Peta Credlin: Tick the census religion box for heritage’s sake

If you have been shaped by a religious tradition you should clearly show that in this year’s census, Peta Credlin writes.

Everything is politicised these days, even the census, that every household will be expected to fill-out this Tuesday night.

You thought it was all about telling the Australian Bureau of Statistics where and how you live so that the government could better plan the services of the future, including how many Australian families might want to send their children to religious schools.

Well, think again.

Last week, there was a big campaign on social media to persuade people who don’t regularly go to church to tick “no religion” instead of the faith they were brought up in and identify with.

You see, to the cultural Marxists, dividing people on identity grounds is great, as long as no one identifies with the Judaeo-Christian ethic they’re out to destroy.

The census collects national data on Australians, including their religion.

So if you’re a cultural Christian who might no longer attend church every Sunday they want you to repudiate your religion rather than just question it.

It’s easy to see what a bigger segment of the population claiming “no religion” will be used to argue for: less funding for faith-based schools; dropping the “Our Father” from the opening of the parliamentary day; preventing religious charities from employing people who share their ethos; and maybe even less palliative care services because assisted suicide is the cost-effective option for the elderly.

In the face of sustained activism, the rest of us need to understand that a majority that stays silent soon becomes an increasingly embattled minority.

So if you have been shaped by a religious tradition, please tick that box, so that you don’t find your heritage further stolen away.

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