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Lessons from the Anglican split
Lessons from the Anglican split
Last week a gathering of Anglicans from the Pacific Region began their Conference in Canberra by announcing the creation of a new Anglican Diocese of the Southern Cross with former Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies as bishop.
This diocese is not part of the Anglican Church in Australia but is linked to the majority of the world’s Anglicans through the Primates Council of the GAFCON…
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December 7, Brisbane - Kill The Bill! Brisbane Protest Religious Freedoms Bill FINALE
KILL THE BILL! https://equalityaustralia.org.au/resources/religious-discrimination-bill-work-place-fact-sheet/
We had just three hundred at our last protest, and we can do better. I expect every LGBTQIA+ person and ally who is physically and mentally able to attend, to attend. If not, you are staying silent on an issue that will detriment our community. There are no excuses. We NEED you, and you need us.
The Religious Freedoms Bill 2019 has already caused harm to LGBTQIA+ Australians through public discourse, inspiring ignorance from the likes of Sydney Anglican Diocese and PM Scott Morrison to go on anti-LGBTQIA+ tirades. Those who are religious are being tarred with the same brush as hateful zealots like Israel Folau, Lyle Shelton and Archbishop Glenn Davies.
LGBTQIA+ people are human beings who deserve to live peacefully and with equal status. This bill does not afford us these rights, in fact, it erodes the tireless work of everyone before us.
Kill The Bill. The introduction of the Religious Freedoms Bill could see conversion ideology justified and remain legal on religious grounds, see people in hospitals refused service by religious practitioners, children and families turned away from schools and religious LGBTQIA+ people driven from places of worship in favour of hate. We oppose this.
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Why protest the Bill?
An excerpt from Equality Australia's submission to the Bill;
"It is essential when talking of freedom of religion that we are clear about what it is and what is not. It is not, and has never been, a licence to discriminate against others.
The freedom of religion is a fundamental human right.
It includes the right to hold a religious view, as well as the right not to profess any religion or belief. It includes protections against being compelled to reveal your thoughts or adherence to a religion or belief. The freedom of religion includes the right to manifest religion or belief individually or in community with others and in public or private.
However, the right to manifest a religion or belief may be limited if prescribed by law and if those limitations are necessary to protect public safety, order, health or morals, or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others."
The current laws in Australia at Federal and State level allow religious schools, hospitals and aged-care facilities to fire staff , refuse enrolment, deny treatment and expel students on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status.
A YouGov Galaxy Poll in October 2018 found that around 80% of people oppose the right of religious schools to expel LGBTI students or sack LGBTI teachers. This is an even larger majority than the 61.6% of Australians who voted YES to marriage equality in the 2017 postal plebiscite.
There is no right to discriminate!
Remove religious exemptions!
No to homophobia and transphobia!
#brisbane#australia#antifa#antifascism#antifascist action#antihomophobe aktion#homophobia#lgbtqia+#lgbt+#lgbtq+
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Time, April 29/May 6
Cover: The 100 Most Influential People -- Dwayne Johnson
Cover: Taylor Swift
Cover: Gayle King
Cover: Sandra Oh
Cover: Nancy Pelosi
Page 9: Contents
Page 10: Contents
Page 14: From the Editor
Page 18: Behind the Scenes
Page 20: The 100 most influential people in the world
Page 22: Points of Origin -- Where this year’s Time 100 were born
Page 25: Pioneers -- Sandra Oh
Page 26: Sandra Oh by Shonda Rhimes, Barbara Rae-Venter by Paul Holes
Page 27: Fred Swaniker by Mo Ibrahim
Page 28: Ninja by Juju Smith-Schuster, Chrissy Teigen by Eric Ripert
Page 29: Lynn Nottage by Martha Plimpton
Page 30: Naomi Osaka by Chris Evert
Page 32: Aileen Lee by Kirsten Green, Tara Westover by Bill Gates
Page 36: Massimo Bottura by JR
Page 38: Jay O’Neal and Emily Comer by Dolores Huerta, He Jiankui by Jennifer Doudna
Page 40: Marlon James by Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy by Priyanka Chopra
Page 41: Shep Doeleman by Lisa Randall
Page 45: Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin by Ayanna Pressley
Page 46: Hasan Minhaj by Trevor Noah
Page 47: Adam Bowen and James Monsees by Tom Miller, Samin Nosrat by Alice Waters
Page 48: Indya Moore by Janet Mock
Page 50: Motivating factors -- which books, movies, shows, songs and places they turn to for inspiration
Page 53: Artists -- Dwayne Johnson
Page 54: Dwayne Johnson by Gal Gadot, Ariana Grande by Troye Sivan
Page 55: Rami Malek by Robert Downey Jr.
