A public forum featuring: Peter Maher (St Joseph's Church, Newtown) Rachel Evans (Socialist Alliance candidate for Blacktown Council & NoToPope spokesperson) Ansgar Fehnker (Sydney Athiests) norrie mAy-welby (Christian anarchist member of Uniting Church in place of Karl Hand of the Metropolitan Community Church)
Chaired by: Amber Pike (Resistance activist who successfully took the state government to court over anti-protest laws during the Pope's visit)
This forum will discuss a progressive response to issues of sexuality, discrimination, women's rights and contraception in the wake of the spirited, 1500-strong protest during the pope's visit.
How much influence does the Christian right have in Australia? Is the "separation of church and state" an issue in Australia today? And how do we win a future where sexuality is not oppressed and commodified?
