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Subject: Re: New Religious Based Australian Political Party Wants
Mandatory Internet Filtering
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:50:07 +1000
From: Bob Bain <######>
Newsgroups: alt.atheism,aus.censorship,aus.politics

On 29 Sep 2004 21:43:07 -0700, newbjorn@########(newBjorn) wrote
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>Ask the xtian freaks why there is evil in the world and they'll tell
>you its because gawd wants us to have free will.
>Then the fruitcakes do everything in their power to stop you from
>using it.

They even gag their own members...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10902379%255E2702,00.html

"The announcement came as the party gagged its 109 candidates from speaking to the media amid growing sensitivity about its ties with the Assemblies of God and the church's socially conservative views."

"Boothby candidate Paul Munn was threatened with disendorsement after he confirmed party members held creationist views, opposed sex before marriage and viewed homosexuality as unnatural. "

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Freedom of expression isn't on it's agenda....