Page 56: Regina King by Viola Davis
Page 57: Richard Madden by Kenneth Branagh
Page 58: Brie Larson by Tessa Thompson, Luchita Hurtado by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Page 59: Emilia Clarke by Emma Thompson
Page 60: BTS by Halsey
Page 65: Mahershala Ali by Octavia Spencer, Chip and Joanna Gaines by Tim Tebow
Page 66: Glenn Close by Robert Redford, Clare Waight Keller by Julianne Moore
Page 68: Ozuna by Daddy Yankee
Page 69: Yalitza Aparicio by Alfonso Cuaron, dream hampton by Tarana Burke
Page 71: Khalid by Alicia Keys
Page 72: Motivating factors
Page 75: Leaders -- Nancy Pelosi
Page 76: Nancy Pelosi by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mahathir Mohamad by Clare Rewcastle Brown
Page 77: Donald Trump by Chris Christie
Page 78: Ren Zhengfei by Charlie Campbell
Page 79: Jane Goodall by Leonardo DiCaprio, Matteo Salvini by Steve Bannon
Page 80: Leana Wen by Cynthia Nixon, Xi Jinping by Jon Huntsman
Page 81: Robert Mueller by Sally Yates
Page 82: Abiy Ahmed by Feyisa Lilesa, Cyril Ramaphosa by Vivienne Walt
Page 83: Jacinda Ardern by Sadiq Khan
Page 84: Zhang Yiming by Kai-Fu Lee, Benjamin Netanyahu by David French
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Page 87: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador by Jorge Ramos, Mitch McConnell by John Boehner
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Page 90: Pope Francis by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, Hoesung Lee by Ban Ki-Moon
Page 91: Brett Kavanaugh by Mitch McConnell
Page 92: Jair Bolsonaro by Ian Bremmer, Greta Thunberg by Emma Gonzalez
Page 93: Zhang Kejian by Scott Kelly
Page 94: William Barr by Rod Rosenstein, Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayed by Ryan Bohl
Page 95: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Elizabeth Warren
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Page 105: Titans -- Mohamed Salah
Page 106: Mohamed Salah by John Oliver, Jeanne Gang by Anna Deavere Smith
Page 107: Pat McGrath by Beverly Johnson
Page 108: Gayle King by Ava DuVernay
Page 109: Ryan Murphy by Jessica Lange
Page 110: Jennifer Hyman by Diane Von Furstenberg, Mark Zuckerberg by Sean Parker
Page 111: Jerome Powell by Janet Yellen
Page 112: LeBron James by Warren Buffett
Page 114: Vera Jourova by Margrethe Vestager, Alex Morgan by Mia Hamm
Page 115: Mukesh Ambani by Anand Mahindra
Page 116: Tiger Woods by Justin Timberlake, Marillyn Hewson by Penny Pritzker
Page 117: Bob Iger by Michael R. Bloomberg
Page 118: Motivating factors
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Page 124: Spike Lee by Jordan Peele, Grainne Griffin and Ailbhe Smyth and Orla O’Connor by Ruth Negga
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Page 131: Maria Ressa by Madeleine Albright
Page 132: Lady Gaga by Celine Dion
Page 134: Radhya Almutawakel by Bernie Sanders
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Australia’s former envoy to US Joe Hockey, nine others join Friends of Artsakh Network
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Australia’s former envoy to US Joe Hockey, nine others join Friends of Artsakh Network
Australia’s former Federal Treasurer and former Ambassador to the United States of America, Joe Hockey and nine high-profile compatriots have joined the distinguished membership of the Australian Friends of Artsakh, helping mark the one-year anniversary of the network supporting the rights to self-determination of the Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh.
