ࡱ> jli%` bjbj"x"x < @@h* S S S S S S S S[[[8\ \ Sbzv,\,\B\B\B\]]]yyyyyyy${h@~Nz S]]]]]z S SB\B\Hz2_2_2_]| SB\ SB\y2_]y2_2_uX S SwB\ \  ߿n[^pw(y2z0bz+wp~v^^~Pww~ Sx`]]2_]]]]]zz^^]]]bz]]]] S S S$X S S S$X S S S S S S S S S Dear Sir/Madam, I recently heard a discussion about yourorganisation wanting to create new laws for "religious vilification" making it equal to "racism". I believe this is a grave mistake for several reasons: 1. Religion is an ideology and is not tied up with skin or hair colour, or 'race'. People are not born with religion: it is acquired during childhood, or later in adulthood. Yet you are born with your hair and skin colour, and race.Religion can be changed or altered or given away complete. Religion isa way of thinking. Race is your genetic makeup. 2. All ideologies should be open to criticism, free speech, cartooning, artwork, even vilification. No religiousidea should be sacred. This is the basis of free democratic societies, and we have achieved the high standards and quality of life only by open free speech, and debate and criticism of all ideologies. 3. Care should be taken to separate what is race, innate, and what is religion: acquired ways of thinking. Mixing race and religion is dangerous, because soon people cannot recognise the difference: and that is why the Nazis killed so many followers of Judaism - they thought the ideology was mixed with the race (Semite). Christians and muslims, for example, include adherents from every race on earth. 4. Free speech should beprotected, not the ideologies of religions. To some of your points: >freedom from coercion which would impair religion or belief That can only happen where free speech is allowed, becausefree speechbrings everything out into the open. If you stop free speech about religion, then coercion is more likely to get a foothold, because there is more secrecy. >R5.1 The federal Attorney-General through the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General >should encourage the States and Territories to repeal laws creating the offence of >blasphemy or to abolish the common law offence of blasphemy, as appropriate. I'm not really sure what this means, but if it means to re-introduce blasphemy as a crime, then this is like going back to the dark ages. >R5.3 The proposed Religious Freedom Act should proscribe the advocacy of religious hatred that >constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence as required by ICCPR article 20. The Act >should exempt from the proscription of religious vilification, acts done reasonably and in good faith: "Religious Hatred" is a very vague expression,and whatever we say we will always offend someone, so you will wind up silencing everyone. And "incitement" suggests that people are not responsible for how they behave, which is insulting their intelligence and treating them like children who need protection: not adults with a brain. >in the performance, exhibition or distribution of an artistic work There should never be any ideological limits placed on the freedom of expression in the arts. >in the course of any statement, publication, discussion or debate made or held for any genuine >academic, artistic or scientific purpose or any other genuine purpose in the public interest, or This is getting worse: no free and open debate, not even at universities? You will have to burn a lot of books at the same time. >in making or publishing a fair and accurate report of any event or matter of public interest It cannot be fair and accurate if it is censored. >R5.4 The process and remedies available for contravention of the religious vilification provision >should be civil remedies similar to those provided for in the racial hatred provisions of the Racial >Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). I have addressed the race and religion cross-over dangers above. I will be sending a copy of this letter to the Senate.      PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 2 5 8 ; ? r u   P S j B1 /0fghiklnoqrtu칱hshSmHnHu h_hsjh_hsUh'jh'UhhOJQJhh6OJQJ]hh5OJQJ\hh6]^JhhOJQJhh^J86 8 s u Q S k B2u & F ndd@&[$\$^`gd dd[$\$gdgdh0ghjkmnpqstgd@0gdqgdmL dd[$\$gd:&P 1h:pqBP. 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