195:, I wrote that there were contradictions still existing in the legal system. To identify them all would be too time-consuming and, frankly, boring. But some examples include: mentions of God in the Constitution; religious oaths that public servants and citizens must swear where no atheist alternative exists (and there are still a few); and, technically, Australiaās association with the Queen, who is legally required to be Anglican, and must serve as head of the Church of England ā a direct contradiction of the separation of church and state.
187:. By and large, Australia is secular, or at least more-so than other English-speaking nations. There are several different meanings of secularism, and you seem not to understand this. The separation of church and state is both a secularist concept and principle. Therefore, those countries where church and state are separate could broadly be considered secular. By stating that secularism is not absolute, I am pretty much affirming your statement that
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Secondly, funding of private schools (which I attended personally) does remain a contentious policy, as evidenced in the last election where division occurred over ALP private-school funding arrangements. However, perhaps this edit was un-necessary, given that is more concerned with politics than the
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with regard to conflicting laws. that is just wrong. see the D.O.G.S. case (i linked it in the separation article). the majority was 6 - 1 in favour of non-discrimanatory funding of religious schools. many decissions these days on less contentious issues go 5 -2 or 4- 3. there was only one dissenting
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I respect your right to revert my edits, and will not seek to re-establish them - for the time being. With regards to your comments, I believe you have largely misinterpreted my changes, but perhaps this is more an indictment on me. Firstly, redirect or not, Commonwealth of
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The reason I changed your edit was because I thought it neglected to acknowledge the State
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While attendance at the prayer service is optional, many
Members of Parliament attend them. It is often seen as a paradox that a government firmly based on secular values, is still, in many ways, involved with religion. However, government has not been impaired, and respect for the freedom of, and
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In any case, the article concerned is āAdelaideā and as such, only a general description is required ā what that entails, however, we will have to decide. I believe that a full and detailed description of the South
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funding of religious institutions is not a contentious policy in australia. some unions (i.e. the a.e.u. in the D.O.G.S. case) have opposed it only because they think that they will get more money if all religios institutions don't. but there is a general acceptance of gvt funding of religious
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australia is not a secularist country. france is. australia recognises religion as integral to the country and that is why australia hasnt banned muslim women from wearing a hijab to public buildings. just because there is no state religion doesnt mean you cant build the country on religious
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has consistently allowed funding of religious schools and institutions. The separation between religion and state is generally more lax than in the U.S. even though the constitutional term is near identical and in fact more absolute. Added to this, the
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The freedom of government to work with religion but not interfere may be one reason why Australian politics is far less religiously oriented in nature than in places like the U.S.
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