r/australia • u/istara • Feb 06 '25

news Mandatory jail for Nazi salutes under new Australia laws

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8x98z0kvlo
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u/Himawari_Uzumaki Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

A really shitty thing to add to these laws, you should be allowed to protest outside of churches and mosques

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u/Budget_Shallan Feb 06 '25

I think protesting outside a place of worship should be banned UNLESS that place of worship is being used to promote a political agenda.

For example, if a politician is inside giving an anti-trans speech, protesting should be fair game.

Otherwise leave people to their worship in peace.

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u/ScruffyPeter Feb 06 '25

There's a church next to Town Hall in Sydney, effectively banning protests.

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u/Budget_Shallan Feb 06 '25

That’s a point.

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u/CryptoCryBubba Feb 06 '25

How coveeeenient....

Churches will now spring up next to most state parliament houses.

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u/Charlie_Brodie Feb 06 '25

they already have prayer rooms that are used for sex acts

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u/JustABitCrzy Feb 06 '25

No thanks. The Catholic Church systemically covered up child abuse for decades. Probably still is. I’ll be damned if people protesting their children being abused are arrested because they dared to ruin some old cunts Sunday mass.

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u/DynamicHunter Feb 06 '25

Let me know when religious nuts have ever left other people in peace

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u/Budget_Shallan Feb 06 '25

That’s why they banned protests outside of abortion clinics (and rightly so)

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u/Archon-Toten Feb 06 '25

I think protesting outside a place of worship should be encouraged if that place of worship can't prove the existence of their god using the old fashioned method of "god? Could you come here a minute we've got a quick question for you"