8 August 2004

Intolerance And Its Consequences

'The sight of black shirted youth from Destiny Church marching through central
Auckland on Sat 7th against civil unions and other progressive law reforms is
appalling' says Des Smith of the Civil Union Bill Support Society

'It is disturbing to see these children being used by their bigoted and intolerant parents. How will they grow up in today's world? Will they be the future gay bashers? Should they discover that they themselves have a homosexual orientation will family pressures lead them to consider suicide? I hope not but the risk is there'

'The march is reminiscent of the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany. How ironic it is that they should be using the well known Martin Luther King slogan "Enough is Enough". King stood strongly for justice and equality and opposed intolerance'

'Is the Destiny rally at parliament later this month going to provide a further
opportunity for children to be misused?

If so it will be very evident that Destiny followers do not espouse the same wholesome family values as thousands of other heterosexual or gay and lesbian families throughout NZ'

ENDS

© Scoop Media

Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>