God and Government Survey
The Australian Democrats are a left-wing minor party in Australian politics whose clout has been steadily waning in recent years. However they are still not without some small degree of influence. Their latest target is the relationship between church and government, and they are waging a campaign which is aiming (or so it seems to me) to eradicate any form of government funding for church organisations, remove religious education and influence from schools, and discourage people of faith from having any influence on the political process. The above survey is their attempt to canvass community views on the subject, but as you may see the questions make their bias quite evident. And holding a survey on the Democrats’ website is not exactly going to provide a truly representative result is it, since most of the users of that site would be Democrat voters who generally adhere to the same secular-liberal ethos.
So, in the interest of democracy, I’d encourage everyone to head on ever there and answer the survey. Fortunately it’s fairly short and quick – will only take you a minute. And fellow Aussie Christian bloggers may want to help spread the word on their blogs to get more people to do their bit for democracy (I found the survey at Craig’s blog). You can do the survey here…
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