Julia Gillard, the prime minister of Australia, is an atheist. For a while there, I wasn’t sure, but she came out this morning in a radio interview.
Do you believe in God?
No, I don’t, John. I’m not a religious person.
I’ll write some more on this later, but I just wanted to light a celebratory sparkler. Isn’t it great that Australia is a country where a politician doesn’t have to pretend to believe in supernatural beings, and can still get elected as a head of government…
Erm. Maybe I should hold off on the celebration until after the elections.
29 June 2010 at 4:51 am
My whole perception of her has changed. On Friday I had serious doubts about a Labor left wing faction PM. Today I'm over the moon that we have a non-thiest in charge. Praise the Lord!….not.
29 June 2010 at 2:09 pm
You lucky buggers, we've had to put up with Blair, Brown and now Cameron flashing their tooth fairy credentials, Clegg came out sort of but then he's hardly a force to be reckoned with, bah…