Clergy Oppose Human Rights Charter!
A delegation of about 20 Australian church leaders met with federal Attorney General Robert McClelland on Wednesday to tell him they oppose a national Charter of Rights.
The delegation included representatives of Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist and Pentecostal churches.
A report in The Australian said they warned “the Rudd government it could curtail religious freedoms and give judges the power to shape laws on issues such as abortion and gay marriage”.
The delegation was led by Catholic Cardinal George Pell.
Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen told the paper he could not attend but “staunchly backed the delegation’s views”.













