Jesus! Our PM's an atheist

Local News, By Matt Akersten, 29th June, 2010

Australia’s new Prime Minister has revealed she does not believe in God, and will not try to court the Christian vote by pretending to have faith.

“I am not going to pretend a faith I don’t feel,” Julia Gillard confirmed in media interviews this morning, reports ABC News.

“For people of faith, I think the greatest compliment I could pay to them is to respect their genuinely held beliefs and not to engage in some pretence about mine,” she added, noting that she grew up in a Christian family, but “I’ve made decisions in my adult life about my own views.”

Gillard did not place her hand on the Bible as she was sworn in as Prime Minister last week. Instead, she chose to take an affirmation.

A Nielsen Poll last year found three-quarters of Australians do not care whether political leaders believe in God or not.

Gays = Sinners?

Meanwhile, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally let slip an anti-gay gaffe in Parliament yesterday as debate about same-sex couples’ adoption rights began.

“Jesus sat with the sinners and the saints,” she told the House, but later backtracked, lending her ‘in principle’ support to the movement towards adoption equality.

“When I see gay and lesbian people giving that unselfish love to a child, that’s something that I – not just as a Christian and a Catholic but as the leader of this state – want to support,” she explained later, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Your Thoughts

Tatsuya

said on the 30th Jun, 2010

http://www.samesame.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=17848

PattyCakes

said on the 30th Jun, 2010

Hate to tell you, but we are sinners, unless you try to spin off some ridiculous interpretation of the Bible. Sinner is a term that shouldn't offend anyone who isn't a Christian, seeing as outside a Christian context it doesn't really carry any meaning.

rudeboy86

said on the 1st Jul, 2010

Hate to tell you, but we are sinners, unless you try to spin off some ridiculous interpretation of the Bible. Sinner is a term that shouldn't offend anyone who isn't a Christian, seeing as outside a Christian context it doesn't really carry any meaning. This is true...kinda why I don't get this push for acceptance by religious insitutions...their bibles are not going to be re-written, they don't truly like us so don't fucking bother with them in the first place.

badamj2000

said on the 1st Jul, 2010

All prime ministers except for Gillard have married at least once. Bruce, Scullin, Chifley, McEwen and Gillard were childless, while Lyons had twelve children (one died in infancy). Six prime ministers have been Anglican (Barton, Bruce, Holt, McMahon, Howard and Rudd), six were Presbyterian (Fisher, Reid, Menzies, Fadden, McEwen and Fraser), five were Catholic (Scullin, Lyons, Forde, Chifley and Keating), five professed no religion (Curtin, Gorton, Whitlam, Hawke and Gillard), two were Methodists (Cook, Page), one was a Baptist (Hughes), one was a Unitarian (Watson) and one was a Spiritualist (Deakin). John Curtin is the only prime minister to serve time in gaol COCK

Light-Bearer

said on the 1st Jul, 2010

He stores the information in his man breasts. He has 250 Titty bites of information stored. Bless

badamj2000

said on the 1st Jul, 2010

You are SO knowledgeable on some things. ;) I think that Howard grew up a Methodist, but as there is only Uniting Church ( no Methodist Church) now - it is a 'grey area' now - I think he is 'press-button' not formally an Anglican? . He cant bowl!!! I Am ALL KNOWING. I AM Wikipedia!!!

badamj2000

said on the 1st Jul, 2010

Oh Shucks!! I also like to cut myself

badamj2000

said on the 1st Jul, 2010

He stores the information in his man breasts. He has 250 Titty bites of information stored. Bless How many 'tits' are in a 'tyte'?

badamj2000

said on the 1st Jul, 2010

Eeeoooo. You must be plain-locco then

Caiphen Martini

said on the 13th Jul, 2010

Since she's an atheist she's probably on our side. I've never met an atheist whose not, including me.

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