On marriage equality and discrimination law

Venise Alstergren writes: Re. “Attention religious bakers: you may not discriminate against LGBTI people. It is the law.” (Thursday)

I’m glad to hear your opinion: “As organised religion’s hold on society loosens and personal conviction (faith-based or otherwise) becomes a more powerful force”.

Because it is laughable the taxpayer has to support-as tax free entities-religious organisations. In fact it makes me wonder if they aren’t getting stronger all the time.

On media reform

Jack Robertson writes: Re. “Should you care about media reform?” (Thursday) 

Oh, Meeja Reform, Shmeeja Reform. Right now the absurd Rebel Wilson pay-out is a far more salient harbinger of the Fourth’s increasingly crimped future, frankly. It’s a disaster for journalism, both in damages size and ruling basis.

Our defo laws were already the number one news-killer in the joint, but for some tinsel rag to have to hand over nearly $5M  for the alleged impact of a bit of vaguely over-massaged but bog-standard showbiz gossip-guff on the “reputation/future earnings” of the kind of C-Lister only too happy to dance the Junk Meeja/celeb fantasy tango when it suits spells catastrophe for serious reporting on serious power.