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The following article was in my local suburban newspaper today. At a recent local council meeting where I live in Sydney, councillor Nick Adams proposed the following motion:

In everyday life, we are confronted with difficulties," he said. "I believe in the church and the traditional family values and conservatism that both the church and the Bible espouse. In order to assist us with the important decisions we make, I suggest we pray"

This is the kind nonsense that keeps rearing its ugly head nowadays. The fundamentalist christians feel emboldened to put these things forward, and feel they should impose their personal beliefs into the public sphere. I blame Bush. His success in gaining support of the same kind of people in the USA is giving encouragement for others as far away as a local council in a Sydney suburb.

Fortunately, the council overwhelmingly rejected the motion, calling it divisive and the councillor offensive. The Mayor said that to introduce a council meeting with christian prayers is to slight the buddhist, hindu and muslim communities by identifying the municipal leaders with the christian faith".

I might add that we atheists don't think much of the suggestion either.