How do you know? Fertility rates are MUCH higher among the Muslim population.
How do you know? Many of them live in enclaves so this is not necessarily the case. A group is a powerful thing. A large enough group can weather cultural currents.
I don't think anyone cares about Christians being offended. Source: most pro gay marriage posts on BoS.
The point is that more votes are won by shunning gay marriage than introducing it.
For those who support it, it is not as much of a game breaker.
Keyword *seem*. It's pretty obvious why they wouldn't support the Liberal Party.
If you don't get it http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/as-the-left-sides-with-muslims-christians-search-for-support-20110123-1a16t.html
Actually that depends on the attitude of the immigrants. The Australian way of life won't magically change *that much* by their mere presence; it is only if they agitate to do so.
In the case of Muslims, here is what the Quran says about "the sword"...
There are several reasons:
1) Better quality of life (medicare, social security, etc)
2) Part of hidden concerted campaign to take over the Western world - whenever you see a Salafist walking in the street (someone with a beard and no moustache, I've seen many in Sydney), this is someone who...
Here, here!
I would like to add that I believe part of the reason people support increased immigration is because they see it as a way of doing away with a country's Christian heritage.
I believe that many are too scared of Muslims to speak out, and political correctness is higher when speaking...
Indeed Mohammed himself did this.
The Taliban were notorious for this. Just read The Kite Runner.
At the very least these sorts of things must be latent.
CONTEXT - Actually it's: "O Daughter of Babylon who are to be destroyed... happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks" - so it's a reference to victory over an enemy, rather than suggesting it's OK to kill children
No. This is a political issue, and in this country everyone participates in political discourse. If we lived in an autocracy it wouldn't be a problem - just don't abort yourself if you don't want to.
However, in this country (where people are given the opportunity to express their beliefs)...