Monday, April 20, 2009

Religious Groups At it Again


Family groups say racy, although fully clothed, photos of ex-Hi 5 Kellie Crawford, 34, sends the wrong messages to tens of thousands of little girls that were once her fans.

"There is no escaping the message she is sending to little girls, that posing in a men's magazine in a soft-porn style is something to aspire to," Women's Forum Australia spokeswoman told the Herald Sun.

It was with interest that I read this this morning. So, I went to the Woman's Forum Australia website, to see if this was a religious group. No mention of any religious affiliations on their website at all. Not one. So, I figured I must have got this wrong.
But then, surprise, surprise, after digging a little deeper, I found that Woman's Forum Australia is a conservative Christian Lobby Group.

You know, there is no problem with people having religion, but why don't they state this fact, rather than claim they are a family group? Whatever that means?

What is wrong with saying, This is against my religious beliefs? because that is the truth, isn't it? And leave it up to the public to judge you from there? Because the public don't care about people's religious ideas, and religious types know this, so they have to frame it in such away to say that it is bad for women's health, which is effectively what they are doing.

Personally, I think Kellie looks quite lovely in the photos. And she is 34 years old, a little bit too old to be spoken down to by women who think they know better. I think the message that Kellie is sending out to the world is that women should be proud of their bodies, that they are beautiful and confident.

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