wa-nationals-ok-gay-and-lesbian-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I see that the WA National Party state conference recently   voted to support legally recognised unions of same-sex couples.  The party will be taking this policy to the next state election.
Young Nationals WA president Darren Moir said that the party was not made up of radicals: &#8216;It was the right thing to [...]]]></description>
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