The Australian Friends of Artsakh was launched on 1st August 2019 by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) with an announcement dubbed #MOVINGMOUNTAINS during the visit by a delegation from the Republic of Artsakh, led by Foreign Minister Masis Mayilian and Davit Ishkhanyan MP.
The network now totals 57 signatories thanks to the additions of Hockey – who is of Armenian heritage, New South Wales state parliamentarians Natalie Ward MLC and Tanya Davies MP, Willoughby Councillor Wendy Norton, Northern Beaches Councillors Vincent De Luca and David Walton, and Fairfield City Councillors Paul Azzo and Adrian Wong.
Dr. Deborah Mayersen, who is a Lecturer in International and Political Studies at the UNSW Canberra – Australian Defence Force Academy, has joined the growing list of academics in the network.
Jon Dee, who is a media personality as host of Money Talks on Sky News Business, has also joined the Australian Friends of Artsakh, being intimately familiar with the trials and tribulations of Armenians having founded and produced Rock Aid Armenia – a charity concert featuring some of the world’s top rock stars including Ian Gillan of Deep Purple and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath – following the 1988 earthquake.
“These friends of the Armenian-Australian community are welcome additions to the Australian Friends of Artsakh,” said ANC-AU Executive Director Haig Kayserian.
“Azerbaijan’s petro-dictatorship, which has continued to attack both Artsakh’s and Armenia’s borders in recent weeks denying the indigenous Armenians of Artsakh their basic human right to self-determination and independence on their ancestral lands, have remained unable to bully our leaders from joining in solidarity with this issue,” added Kayserian.
Among the initial signatories pledging support for the rights to self-determination of the Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh were Federal Ministers and Parliamentarians, a State Premier and fellow state parliamentarians, a Mayor and local councillors, academics, thought leaders, as well as heads of several religious and community institutions.
The signatories of the Australian Friends of Artsakh feature a strong Federal parliamentary contingent, including Australia’s Communications Minister the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP, Assistant Treasurer the Hon. Michael Sukkar MP, Shadow Home Affairs Minister the Hon. Senator Kristina Keneally and Shadow Agriculture & Resources Minister the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP.
Fitzgibbon is the co-convenor of the Armenia-Australia Inter-Parliamentary Union along with the Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Health, Aged Care & Sport Trent Zimmerman MP, who also joined the Australian Friends of Artsakh, along with fellow Chairs of Federal parliamentary committees including John Alexander MP, Senator Eric Abetz, Julian Leeser MP, Jason Falinski MP and Tim Wilson MP, who is the only current Member of Australia’s Federal Parliament with Armenian heritage. Newly elected Federal Parliamentarian Josh Burns MP is also a Friend of Artsakh, as is former Leader of The Australian Greens, Senator Richard Di Natale.
Natalie Ward and Tanya Davies join the Hon. Gladys Berejiklian MP – the Premier of Australia’s largest state of New South Wales – on the list of State parliamentarians among the Australian Friends of Artsakh, which also includes Minister for Customer Service the Hon. Victor Dominello MP, President of the Legislative Council the Hon. John Ajaka MLC, Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly the Hon. Jonathan O’Dea MP and his fellow convenor of the NSW Armenia-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Shadow Treasurer the Hon. Walt Secord MLC.
