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OFC it isn't :) Lol, WYD was hardly a bad "investment". WYD coverage worth $1b: Iemma - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) You may think the festival is a load of crap, but it brought money into the country, put Sydney into the international spotlight and at the very least...

But why start a new thread? Do you want one specifically do discuss something like same-sex marriage and adoption, or like w/e I just don't see the point...

Christians are disproportionally represented in Parliment, though TBH as they are all elected I don't see a problem with that, they are the votors choice. And at OP's question, personally I think its more or less right, tho definately not perfect. I'd like to see a peaceful balance between...

Lol dude, originally I started out systematically going through all the various pieces of BS within this argument with Bible quotes and everything lol, but then I realised it was probably all in vain, so I stopped. This is because of three main reasons. 1) This isn’t your argument, you simply...

Lol... A bit sneaky ;)

Lol dude I can't even vote yet :( My opinion on these issues (which frankly aren't even "frontline" issues anyway) isn't quite the top priority for governments in this country. Other than that, I imagine the Aboriginal Tent Embassy has already taken that prime piece of real estate in...

Lol, I see what you mean, but the idea (I know it doesn't always work in practise) is that you have lived with the person for long enough to be "sure", and that you make the very serious committment to be with them for the rest of your life, for better or worse. Obviously no-one wants to be...

Lol I knew what you meant by "divorce" rate, I was only having a bit of fun ;) But I do disagree; homosexuals actually are statistically more promoscious and are more likely to engage in "unsafe" sexual practises (w/o a condom etc, resulting in higher probability of STI's spreading etc.). Not...

Yeah, because we all know McDonalds is really good for you as well.

:uhoh: :rolleyes: :uhhuh:

No I don't.

Eurgh, there's a handful everywhere, not so much in Austrlia as far as I am aware. Main perpetrators I think are the United Church in Canada, and the Anglican Church in the States (among other places). Its not just gays, these Churches (among others) are much more lax on the use of...

It was a comparison to demonstrate how even if everyone in this country disagrees with me, its hardly like me vs the world. Your friend may very well be Christian (IDK or even just claim to be). Some Christians seem to think that they are better off selectively rejecting passages of the...

This demonstrates what? That sin is popular nowadays, it always has been so, why are you under the deluded impression that you were the first person throughout human history who behaves and thinks the way you do? Nah, I'm one of 1.1 billion Catholics, and one of 2.1 billion people wordwide...

Wow, thanks so much, really... I just don't know what else to say :) It means a lot to hear such kind words from another Christian.

Wow thanks Graney. EDIT: Good grief, lol is this uni? Its one massive wall of text :(

I (I'm guessing) used the word flippantly :(

I don't pretend to be an expert on legal matters, I even conceded in my previous post that: Among several others; would lead me to assume the word "parents" as it appears throughout the convention is used to descibe the child's biological parents. etc etc. I've searched but I can't seem to...

Very observant of you. But Article 14, point 2: 2. States Parties shall respect the rights and duties of the parents and, when applicable, legal guardians, to provide direction to the child in the exercise of his or her right in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the...

My main critique was that I hadn't actually been able to find the papers, and without reading them myself, I can't really form an opinion.