Cats Back,
what religion people follow only bothers those that that say they hate Abbott because he is a catholic and will impose his catholic views..
you don't think it bothers and has been seen to bother Abbott ?
Mr Abbott said policies such as helping religious schools, banning gay marriage, overturning euthanasia in the Northern Territory and stopping the ACT's heroin trials had contributed.
"Presumably Rudd thinks that this was the dog whistling for the Christian vote. The possibility that the Government actually thought that these measures were right in principle never seems to have occurred to him."
Decisions to allow conscience votes on the abortion pill and stem cell research "could hardly be sneaky ways to make the Government look good in the eyes of Christians", Mr Abbott said.
Acknowledging that the separation of church and state was important, Mr Abbott also said it was necessary "to acknowledge the Christian derivation of our most important political values".
"There is no necessary gulf between Christians and others in politics because Christian social teaching is based on reason not revelation. Still, a religion of love should deepen the humanity with which decision-makers approach difficult choices," Mr Abbott said.
http://cathnews.acu.edu.au/610/164.php
Mr Abbott also said there was a role for religious influence in politics and he labelled those - including Coalition members - who supported stem cell research and the abortion pill RU486 as "generally hostile to religious influence on public life".
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4123872.html
11 JULY 2012Boat people un-Christian? Wrong, Mr Abbott
