The Fundamental List 24/6/2009
We get a glimpse of the ideology behind the ACL, an ideology that has nothing to with the bible and everything to do with a Right-Wing agenda masquerading as religion.
Youth in Crisis – Department of Community Services
They comment on recent reports about youth homelessness and youth mental health problems and the high percentage of the homeless among the young.
What they don’t mention of course is the very high percentage of homeless youth that are GLBTI and the specific policies that are needed to tackle homelessness in this group after all we wouldn’t want to legitimise their ‘lifestyle’ would we?
They say that this all boils down to divorce rates – if everyone got married and stayed married we’d solve these problems thereby individualising collective problems and exculpating the government from having to act. This of course is in line with the Hobsian ‘you’re all on your own’ philosophy that many Fundamentalists espouse.
Also we’re told that even though neither of the presenters is a psychologist that they know the source of mental health problems is a sexualised society and substance abuse, once again we’re told that they’re not psychologists but too many kids are missing out on self esteem that apparently can only be built up by two parents who married to each other. After all it’s not like they need any evidence for these claims we just know don’t we?
It seems incongruous that they should suddenly be blaming the bureaucracy and looking to the state government to do something given that they think it’s all a matter for individual families.
No action.
Changes to Help Sex Slaves
Changes to the law will now mean that the approximately 1000 women who are trafficked as sex slaves to Australia each year will not be sent back to their countries if they don’t want to; an excellent thing. They use this to argue that brothels should not be legal (failing to mention that the vast majority of sex workers are Australians) and talk about the Swedish model.
No action.
Update on the Charter of Rights
The petition they have running against a Charter has garnered 13,500 signatures and they want it to be the biggest petition ever or at least the third biggest (last year a petition is support of equal marriage got 30,000 signatures so they’ve got a way to go yet).
Youth in Crisis – Department of Community Services
They comment on recent reports about youth homelessness and youth mental health problems and the high percentage of the homeless among the young.
What they don’t mention of course is the very high percentage of homeless youth that are GLBTI and the specific policies that are needed to tackle homelessness in this group after all we wouldn’t want to legitimise their ‘lifestyle’ would we?
They say that this all boils down to divorce rates – if everyone got married and stayed married we’d solve these problems thereby individualising collective problems and exculpating the government from having to act. This of course is in line with the Hobsian ‘you’re all on your own’ philosophy that many Fundamentalists espouse.
Also we’re told that even though neither of the presenters is a psychologist that they know the source of mental health problems is a sexualised society and substance abuse, once again we’re told that they’re not psychologists but too many kids are missing out on self esteem that apparently can only be built up by two parents who married to each other. After all it’s not like they need any evidence for these claims we just know don’t we?
It seems incongruous that they should suddenly be blaming the bureaucracy and looking to the state government to do something given that they think it’s all a matter for individual families.
No action.
Changes to Help Sex Slaves
Changes to the law will now mean that the approximately 1000 women who are trafficked as sex slaves to Australia each year will not be sent back to their countries if they don’t want to; an excellent thing. They use this to argue that brothels should not be legal (failing to mention that the vast majority of sex workers are Australians) and talk about the Swedish model.
No action.
Update on the Charter of Rights
The petition they have running against a Charter has garnered 13,500 signatures and they want it to be the biggest petition ever or at least the third biggest (last year a petition is support of equal marriage got 30,000 signatures so they’ve got a way to go yet).