Dr. Hugh McDermott MP and Rev. Fred Nile MLC are also among the NSW parliamentarians in the group, along with their former colleagues, including Marie Ficarra and Amanda Fazio.
Wendy Norton, Vincent De Luca, David Walton, Paul Azzo and Adrian Wong join fellow Local Government representatives who were among the inaugural signatories to the Australian Friends of Artsakh, including Mayor Jerome Laxale, Councillors Sarkis Yedelian, Jordan Lane and Trenton Brown – from the City of Ryde, and Councillors Hugh Eriksson, Brendan Zhu, Angelo Rozos, Stuart Coppock and Lynne Saville – from the City of Willoughby.
Deborah Mayersen and Jon Dee join a number of academics, civil society and thought leaders also signed on to support Artsakh, including Professor Peter Stanley, Dr. Sev Ozdowski, Dr. Panayiotis Diamadis, Dr. Brian Owler and Chris Crewther.
A series of leaders of communities and churches, including Glenn Davies – the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney – are also part of the Australian Friends of Artsakh as signatories.
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Australia’s government wants to allow religious people to discriminate
THE LORD works in mysterious ways. For Christian leaders of a conservative bent, recent decades in Australia have seen what the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, calls a “militant secularism” deal repeated blows to the devout. The most notable is the legalisation two years ago of same-sex marriage, after a postal survey showed Australians to be overwhelmingly in favour. The passage of a bill on October 2nd making it easier to get an abortion in New South Wales is another. A cause célèbre for religious conservatives is Israel Folau, a rugby star and staunch Christian who was sacked from his club for saying that God’s plan for homosexuals was “hell”. Mr Folau’s case against unfair dismissal is making its way through the courts. But his treatment, the archbishop says, “smacks of a new and ugly Australia” in which believers are unable to express their faith.
There are more general instances of discrimination, Christian leaders say. In the name of tolerance, diversity and inclusion, many companies expect their employees to leave their faith at home. But, says Michael Stead, Anglican bishop of South Sydney, faith is integral to a Christian’s identity: “It’s not just something you can switch off.”
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Yet just when all around is darkness comes a ray of light. The right-wing government of Scott Morrison, the prime minister, has thrown its weight behind a package of bills designed to provide enforceable anti-discrimination protections for people with religious beliefs. The legislation is expected to come to parliament before the end of the year.
Many of the provisions work in just the same way as laws against discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability and so on. But as well as serving as a shield, the proposed legislation also acts, as Luke Beck of Monash University puts it, as a “sword”. People could take actions on the basis of their beliefs that would clearly fall foul of other anti-discrimination legislation, without consequences. An upper-caste Hindu doctor, Mr Beck suggests, could turn away a lower-caste patient he considered untouchable. A devout pharmacist could refuse to provide contraception to an unmarried teenager. And although it would still be illegal to deny women promotions, say, on the basis of their sex, the sort of evidence used to prove such abuses—sexist statements by a boss, for example—would be protected by the proposed legislation if they had a religious underpinning.
Cases like Mr Folau’s are tackled in the bills, too. Large firms (ie, with a turnover of A$50m ($34m) or more) may restrict employees from making statements of belief only if that is to avoid “unjustifiable financial hardship” to the firm. In other words, firms could not sack an employee like Mr Folau for denouncing the conduct of their colleagues if he did so based on religious convictions—unless a lucrative deal hinged on it. Not only are the rights of individuals protected, but also those of religious entities, including schools and charities. They are exempt from rules against discrimination if the discrimination is done “in good faith”. That could be a licence to expel gay pupils, for instance. And on top of such distasteful scenarios, it seems odd to give certain people legal privileges—the right to act in a way that would otherwise be unlawful—simply because they identify themselves as religious.
The Australian Human Rights Commission, while approving of the protective provisions in the legislation, is concerned about the assertive ones. Others have joined it. Such provisions may well be watered down. But the fact that the bill has made it this far is striking, given Australia’s growing godlessness. In the most recent census, in 2016, 30% said they had no religion, compared with 22% five years earlier.
