>Dragan
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>You just did it again. Having stated that one is "born" into a nation and has little choice, you want to pass laws to prevent one being "born" into a religion or having it "bind" till you reach the age of reason. I'm afraid there is a double standard here.

Yes, because we're talking about different types of institutions here. While I would like to see all the world freely movable and all of us as citizens of Earth, reality is such that there's nothing voluntary about being a citizen of a state. You really have no choice. Religion, OTOH, should be voluntary, and the standards for voluntary associations of humans should apply. Would you like to be a born golf club member, only to discover at some age that your preference is chess?

>Re Women in Parliament: dangerous to ask a question unless you know the answer. ;-)

I took the risk :)

> well, we've selected female Governor Generals for about a decade, the last 2 Prime Ministers (one conservative, one liberal elected twice) were female, the Chief Justice is female, the Attourney General is female, giving women all of the power positions relating to legislature, not that anybody would make a deal about that. The head of state has been female for decades. Dunno about ratios, the election took place while I was here in US and I wasn 't watching. But as Prime Minister selects the Cabinet that controls Parliament, I'm sure she would pick according to parameters other than something silly like gender except perhaps for "Minister of Womens Affairs" where a woman probably makes more sense ;-)

Mmmmmmm... I'm beginning to like the place. How about your immigration laws? Sounds like a good place to retire to. And my wife will surely be pleased to hear this.

Her comment: and of course there's a male in the position of the minister of men's affairs?