Christian Voices in the Public Square

Posted on April 1, 2012 
Filed under Opinion

“In 2007, a furore erupted when the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney George Pell stated that Catholic MPs might face ‘consequences’ if they supported a bill that would expand stem cell research in 2007. The backlash against him was swift, with the then Emergency Services Minister Nathan Rees saying he considered Cardinal Pell’s statements ‘a clear and arguably contemptuous incursion into deliberations of the elected members of Parliament’. Others accepted his entitlement to his opinion, but said he should keep out of politics.

A similar reaction emerged earlier this year around Melinda Tankard-Reist, a social commentator who opposes the sexualisation of girls and the ‘pornification’ that invades every area of public life. It was charged that her Christian background somehow disqualified her from making statements that might affect others, since any such influence would amount to her ‘imposing’ her beliefs…”

– At Moore College, Andrew Cameron gives notice of a Centre for Christian Living Open Night on Monday April 2nd.