No matter what your religion, you should try to become a government program, for then you will have everlasting life

Thou shalt not merge religion and government. Promoting religion is the job of houses of worship, not government. Our legal system especially must avoid even the appearance of bias on the basis of religion.

To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.

The leader's blueprint speech is a statement of what Labor will seek to achieve in government. That was obviously thought through in the leader's office.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.