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Greens - and Humanists

With the federal election just days away, it's important that we take a close look at the real policies of the Greens.

And a close look at the Greens leader, Bob Brown - he has been named 'Humanist of the Year' for 2010.

Of course, humanism is a philosophy that is very opposed to the Biblical Christian worldview!
Humanism says people can do without 'religion' or faith.

The Greens reject religion in policy and focus on humanist ideals. So it isn't surprising to find that the Greens support same sex marriage, sex-ed for children to explain 'the diversity of sexuality' and abortion as a right.

They're not just about the 'environment' - and even with their 'environemnt' policies we need to carefully assess the consequences of say, closing coal-fired power stations!

Here's the email we sent today about the Greens and how they compare with the other parties on vital moral issues...
It includes information about the FamilyVoice survey results which gave the Greens a score of just 23 out of 100.

 

Have you had a good look at the Greens' policies?

 
The Greens claim to want to look after the environment - but everyone wants to look after the environment.
It really depends on WHAT the particular party is proposing and how the policies are balanced.
Even on 'the environment' we need to look closely at their proposals. The Greens, for instance, don't want any new coal-fired power stations built (they also don't want old ones re-furbished) - but other parties realise you can't do that without decimating business and increasing costs for families.
 
However, there is much more that they advocate...
Yes, they advocate the banning of junk food ads in children's TV time - but they also want sex ed for children to teach them about 'the diversity of sexuality'!
On the serious moral issues of abortion, sexuality and euthanasia there are real concerns:
Check out their policies for yourself.. by visiting the 'policy' section of their website...
Here are just a few of them:
Sexuality and gender identity: "legal and social environments free from harassment, abuse, vilification, stigmatisation, discrimination, disadvantage or exploitation on the basis of sexuality or gender identity."
* "the legalisation of marriage between two consenting adults regardless of sexuality or gender identity."
* "access, regardless of sexuality and gender identity, to adoption, fostering, artificial insemination and in vitro fertilisation procedures."
Health (Abortion): "ensure all women have access to legal, free and safe pregnancy termination services, including unbiased counselling."
Prostitution: "end the criminalisation of consensual adult sex work."
Drugs: "increase the availability of harm reduction programs, including needle and syringe exchanges and medically supervised injecting rooms and implement a rigorous scientific trial of prescribed heroin.."
Euthanasia: Support for euthanasia laws at federal and state level.
 
How do the Parties compare on these moral issues?
On the Christian Values Checklist,looking at a range of moral issues, the Greens scored just one tick (for the environment). See Checklist and election webpage here.
 
Family Voice Survey
FamilyVoice Australia surveys all the candidates running for the federal election, asking them TEN questions. Many candidates complete individual responses - however many of those in the major parties rely on the standard response provided by the party.
In the survey, Liberals were slightly ahead with a score of 64 out of 100 with Labor on 58. 
Family First, the CDP and DLP all answered “Yes, definitely” to all ten questions, scoring 100.
However the Greens came way behind with a score of 23.
(Read FAVA's Media Release and read the survey results for all the House of Representatives and Senate candidates)
 
Australia Votes
When the Australian Christian Lobby asked the political parties for their responses on 24 wide-ranging questions, the Greens ONLY ANSWERED SIX of them - we assume that's because the Greens thought Christians wouldn't like their answers on abortion, same-sex 'marriage' and so on!
See the responses to the ACL survey at Australia Votes  

Action

 
The Greens are gaining support in opinion polls and could well hold the balance of power in the Senate!
Please carefully consider how you allocate the preferences on your ballot papers this Saturday!
See our 'How to Make your vote COUNT' paper (on the front page of our website) that explains how you can allocate your preferences.