HOW can you say Australia is a secular state when it's controlled by redneck fundamentalists? It's secular in no more than name.
Both the Prime Minister AND the Opposition leader are devout Anglicans, and the latter is vocal about his religion, eg. "A Christian perspective on contemporary policy debates... must be argued." Look at Tony Abbott, a Catholic extremist who constantly pushes his dogmatic views into the public agenda, such as his deep desire to deny women freedom over their bodies.
Church attendance is at record highs across the nation, and institutions such as Hillsong have enormous social influence with links to businesses, powerful individuals and Government institutions. This is evidenced by the pushing of teaching creation in our schools.
While we all agree the citizenship test itself is entirely racist and immoral, that question takes it to a whole new level. It's absolutely outrageous that Australia should acknowledge the Judeo-Christian heritage of its values. We live in a multi-religious, multicultural society and such acknowledgements are just part of the reason that individuals of other religions constantly feel marginalised and victimised in our society.
Our head of state, the Queen, is essentially the head of the Anglican Church. That's right, our own head of state is the head of a religious body. How can you say we're secular? That our own head of state runs a large organised religious body is a throwback to the middle ages.
In an increasingly secular world (just look at the benefits Europe is reaping from secularisation) Australia is, as it is on so many other issues, a major embarrasment. You should be ashamed, if you weren't so busy praying to your fairytale gods and preventing society from becoming more open, liberal and tolerant.
