I maintain that we all have the right to free speech and to speak our minds, if there is to be legislation to protect anything it should be legislation to protect such freedom; also it should protect the right of anyone who is grossly insulted to respond to the insulter with a bunch of fives or the equivalent.

I note the atheist loves the idea to call Christians 'stupid'. It is pity he does not have a more intelligent response. If that is his level of freedom of speech Christians have nothing to worry about.

George Bernard Shaw: 'Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it".

See Josephus my point is proven.

Steele is correct, this attempt by the religious nutters to score a victory after being KO'ed on the gay marriage issue is pathetic. Such legislation has little to do with free speech, and more to do with the right of a hateful section of society to openly vent their spleen on those they detest.

As for the ad linked in the opening post by GY, its rather innocuous when compared to the rantings and ravings of some religious nutters at times. I don't have a problem with most of what the religious say and do behind closed doors, there are exceptions of course, their merry band of kiddie fiddlers like Archy Pell, and there are a lot of them, can go to "hell", as far as I'm concerned!

Think as I have said constantly, this bill is a minefield.
It almost for sure, will explode in some faces.
Paul may, in the end, be right, but because it is, after all, that minefield no easy task to draw up.
I maintain the view we must be free to hold any opinion.
And too that mostly formal religion is fading from our lives
52 percent of us say [Australian statistics] they are Christian, not in Church this week to come we are not.
And if people did not just tick the faith they are born in to?