Archive for February 5th, 2007

church and state: cult directed members to support PM

05Feb07

It’s come out in recent days that the Exclusive Brethren cult, which in the past has claimed to be not just politically neutral but to actually forbid participation in political activities, in fact instructed its Australian members to support the Prime Minister in the 2004 election in a letter. The cult is of course allegedly [...]

HIV/AIDS on trial

05Feb07

There is an interesting trial underway at the moment in the South Australian Supreme Court in which a man who was convicted of endangering the lives of three former girlfriends by having sex with them when he knew he was HIV positive is appealing against his conviction.
What’s interesting about the case is that part of [...]