Religious vilification
laws...
Are religious vilification laws good or bad? Do they help or harm the
society?
These articles provide insights into these questions...
Some articles are directly linked - the
other articles are
attached below.
The
trouble with religious hatred law
Steve Edwards,
Policy magazine, Centre for
Independent Studies, Spring 2008.
Religious
vilification: confused policy, unsound principle and unfortunate
law
Rex Tauati Ahdar,University of
Queensland Law Journal, December
2007.
Rex is Professor, Faculty of Law,
University of
Otago in New
Zealand.
This detailed article argues
against religious vilification laws. He uses the Islamic Council of
Victoria v Catch the Fire
Ministries case to highlight that the outcome did not encourage harmony which is
a stated objective of the law – in fact it had the opposite effect.
The
article is only available on Find Articles - 25 short pages – but is well worth
reading.
Do We Really Need
Religious Vilification Laws?
Steve Edwards, Policy
magazine, Centre for Independent Studies, Autumn 2005.
Religious vilification laws are diminishing freedom of
speech.
Religious Vilification laws in Victoria - Background to the law
and cases
By Jenny Stokes, June
2005
Prepared as a background paper for the Christian Legal
Society seminar on the R&RTA, June 2005.
Enforcing
Tolerance
Professor Patrick Parkinson.
An excellent paper arguing against vilification laws. Paper
for Eleventh Annual International Law and Religion Symposium: “Religion in the
Public Sphere: Challenges and Opportunities”,Provo,
Utah, Oct. 3rd-6th
2004.
Attached below.
The Agenda behind religious
vilification laws
Augusto
Zimmermann LLB, LLB (Hons),
PhD.
Attached below.
The Problem with Vilification
Laws
by Bill Muehlenberg .
Ten reasons, written from a secular perspective, as to why
religious vilification laws
are undesirable.
Problems with Religious Support for Vilification
Laws
by Bill
Muehlenberg
Ten common arguments that are
used to justify vilification laws. Bill responds to each of these. The ten
are: 'The example of Jesus'; 'How we preach the
gospel'; 'Christians should not vilify'; 'We must respect other
beliefs'; 'The Sermon on the Mount'; 'Just say
‘sorry’'; 'Persecution is to be expected'; ‘They got what they
deserved’; 'Tolerance is a Christian virtue' and 'Unity and harmony
must come first'.
Forum: Victoria's Racial and
Religious Tolerance Act
The following two papers
were presented at a forum on Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance
Act held on 29 May 2005 at St Johns Uniting
Church, Mount Waverley.
Putting Victoria’s religious
vilification laws into the international context
Elizabeth Kendal
, Principal Researcher, World Evangelical Alliance, Religious Liberty
Commission.
Elizabeth
looks at international agreements and the situation around the world regarding
religious liberty.
Attached below.
An Act in need of Revision
Dr Mark
Durie.
Attached below. Author: Jenny Stokes | Modified: 2 October 2008 |
