Australian Prime Minister an Atheist!

[The Magic Pudding]

Responding to a previous post by... *one second*

Wiki says

 

Gillard was brought up in the Baptist tradition, but is not religious. In a 2010 interview when asked if she believed in God, Gillard stated: "No I don't ... I'm not a religious person ... [I'm] a great respecter of religious beliefs but they're not my beliefs."[2][66]

She is against gay marriage though, a highly atypical position for an atheist to take, which makes me somewhat curious.

To that there. Responding.  

Well Asmodean I will have to live with the outcome of this election for the next three years.
We have an argument of the light and the dark.
The light isn't light enough so we'll probably go with the dark.

[Asmodean]

...At least you can always expect the dark to be dark. Not that that's necessarilly a great comfort.

Still, no politician is perfect, since being a politician, you can not be perfect for everyone and usually not even for a single person in all things.

[The Magic Pudding]

I know my way around HAF, so I rarely put things where they don't belong. Sometimes I do neglect the proper quoting though  

Sorry if the tone of my post was abrupt, it was late and seeing conservatives winning an election puts me in a dispirited mood.

I can't know what Julia Gillard really thinks about gay marriage.
She inherited leadership of a party with a set policy and low popularity.
I don't know if on balance being female was a benefit.
I suspect her atheism was a minus.
Her being childless, and unmarried was a minus for some.
Perhaps her advisors thought she was scary enough, without taking on the gay marriage issue.

This is a link to an article about Penny Wong, a gay cabinet minister in the Gillard government.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/ ... 10r77.html

[The Magic Pudding]

Julia Gillard will remain Prime Minister.  
Neither of the two major parties gained a majority.
Independents have been considering what do for the last 17 days.
Enough independents are supporting Labor to form government.
There has not been a hung parliament at federal level in modern times.
The usual term is three years.  
The government may not last that long, an early election may be called.

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Julia Gillard will remain Prime Minister.  

  I'm a happy chappy... so glad the Cretan Abbot didn't get into power!

[The Magic Pudding]

Hello fellow aussie!   I'm a happy chappy... so glad the Cretan Abbot didn't get into power!

Hello
Great news, we're stuck with fielding for a year though.