Yet no previous prime minister has been so “out and proud” as a Christian, as John Warhurst of the Australian National University puts it. Mr Morrison described his surprise election victory in May as “a miracle”, which Archbishop Davies says is “about right”. Mr Morrison holds a weekly prayer session in his office in Canberra.
Marion Maddox of Macquarie University points out that most Australian Christians hold moderate beliefs, including accepting abortion, at least in some circumstances. For the most part, the anti-discrimination bill is a useful bit of virtue-signalling by the political right. Secularists are hardly on the back foot. It is more a consolation prize to religious leaders than the harbinger of a new God-fearing era.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "A boost for believers"
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These clergy sure have their Protestant you-know-what together!
They’re the Anglican posse of the Mittagong region of the Diocese of Sydney, and that’s the very nice Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, in front.
Of course, we see this kind of thing every day in the Episcopal Church, so I’m getting kind of blasé.
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Why are Australian church leaders opposing the Oxford coronavirus vaccine? | Society
Why are Australian church leaders opposing the Oxford coronavirus vaccine? | Society
Australian church leaders have raised objections to a potential Covid-19 vaccine under development at the University of Oxford over concerns it contains cell lines “from an electively aborted human foetus.”
The objections were sent in a letter to the prime minister, Scott Morrison, last week, cosigned by Catholic archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher, Anglican archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies,…
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Australian Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies Defends His Condemnation of Same-Sex Marriage and Gender Identity
Australian Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies Defends His Condemnation of Same-Sex Marriage and Gender Identity
The Anglican Archbishop of the Diocese of Sydney, Australia, has come under fire for recent statements he made regarding the church’s position on same-sex unions. While it is not surprising that people have found Archbishop Glenn Davies’ words offensive, many news outlets have ignored the context of his speech as they have reported on it.
“My own view,” said Archbishop Glenn Davies In his presid…
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Anglican Church in Australia splits over same-sex marriage
Anglican Church in Australia splits over same-sex marriage
The Anglican Church in Australia has split, triggered by intractable divisions over same-sex marriage and accusations that bishops are out of touch with grassroots Anglicans.
The Diocese of the Southern Cross was officially launched in Canberra on Sunday, with former Sydney Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies (pictured) named its first bishop.
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I’m gay, married, and not leaving my church | Joel Hollier
For years I believed and taught the same thing as the Anglican archbishop of Sydney, buying into the false narrative of ‘gay v God’
My husband and I rock up every Sunday to church. Sure, we are barred from preaching, we are excluded from all meaningful leadership positions, and I have lost count of the number of times we have been made to feel deeply ashamed of our very presence. But this week we, along with our strongest allies, have finally been asked to leave, and by none other than our own archbishop, Glenn Davies. Why? Because we are those who have found deep beauty in the blessing of gay and lesbian marriages and we long for others to share in this joy.
From his address, it’s hard to discern whether he is ousting individuals or those dioceses that have made moves to bless same-sex marriage, but ultimately there is no difference – if an entire region is blacklisted for pursuing something we hold dear, what message does that send me? Needless to say, his words have a deep impact, and I am, all things considered, exhausted. Continue reading... http://dlvr.it/RGM0rZ
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Religious leaders to lobby MPs ahead of abortion vote
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Religious leaders to lobby MPs ahead of abortion vote
Premier Gladys Berejiklian was forced to delay a vote on it after pressure from conservative MPs, including Finance Minister Damien Tudehope who described the bill as “unjust and illiberal”.
Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies and the new Primate of t…
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The ones in my camp who are least familiar with Kentucky eventually arrive at the same, perhaps obvious question: Does Scott County High School ever lose? In anything?
You laugh, because you know the answer is pretty much no. That success story was true years before I arrived, and it probably will continue for the foreseeable future, even though that winning will be divided between two schools.
