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Article #567Re: Catholics to Blame for Political Correctness
From: Geoff Bird
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:16
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:16
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On 24 Apr, Carman <cael77@surfbest.net> wrote:
>
> Please cite the names of these "original activists", the
>names of the organizations you call "politically correct
>pressure groups", and your evidence indicating these
>people attended Catholic schools.
>
For example, there is a bloke called John Marsden, who
I met a few years ago when I sued the NSW Council for
Civil Liberties. I had sought a Supreme Court injunction
to ban the Council for Civil Liberties from promoting
prisoners rights, on the basis that prisoners are in prison
for violating the civil liberties of their fellow citizens.
John Marsden was the president of the Council for Civil
Liberties. According to the "Sydney Morning Herald",
he was also a gay rights activist. Before becoming a
lawyer, Mr. Marsden trained as a Catholic priest, along
with former NSW Premier John Fahey, who became a
partner in Marsden's law firm.
John Fahey liked to portray himself as a good Catholic
and a family man. Despite this, he had this friend and
business partner who was a gay rights activist. How
could such a state of affairs exist unless the Catholic
Church secretly supported gay rights?
Incidentally, my court case was based on another case
in which some rugby players obtained an injunction
against the New Zealand Rugby Football Union banning
their proposed tour of South Africa, which the players
claimed violated the objectives of the NZRFU.
Like the "Mabo" case, my case was decided in
accordance with "judicial activism" and not in
accordance with the established law.
For the answers to your other questions, please read
http://www.students.org.au/catholic
Thank you for not resorting to abusive or obscene
language; as you no doubt know, schoolkids read
these articles.
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