Christian Politics - Manipulate and dominate society

SHE is the woman behind an emerging force in Queensland politics, with thousands of Christian followers and a formidable record of bending government policy to her agenda.




From an office in Springwood, Logan City, Carolyn Cormack led a campaign that in less than a month saw the State Government back down on proposed changes to religious education in schools.

With access to more than 3000 churches, from mainstream to charismatic organisations, the Australian Christian Lobby's Queensland chief of staff encouraged parishioners to protest against the changes.

In less than a week, more than 9000 signatures were recorded on a petition and dozens of letters were sent to local members throughout the state.

Weeks later the proposals were shelved.

Mrs Cormack is loath to boast about the group's success, politely thanking Premier Peter Beattie for his "common sense".

But she is determined the Christian voice will be heard at the next state election.

Issues such as gay marriage and same-sex adoption would be fought vigorously by the group and they want to see Bibles near every hospital bed.

For the first time, the ACL is planning to create a score card on the State Government's performance to hand out to Christian voters before the 2007 election.

Premier Peter Beattie was wise to heed the power of the religious lobby, Griffith University politics and public policy lecturer Paul Williams said.

"They are not a flash-in-the-pan type force, and their impact will be more widespread than single-issue groups," Dr Williams said.

He said the influence of the religious lobby could mean the difference in several seats, especially outside Brisbane.

In August, ACL will host its state conference to focus on how to make the most of the influence of the Christian vote at the next election.

And when campaigning starts, the group will seek to organise forums for candidates to meet with Christians ahead of the poll.

It is a move Dr Williams describes as a return to old-fashioned politics with candidates having to engage with lobby group members and explain where they stand on issues.

Mrs Cormack said the group was open minded and would offer no special favours for Family First candidates.

War Cry of the Faithful

What I find disappointing is that the article in the Focus section of the Courier Mail called Impact for Poll is not on the internet version of the newspaper.

On pages 56 and 57 of Saturday's, Courier Mail(May 27/28), Melissa Maugeri writes on this Christian organisation,
Australian Christian Lobby who is the driving force in having Christianity being the dominant force in politics. So much so, that they are going to make Christianity an election issue.

Australian Christian Lobby has announced that they will be handing out a 'report card' on if the state government has been keeping what they determine to be Christian Moral Values. This group IS powereful and has the backing of a large proportion of voters. The fact that they collected over 9,000 signatures opposing paganism/witchcraft in one week(no more) shows how much of a political force they are going to be.

On page 57, Carolyn Cormack who is running the show in the state of Queensland said, "What would the Witchcraft group teach the school? Here's a good spell if the boy next to you steals your lunch.

"I think of six year olds in schools being taught there is no God, that there was a big bang and we were monkey swinging in trees. It would really screw up their little minds."

Well, Cobber here was correct in stating that Christians are bigots. This is not a fringe group but a political force so strong that politicians have started bowing to them instantly.

Next, the Australian Christian Lobby group says that they are going to tackle gays(marriage and adoption etc) and other issues.

Stupid f***ing American style politics here we come!

Stupid f***ing religious hate mongering coming back!

Stupid f***ing ignorant Christian's thinking THEY are the chosen one's. Sounds like Judeo - Christian crap to me!