All that said, hopefully you enjoyed the 2018 calendar year, because I can’t imagine this community has ever seen one quite like it. Nor would any rational person expect to see another one in which every (for lack of a better word) “major” program performs at a championship or near-championship level.
Maybe you’re familiar with those director’s cup-type awards that the NCAA and NAIA present each year, using a point system to determine which program celebrated the most across-the-board success.
If the KHSAA cobbled one together, it’s safe to say SCHS gave the other public schools in the state a sound thrashing this year, no matter what rubric or measuring stick is involved.
Being the eyes, ears and tweeting index fingers of record in this county gave me the privilege of covering a state championship game in all three sports seasons.
That’s crazy, in case you’re sufficiently spoiled, or if you simply wondered. Once upon a time in New England, my ultimate daydream each year was to sit at the press table for at least one state final in winter, spring and autumn.
It didn’t always happen, and that was with 19 “local” high schools occupying a tri-county coverage area. Mathematically, at least, that should have furnished better odds than following one school.
Of course, we all know sheer math, logic and normal boundaries don’t apply to Scott County athletics. The best and brightest begin here, buy into the beliefs and tradition early, and evolve into champions.
Boys’ basketball got the party started by reaching the title tilt of the Sweet 16 for the sixth time in Billy Hicks’ incomparable career.
The Cardinals lost to Covington Catholic in that final, making it three consecutive years that an ever-maturing and improving group has lost to the eventual state champion. That, of course, means only one thing: As we turn the corner into 2019, it is probably senior-dominated SC’s turn. Michael Moreno, Diablo Stewart, Lorenzo Williams, Bryce Long, Cam Fluker, Glenn Covington and company have a hungry look in their eyes that is hard to explain. I only know it when I see it, so stay tuned.
Then came softball season. Words fail when trying to encapsulate the excellence of Scott County’s fast pitch program in a paragraph or two.
We live in a sports world now that loves to spoil our fun by telling us such-and-such franchise has “76.9 percent chance” of winning this-or-that game. They have it down to such a science that they can recalculate the number and show the change graphically at every point in a game.
Well, put this in your computer and spit it back to me: What are the chances in any high school sport, where a varsity team turns over almost its entire roster every two years, of one program winning three state titles in five years? When there are no classifications, so only one championship exists? Where a double-elimination format forces that school to squeeze five or six wins into a three-day span each time?
I’m guessing the number to the left of the decimal is in single digits. But of course that’s why I decided as a teenager to embrace sports and use math only when necessary.
Probability can’t measure the speed of Kennedy Sullivan’s fastball, the velocity with which the ball leaves Hannah Davis’ bat, the size of Princess Valencia or Meryn Livingston’s hearts, or the wit and wisdom of Jeff Portwood and his fellow coaches. It can’t quantify the single-minded determination that pervades a dugout jammed with young women when the heat index spikes and causes everyone else to melt.
The Lady Cards and their absurd season — 38-2, with only one loss by a single run in Kentucky, 377 runs scored to only 58 allowed — was special on its own merits. At the end of a five-year dynasty, as a centerpiece to the success an extended community enjoyed while playing or watching kids’ games this past year, it was pure magic.
Oh, and let’s not forget football, if for no other reason than Jim McKee would never let us live it down.
But seriously, this past fall was a unique run for the Cardinals, even for a program in which 10-win seasons and regional championships ridiculously have become the norm.
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Scott County endured lousy weather on almost every Friday night. It persisted through injuries and illness. It didn’t let potential season-altering sideline turmoil fester.
The Cards started 4-0, including a Cincinnati road win at Archbishop Moeller that McKee correctly claims most of us thought was out of their reach.
Then SC lost three times in a four-week span for the first time in eight years. It swallowed pride, and what it perceived as disrespect, both from the media and from triumphant opponents who hadn’t beaten the Cards in a long time, or in one notable case, ever.
