Friday, 18 July 2008

Court Upholds Free Speech at Major Catholic Event


The Federal Court’s decision on Jul.15 -- the day that this year’s World Youth Day (WYD) festivities began -- to strike out a clause making it illegal to "annoy" an attendee of the Catholic Church-organised event is being viewed as a win for civil rights in Australia.

..."It was simply pushed through on a Friday without even any announcement from the police or government that these new laws were in place," he [Cameron Murphy] adds.

...The new regulations only came to light with the 27 June issue of the Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales, a weekly publication of the NSW government listing legislation and regulations. The regulation pertaining to WYD was listed under a "Special Supplements" heading.

International press service

Why does it have to be like this? Why do our worthless politicians have to constantly kow-tow to these equally worthless zealots?

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