Adelaide's war of religious words reaches a new height

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3. Good

And good that they are not bogged down in debating whether God exists, but in combatting the religious right. I would hope that some religious people would also be interested in doing so.

Australia, historically and in many ways still, a secular country, is ONE parliamentary seat away from having a Christian-Right Prime Minister, the revolting 'Mad Monk' Tony Abbott. With any luck this won't happen, but it shouldn't even be a danger in a place like Australia. So often 'these things never happen here' - until they do; and I speak here from bitter local experience at the other end of the world from Australia.