Human Rights - you keep saying these words. I don't think they mean what you think they mean.

A quick boot into the soft nuts of Australia's proposed religious exemptions to the draft Human Rights Bill.
Okay, far better minds than mine have written about this extensively lately. Far funnier minds too come to that. A quick linkstorm;

http://thatsmyphilosophy.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/time-to-put-your-manhood-where-your-mouth-is-mr-wallace/

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/if-religion-can-discriminate-it-doesnt-deserve-our-dollars/

http://www.smh.com.au/national/letters/danger-in-placing-some-above-law-20130116-2ctyr.html

http://thevine.com.au/life/thoughts/challenging-the-religious-licence-to-discriminate/

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/sanitarium-ads-raise-question-marks-20130117-2cwb3.html

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/shutting-out-the-sinners-feeds-bigotry-20130117-2cw0w.html

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/review-missed-opportunity-to-separate-church-and-state-20130117-2cuoc.html

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/religious-groups-free-to-discriminate-against-pregnant-women-20130116-2ctsz.html

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/if-we-believe-all-people-are-equal-we-must-live-this-20130116-2ctdy.html

http://www.thestirrer.com.au/gillard-gays-god-with-a-side-of-wallace/

http://theconversation.edu.au/love-thy-neighbour-religious-groups-should-not-be-exempt-from-discrimination-laws-11634

One of my favourites: http://justanoldfashionedlesbian.com/2013/01/16/letter-to-the-prime-minister-of-australia/

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4467310.html

The Age poll on the issue: http://www.theage.com.au/polls/free-to-discriminate-20130115-2crdp.html

The hilarious Bruce Llama: http://www.brucellama.com/?p=3265

And a GetUp! petition if you are so inclined: http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/anti-discrimination/act-for-anti-discrimination/take-action-for-human-rights

Now that all of that is out of the way, let me make my own personal point as clear as I can:

The Australian constitution actually clearly states that the government does not endorse one religion or another. Our PM is an atheist. Yet, for some reason of mind-buggering stupidity, we are trying to protect in law the following;

THE RIGHT OF A MINORITY OF BELIEVERS TO ENFORCE PERSONAL HATRED AND BIGOTRY THROUGH PREJUDICIAL HIRING EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ALTOGETHER TOO HAPPY TO USE THE TAX MONEY OF UNWED MOTHERS, QUEER MEN AND WOMEN AND SUNDRY OTHER 'SINNERS' AS. A. FUCKING. RIGHT.
ALL BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT AN INVISIBLE NON-EXISTENT BEING SHARES THE SAME FOOLISH BIGOTRIES AS THEIR OWN PITIFULLY SMALL MINDS.

Right. In that case - off you fuck. Especially you Mr Jim 'The ACL is really only like 8 people' Wallace, you ugly piece of ugliness wrapped in ugly.