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Call for Religious Interests Register After LNP Sacking |
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Written by Lionell Pack
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Sunday, 26 February 2012 10:57 |
The Australian Sex Party has condemned the sacking of LNP candidate Cameron Caldwell over his visit to a swingers' club and believes that his dismissal was motivated by religious factions. It has called on all parties to create a register of religious affiliation for the coming election.
Mr Caldwell confirmed that he had attended the sex club with his wife but has downplayed the incident and refused to resign.
“There is a clear conflict of interest in attending a swingers club and representing a party with religious affiliations” said Sex Party Queensland spokesperson, Lionell Pack. “Mr Caldwell’s behaviour in attending a swingers club was like a breath of fresh air in the election environment however it would have been extremely unlikely that he would have declared this interest, while represnting a party seeking the church vote.”
Mr Pack said that Kevin Rudd’s admissions to being in a topless bar in the US had only helped his popularity in the polls and he encouraged other candidates to seek out adult venues. “The LNP have shot themselves in the foot”, he said. “Mr Caldwell’s popularity with voters would have soared in the wake of these revelations had he not been disendorsed. I can’t understand why Kevin Rudd is not reminding Caucus about his night of bare-breasted revelry at the moment”.
The Australian Sex Party believes that politicians should be held to certain standards – of honesty, integrity, and ethical behaviour – but if a candidate can offer his community those things, it should be irrelevant whether he visits adult venues.
Mr Pack said that all candidates contesting the election should declare their faith, the degree of their religiosity and whether they were beholden to any religions through pledges of finance or resources once they were in public office. Ministers in various governments in Australia have handed out financial favours to their special brand of religion, in return for a guarantee of a place in heaven, or any number of virgins in the afterlife”, he said. “Religion will play an incredibly important part in the Queensland election and right now, who knows what the churches are being promised. The public has a right to know about this just as much as they have a right to know about a candidates share portfolio or their allegiances to big Queensland businesses.”
Among other goals, the Australian Sex Party wants to foster an attitude where politicians are allowed to have a sexuality. Their mission statement, available from www.sexparty.org.au, claims that they're hoping to “restore the balance between sexual privacy and sexual publicity that has been severely distorted by morals campaigners and prudish politicians.”
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