XPost: aus.computers   
   From: me@bugger.off.com.au   
      
   On 22/01/2026 7:00 am, Petzl wrote:   
   > On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:17:26 +1100, "Rod Speed"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Sir John Downer. King's Council, stated, when the Australian   
   >>> Constitution was finally adopted and on behalf of future generations,   
   >>> ‘Our Australian Commonwealth from its first stage will be a Christian   
   >>> Commonwealth’.   
   >>   
   > Which disallows multiculturalism   
   >   
   >> And sect 116 says the exact opposite, so he got to go and fuck himself   
   >>   
   > You have never read it, more probable you don't understand what it   
   > meant to colonists in 1899   
   > "The Australian Constitution itself does not contain a preamble"   
   >   
   > It's not now taught in school, but Australia's Constitutional Monarchy   
   > places us under a legally defined God - the Christian God, whose   
   > compound redemptive Name is Lord Jesus Christ. Following the opening   
   > words of our Constitution, "Whereas the people of...", comes the   
   > clause: "...humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God..."   
   > Australia has NEVER had a "Preamble" that is a con by secularists!   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia#Preamble   
   >   
   >   
   > Religion at that time only meant denominations of Christianity   
   > particularly the from the Monarchs denomination at that time.   
      
   I think that the Afghans and Chinese living in Australia at the time   
   might disagree.   
      
   > The reasoning was Church of England and Catholics (majority Irish) did   
   > not want discrimination to influence the vote,   
   > The CoE was used to appoint judges police Naval positions, land grants   
   > and so on   
      
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