Qld education minister Grace Grace is at odds with members of her own party over the place of scripture classes in govt schools. They want such classes treated as an elective, removed to before or after school or during lunch times .. but the minister is implacable. This, when the scripture
providers see schools as "mission fields" for harvesting. If you live in Qld and are as outraged as we are, please write to the minister (education@ministerial.qld.gov.au) to express your dismay at her intransigence.
Which federal govt do you think has been Australia's worst? Please send me your vote (president@rationalist.com.au) and I'll publish the results (give reasons):
In the UK, opponents of voluntary (note, voluntary) assisted dying continue to trot out the same old, same old arguments. But the former archbishop of Canterbury calls it an "act of great generosity, kindness and human love". Quite right.
"Where some see a panacea, others detect a hype cycle." Australia is apparently leading the world in using psychedelics to treat mental illnesses but I remain
skeptical.
Research has suggested that people who get vaccinations are
less likely to develop dementia - but such people are likely to be healthier in any case. So it there a link?
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