Last Post, December 15

There’s a way to navigate the debate on religious freedom.

A way through the murky mists of the religious freedom debate would be to distinguish between the spiritual elements of religion — the relationship between the individual and a deity — and the outdated practices associated with various religions. Those who protest that their religious freedom is being encroached on really mean that their discriminatory cultural beliefs are being challenged.

Anne Di Lauro, The Gap, Qld

While the debate over religious discrimination develops, could we please remember that family values, and the pursuit of a moral life is not exclusive to those with religion.

Janet Holmes, Hobart, Tas

It appears Scott Morrison is hoping God can help him win the election. But only a miracle can save him.

Con Vaitsas, Ashbury, NSW

Not even Stalin or Mao Zedong could shut down Christianity so the Greens and comrades in the Labor Party should prepare for an eternal fight if they continue trying to impede religious freedoms.

Peter de Lepervanche, Clontarf, Qld

I see the big end of town paid about $45.7 billion in taxes. How much did the union movement pay?

John Field, Coolum Beach, Qld

Feelings, not facts, are what matter to the climate activists. Climate change has become a fashionable cult that is irrational and you can’t reason with emotion.

P. J. Grant, Ipswich, Qld

While the French are rioting about taxes and the cost of living causing their government to back down, you have to love Australians. We go down to the pub, have a beer, have a whinge, vote the government out only to find the replacement is worse. But I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else because, despite our politicians, when you look around the world, we are still the lucky country.

Glenys Clift, Toowoomba, Qld

Theresa May has stared down her critics using a stiff upper lip. She has risen above the howls from those who have been sharpening their knives for months. It’s good to see a female politician who is not intimidated by bullying and who has the courage of her convictions.

Claire Jolliffe, Buderim, Qld

Robin Ironside’s story (“Flight of the Connie from Desert Storm to Longreach”, 14/12) erred on the Olympic flame’s journey to Melbourne in 1956. That flame arrived in Darwin on an Olympic Airways DC-6 from Athens in early November 1956. Three RAAF Canberra bombers based at Darwin then carried the flame to Cairns from where athletes carried it to Melbourne for the first Olympics in the southern hemisphere.

John D. Pratt, Hawker, ACT