Hi Shockaholic,

The push to recognise Indigenous customary law died some time ago (I fervently hope) after that 54-yr-old bloke captured that young girl, tied her up for weeks and rooted her every which way to his heart's content, on the grounds that she was promised to him, and was given a three-month sentence. Recently, a bloke was given the court's permission to get speared in the leg, etc. etc., if he wished, AS WELL AS cop the standard sentence for (?) manslaughter. AS WELL AS: sounds fair enough, if you loved your culture.

So, no, the vast majority of Indigenous people would, I assert without much evidence, prefer to live with the standard legal system, and put 'customary law' in the archives where it belongs.

Everybody in Australia has, and should have, the freedom to believe what they like, BUT not to apply any backward practices that conflict with the general rights of all Australians (including those believers), simply because those practices are condoned by their texts. Australian law and systems of rights prevail over religious practice. Believers in backward practices are not permitted to practise them in Australia, regardless of what it demands in their books. Fair enough.

Cheers,

Joe

Our State is a secular State. As such it can protect the
freedom of all religions for worship. Religion instructs its
adherents on faith, morals and conscience. But there is not
in this country a separate stream of law derived from
religious sources that competes with or supplants Australian
law in governing our civil society. The source of our law is
the democratically elected legislature. There is one law we
are all expected to abide by. It is the law enacted by the
Parliament under the Australian Constitution.

It is interesting to see the most evangelistic atheist here purporting to know what religion is about. That it has no place in an enlightened society. He seems to approve of the "Boys Scouts" began by a Christian religion, he forgot. The Arts, medicine and welfare all originated in religion.

The society where religion is totally banned is North Korea, his perfect example of an enlightened society. NOT!

Foxy,

"We buy our meat not from supermarkets but from our
butcher"

Does your butcher kill and butcher his own meat, or does he buy carcases from the local Halal certified abattoir?

Josephus, if you want to hop backwards, holding onto your left leg while reciting some incantation, or burn some fowl smelling incense all in the name of religion, I don't have a problem, feel free. But if you want to chop my head off, or burn me at the stake, all in the name of religion then I do have a problem.
Look at history my friend, then make judgement as to the worthiness of religions Islam and Christianity both included.

Dear Is Mise,

I've never thought to ask.

It's beautiful quality though and absolutely
delicious - It may even be Kosher.