Championship teams respond to such indignity, and the Cardinals did. They rattled off six consecutive wins in the fog of late October and the frost and flakes of November, including a reversal of that frustrating loss to Frederick Douglass.
SC reached the state final for the fourth time under McKee and the fifth ever, falling 37-20 to Male. Given the Louisville troika’s stranglehold on Class 6A (County’s 2013 title still makes it the only champion not named Male, Trinity or St. Xavier), being there was an accomplishment for the ages.
If there’s any unfortunate fallout from the success of those three teams, it’s that they dwarfed what would have been some seriously praiseworthy achievements in any other trip around the sun.
Girls’ basketball won regions and paid its first Sweet 16 visit since 2010. Boys’ track, buoyed by Bryan Hudson’s throwing dominance, hoisted the regional team trophy. Girls’ golf was fifth in the state, led by Rylea Marcum, who took third. Girls’ tennis had doubles state semifinalists (Grace Gardner and Lauren Moore) and a singles quarterfinalist (Olivia Gallagher) for the second straight year, Baseball fell two runs shy of its third consecutive regional title.
On and on it goes. Where it stops, we really don’t know. And people from far and wide marvel, hoping you truly enjoy the show.
Kal Oakes can be reached via email at [email protected].
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In Easter sermons, Australian church leaders urge forgiveness for disgraced cricketers
In Easter sermons, Australian church leaders urge forgiveness for disgraced cricketers
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A cheating scandal that has ripped through the core of Australia’s most venerated pastime, cricket, prompted church leaders to provide guidance over the Easter weekend on how to emerge from the moral tailspin.
Archbishop Dr Glenn Davies speaks at St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney, Australia April 1, 2018. Anglican Media Sydney/Handout via REUTERS
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Australian church leaders urge forgiveness for disgraced cricketers | Sports
[ad_1] St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney. Photo: Reuters SYDNEY: A cheating scandal that has ripped through the core of Australia’s most venerated pastime, cricket, prompted church leaders to provide guidance over the Easter weekend on how to emerge from the moral tailspin. Addressing Sunday’s congregation at Sydney’s St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies said the redemption of…
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In Easter sermons, Australian church leaders urge forgiveness for disgraced cricketers
In Easter sermons, Australian church leaders urge forgiveness for disgraced cricketers
SYDNEY: A cheating scandal that has ripped through the core of Australia’s most venerated pastime, cricket, prompted church leaders to provide guidance over the Easter weekend on how to emerge from the moral tailspin.
Addressing Sunday’s congregation at Sydney’s St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies said the redemption of Easter gives hope of forgiveness to all who face moral…
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Test your memory about some of the Australian stories denounced below the line as ‘that’s not news’ this year (includes bonus New Zealand material)
Pubs in Darwin were hit by a counterfeiting scam involving fake $100 bills. What first aroused suspicions about the notes?
Their 3D watermark was only 2D
They had “not for circulation” written across them in large pink Chinese script
The picture of Sir John Monash “looked more like Dennis Lillee”
The word “Australia” was misspelled
A streaker carrying an Australian flag interrupted the broadcast of Eurovision. What country did he come from?
Russia
Slovenia
Slovakia
Ukraine
In March pedestrian traffic signals using female figures were installed in Melbourne. Who said in response: “You know what is coming next, don't you?”
One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts
Radio presenter Steve Price
Sky News commentator Ross Cameron
Australian Christian Lobby head Lyle Shelton
Some potential record breakers made the news in 2017. Which one of these was from Australia?
Omar, reportedly the world’s longest cat
A 5.7-metre piano, believed to be the longest in the world
The world’s smallest spacecraft, known as Sprites
Simon, expected to become the world’s largest rabbit until his untimely death while in international transit
There were calls to rename Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena after she made comments attacking gay tennis players and opposing same-sex marriage. Which singer weighed in on the debate in November?
