@aftanas wrote:
It will come.
It wasn't too long ago that suicide was a crime. The major political parties seem to be behind the electorate on laws pertaining to social issues. The current debate on same sex marriage is a case in point. The majority of the electorate supports same sex marriage (http://www.australianmarriageequality.org/who-supports-equality/a-majority-of-australians-support-ma...) yet the major parties do not support it. Same sex marriage is contrary to LNP policy and ALP policy is merely to allow a conscience vote.
As far as I am aware neither of the major parties favour assisted suicide. I think we will have to wait for the current crop of politicians to die off (natural causes only) before these odd laws based on so called Christian values are repealed.
http://www.pewforum.org/2013/11/21/religious-groups-views-on-end-of-life-issues/
Careful.... it appears the hem of your PP (prejudiced petticoat) is showing
The Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States, opposes physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Buddhism
According to Damien Keown, emeritus professor of Buddhist ethics at Goldsmiths College, University of London, Buddhists generally oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia. Buddhism teaches that it is morally wrong to destroy human life, including one’s own, he says, even if the intention is to end suffering.
Catholicism
The Roman Catholic Church strongly opposes physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The church teaches that life should not be prematurely shortened because it is a gift from God,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposes physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, believing that taking one’s own life or the life of another violates God’s commandments and his plan for each person.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) opposes physician-assisted suicide and other efforts by medical professionals to speed a patient’s death
Episcopal Church
In 1991, the Episcopal Church passed a resolution against assisted suicide and other forms of active euthanasia, stating that it is “morally wrong and unacceptable to take a human life in order to relieve the suffering caused by incurable illness
Hinduism
While there is no formal Hindu teaching on assisted suicide or euthanasia, there is a general concern in Hinduism that prematurely ending a person’s life could negatively impact their karma, says Deepak Sarma, a professor of South Asian religions and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Islam
Islamic teachings oppose physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. “Muslims believe that life is sacred and comes from God; therefore it is a sin to take life,” says David Stephen Powers, a professor of Near Eastern studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y
Judaism
Under Jewish law, the directive to preserve human life generally outweighs other considerations, including the desire to alleviate pain and suffering.
National Baptist Convention
The National Baptist Convention, the largest historically black Protestant denomination in the United States, does not have a specific teaching on physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia
Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. has examined theological questions related to end-of-life issues, but the denomination has not taken specific positions or provided guidance on assisted suicide or euthanasia.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
In 1992, the Seventh-day Adventist Church issued a statement opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, has issued a number of resolutions on physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia and related topics. The resolutions are not calls to action but rather “expression[s] of opinion or concern,”
United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ supports the right of terminally ill patients to make their own decisions about when to die – including whether to hasten death.
Unitarian Universalist Association
In 1988, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA) passed a resolution advocating “the right to self-determination in dying.”
United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church opposes physician-assisted suicide. The denomination teaches that “dying well” is an integral part of Christian life, says James Thobaben, a professor of bioethics and social ethics at the Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.
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