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And so it begins: Government by the Religious Right : Comments
By Kate Mannix, published 31/3/2011O'Farrell will be under pressure to give to the religious right because they will be in charge of delivering his social services.
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Just 2 years ago I was working for an Aged Care Provider run by the Baptist Church.
The bulk of the residents and staff in that facility were not Baptists at all, but had only one of two choices in our small town as to which Aged Care facility they could attend.
Most families arrange for their elderly frail relatives to go into the next available bed in town, when the time comes for more care.
Both the residents and the staff were not allowed to have any form of gambling on the site... including Melbourne Cup Day sweeps, Footy Tipping, raffles, or even bingo!
To add to these resident's woes, they were not allowed to drink any alcohol either!
Think very carefully before you wish that religious organisations would take over all health facility management.