Si Gladman
@si_gladman
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Executive Director, Rationalist Society of Australia; Editor, Rationale magazine; Host of ‘The Secular Agenda’ podcast.
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Joined June 2017
The Guardian reports that a federal Labor MP will today warn that the rise in faith-based education and home schooling risks Australian children growing up without any meaningful exposure to peers outside their cultural and ethnic groups. https://t.co/fj6YWeytvS
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theguardian.com
Labor MP says some children reach adulthood without mixing with people from different cultures and religions
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That’s just what Australia needs — religious lobbyists with even more privileged access to, and influence over, government policy-making. #auspol
Federal government ministers have expressed interest in establishing a faith affairs advisory body that would give religious clerics privileged access to government ministers and influence in the policy-making process. Read more: https://t.co/b8LDR0JS51
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Promoting ‘social harmony’ in New South Wales apparently includes imposing acts of Christian worship in government institutions, such as local councils and state parliament, forcing non-religious people to have to remove themselves from the room.
When their colleagues at Oberon Council stood for Christian prayers at the opening of Tuesday night's council meeting, non-religious councillors Ian Tucker and Katie Graham headed for the door. Read our report from yesterday: https://t.co/rT7LQiIg5M
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Two elected representatives at Oberon Council in NSW have walked out of a meeting instead of standing with their colleagues to observe Christian prayers, marking a defining moment in their push to remove acts of religious worship from local govt: https://t.co/rT7LQiIg5M
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rationalist.com.au
Two elected representatives at a New South Wales council have walked out of a meeting instead of standing with their colleagues to observe Christian prayers, marking a defining moment in their push...
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If you’re considering marking ‘No religion’ when you complete the Census this year, here are three good reasons for why you should: Authenticity; Fairness; and Integrity. Find out more on our campaign website: https://t.co/Be5GbwoKq6
#Census26 #NotReligious
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The NSW govt will not intervene to prevent discrimination against non-religious elected representatives of local govts, despite concerns that the practice of imposing religious worship is unlawful and undermines social cohesion. More: https://t.co/csUELSdXEb
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rationalist.com.au
The New South Wales government will not intervene to prevent discrimination against non-religious elected representatives of local governments, despite concerns that the practice of imposing religi...
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It’s been 1650 days since the Victorian govt promised to replace the parliament’s imposed daily acts of Christian worship with a “model that is purpose fit for Victoria”. Yet, it has so far failed to deliver on this simple commitment. Follow our campaign: https://t.co/cgmNGruBub
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Queensland-based Christian schools receiving millions of dollars from taxpayers are teaching religious myths, including “God’s great creation” and “Noah’s flood”, as part of science classes, it can be revealed. Read more: https://t.co/jwHc053SWo
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rationalist.com.au
Queensland-based Christian schools receiving millions of dollars from taxpayers are teaching religious myths, including "God’s great creation" and "Noah’s flood", as part of science classes, it can...
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The ABC reports that the national charities regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), has announced it is investigating the fringe Christian group Shincheonji. Read more: https://t.co/cyr22OLRCT
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abc.net.au
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission says it is investigating the charity status of Shincheonji, which featured prominently in the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into cults and...
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An advisory body of religious clerics appointed by the NSW govt will this week decide whether to speak up for the fundamental rights of non-religious people in responding to community concerns about the imposition of prayers in local governments: https://t.co/GdEhUoFRFP
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rationalist.com.au
A controversial advisory body of religious clerics appointed by the New South Wales government will this week decide whether to speak up for the fundamental rights of non-religious people to freedom...
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‘No religion’ is on track to overtake Christianity in the Census this year (even with a biased Census question that presumes everyone is religious). Yet our leaders attend church on the first day of parliament & impose daily acts of Christian worship at the opening of parliament
Parliament’s back today. Before heading to Capital Hill, we paused for the traditional ecumenical service. A chance to reflect on the trust placed in us, and the responsibility that comes with it.
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In part 3 of our ‘The Census Files’ series, revealing documents obtained under FOI laws, @si_gladman writes about the meeting at which executives of the Australian Bureau of Statistics decided to re-use the biased religion question for the 2026 Census. https://t.co/s61t662Rlk
rationalemagazine.com
This is Part 3 in our ‘The Census Files’ series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In early October 2024, the tide was turning against the new religion question as executives prepared for a meeting...
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Anderson also argues that the New Atheism movement has "stumbled so badly". But check out Christianity's performance in recent times (and this is with a biased Census question that inflates the religion result!) If that's not a stumble, I'm not sure what is.
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Are conservative political elites @JohnAndersonAC & Peta Credlin seriously suggesting that we impose religion on new migrants to Australia? Why would govt impose what’s rapidly becoming a minority belief? ‘No religion’ is on track to overtake Christianity at this year’s Census.
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At the Universal Periodic Review, a few UN member nations called on Australia to address discrimination on the grounds of religion & belief, while some also urged the country to remove exemptions to anti-discrimination laws in faith schools. Read more: https://t.co/SFsmeGlTc3
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Executives of the Australian Bureau of Statistics were aware that the biased Census question about religious affiliation “may lead respondents to a particular response” when they opted to re-use it for the 2026 Census, it has been revealed. More: https://t.co/QopBTQzYBM
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rationalist.com.au
Executives of the Australian Bureau of Statistics were aware that the biased Census question about religious affiliation “may lead respondents to a particular response” when they opted to re-use it...
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Religious lobbyists raised a number of concerns about the proposed changes to the Census religion question when they met with the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2024, documents obtained by us show. Read part 2 of our ‘The Census Files’ series: https://t.co/14X6DuBnjh
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Noted pentacostalist Scott Morrison, in Jerusalem, stirs up anti-Muslim prejudice after Bondi massacre. Irresponsible. Religiously intolerant. Every Australian of good faith is trying to stop ancient “holy wars” being incited here. Royal Commission investigation has yet to start.
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We're urging the UN Special Rapporteur on religion & belief to visit Australia to investigate the discriminatory treatment of non-religious people in govt institutions & programs, following Australia’s appearance at the Universal Period Review. https://t.co/SFsmeGlTc3
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rationalist.com.au
The Rationalist Society of Australia is urging the United Nations Special Rapporteur on religion and belief to visit Australia to conduct an investigation of the discriminatory treatment of non-rel...
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In part 2 of our ‘The Census Files’ series, @si_gladman details the govt’s failure to meet deadlines and the events surrounding the Bureau of Statistics' decision to cancel a major test that was critical to evaluating a new religion question. https://t.co/7Jw0POX53a
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rationalemagazine.com
This is Part 2 in our ‘The Census Files’ series. Read Part 1 here. Throughout the winter months of 2024, executives at the Australia Bureau of Statistics – and, on occasion, the head of agency, David...
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