Courtney Barnett
Lorde
Tina Arena
Sarah Blasko
Whose daughter posted a message on social media supporting marriage equality, but also insisting “I love my idiot dad”?
Glenn Davies, Anglican archbishop of Sydney
Tony Abbott
Tony Overheu, who shoved a lemon meringue pie into Alan Joyce’s face
DJ Astro Labe
Who was a surprise announcement as a new presenter of Channel Ten’s The Project?
Peta Credlin
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Lisa Wilkinson
Jacqui Lambie
Audience member Patricia Fellows, 81, caused a stir on Q&A when she debated euthanasia laws with bioethics professor Margaret Somerville. Why?
She denounced the pope and all his works
She admitted importing Nembutal
She was wearing a Zaky Mallah T-shirt
She used the word “bullshit”
It was a magnificent year for local and international folk art. Which of these contributions was defended by officials on the grounds that “all art is meant to be a talking point”?
The bust of Cristiano Ronaldo unveiled in March at the international airport named after him in Madeira (above)
The controversial portrait of Princess Diana created with flowers in Chesterfield, UK, “using the ancient Derbyshire art of well dressing” in November
The ill-advised statue at an Adelaide Catholic school supposedly showing St Martin de Porres handing a loaf of bread to a small boy
The bronze sort-of likeness of Diego Maradona unveiled in Kolkata in December
The Beerepoot family of Tasmania were in the news in March for refusing to pay their council rates. What reason did they give?
They refused to bow down to a false god
They were making a stand against same-sex marriage
They were protesting against the AFL’s refusal to consider a Tasmanian team
They believed the apocalypse was due before the end of the financial year
The wine brand Yellow Tail faced harsh criticism in February for its Super Bowl ad featuring a muscular, wine-drinking, “unusually sexual” kangaroo. Which real person starred in the ad?
Miranda Kerr
Ellie Gonsalves
Sophie Monk
Elle Macpherson
When MasterChef judge George Calombaris was fined for assault, after a dispute with a fan at the A-League grand final, the magistrate mentioned how much he enjoyed a particular process on the cooking show. Which one?
Whipping cream
Caramelising onions
Barbecuing prawns
Tenderising steak
Participants in the women’s leadership forum run by the Albany Chamber of Commerce received an eyebrow-raising item in their conference gift bag. What was it?
An apron
A sewing kit
A hijab
A negligee
In January it was reported that a former mayor of Wellington, Celia Wade-Brown, had requested an unusual taxpayer-funded gift when she left the job. What was it?
A commemorative park bench with a plaque
A night out with the All Blacks
A coffee-table book of rejected designs for the New Zealand flag
A tattoo of a forest gecko
Which one of these slogans made it into the final list of 10 put to Canberra voters in January as suitable for their new numberplates?
We heart Floriade
Australia’s cool capital
Canberra – woke af
Parliament plus
Claims were made for a new submerged continent in our region. What name was given to it?
Macronesia
Pacifica
Eastasia
Zealandia
Which contestant in the Bachelorette complained that Sophie Monk swore too much?
Stu
Ryan
Apollo
Jarrod
Which of this year's elusive animals was named after Winston Churchill?
The cow that ran amok outside Western Australia state parliament in September
The camel that fled the circus on to a Darwin golf course in July
The orangutan that startled visitors by briefly popping out of its enclosure at Perth zoo in May
The quokka that escaped Rottnest Island in a rubbish bin in January
In January, what did Shayne Barwick of Cloncurry do continuously for 73 hours in the mistaken belief he was breaking a world record?
Play the pokies
Play the banjo
Play lawn bowls
Play Pokémon Go
The University of Melbourne student union council passed a motion condemning the Guardian's bird of the year poll. What was the students' objection?
The poll objectified another species for the gratification of humans
The poll was conducted using first-past-the-post rather than preferential voting
The poll encouraged bullying and prejudice against the white ibis
The selection of candidates favoured birds from the Sydney region
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Solid. You're above average for useless knowledge
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