{"id":5162,"date":"2012-06-21T14:23:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T04:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2012-07-16T20:57:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T10:57:12","slug":"greens-applaud-chaplaincy-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/06\/21\/greens-applaud-chaplaincy-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens Applaud Chaplaincy Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 21, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Greens have congratulated Toowoomba father Ron Williams for “successfully ending” the $222 million National School Chaplaincy Program with his High Court challenge.<\/p>\n

“Mr Williams courageously took on the chaplaincy lobby and won,” Greens MP Dr John Kaye<\/strong> said. <\/p>\n

“This is a great victory for secular public education. The offensive misuse of public money to push religion onto innocent public school children has come to an end.<\/p>\n

“By offering an additional pair of helping hands to over-stretched public schools, the National School Chaplaincy Program was a Trojan horse for groups like the Scripture Union.<\/p>\n

“Mr Williams has acted for every parent who wants to send their son or daughter to a public school without fear that they will be subjected to religious indoctrination.<\/p>\n

“The use of enthusiastic amateurs to address the welfare needs of troubled students has been dangerous and misleading. Public funding of chaplains has been offensive.:<\/p>\n

Dr Kaye, a NSW MP, called for funding to be redirected to a new program to employ qualified child welfare workers to address the real needs of students.<\/p>\n

“The money could be spent on offering a helping hand to students who are struggling with emotional or family issues, without fear of secular children being recruited into a religion,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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