My apologises to Jay of Melbourne for dragging him in on the wrong side.No apologies to Jay of Berlin got him tagged right, extreme right!
Come off it Runner, the Christian churches have been treating women as second class citizens for years, as do the majority of religions, including Islam.
What about the Christian belief that the bondage of marriage is for life. If a woman had an A-hole for a husband, a wife basher, an alcoholic, no matter what, the Christian dogma was and still is, she was his property for life no matter what. How many women (and children) have been subjected to a miserable existence because of this Christian belief? When are you going to admit religion is the invention of man for the benefit of men, nothing more that that.

>> What about the Christian belief that the bondage of marriage is for life<<

What absolute rubbish! Ever heard of a divorce? The stigma of divorce dissolved or 50 years ago. There is no Christian dogma demanding what you say. It's fine to have your radical left viewpoint but at least stick to reality before making your crazy accusations.

You don't do your argument any justice when you make up crap to support it.

Good one, CH.

In today's Australian, my friend Gary Johns has a brilliant article about the 'burka' - I think he means the nikab - in defence of women and against backward cultural practices and male domination.

Strongly recommended: liberals have hearts too :)

Joe

Most of the Christian women I know and have known are in happy relationships with loving husbands and they prefer to be there. Marriage as bondage is not the reality of christian women

"....has a brilliant article about the 'burka' - I think he means the nikab ..."

Isn't it amazing, don't you think, how so many commentators writing about this can't get the technicalities correct.

All we read is ".....has a brilliant article about the 'burka' - I think he means the nikab [or niqab]..."

As if there are hordes of women parading around Australian streets wearing either of them - some of them plotting to steal frozen chooks from Parliament by concealing them under their burqas!).

(ohmygosh!, we'd better institute a ban in that case!)

They are so rare in this country - that Bronnie may just have well instituted a ban on people wearing a Rabbitoh's mascot costume to Parliament - the average Aussie has more chance of coming into contact with one of those than a "burqa - I think he means niqab"..

The Burka is seen in some suburbs of Sydney, On entering a shop once in Auburn a Burka clad mother and three children were exiting. I happened to step aside to allow them out and looked the woman in the eye. She went off down the street shouting "Rape" "I've been raped". Where else other than the eyes, do you recognize a fully black garbed woman with mesh over their eyes?