Howard's team is cosy with another lunatic right-wing religious element

Yet another report has surfaced about prominent members of the Government, including the PM and the Treasurer, bending over backwards to accommodate lunatic right-wing fringe religious elements.

How is it that these fringe elements get such ready access to the ears of our Government but others have great difficulties?

The Age today reports that although PM John Howard condemned the League of Rights as 'a bit anti-Semitic', he refused to cut ties with an evangelical pastor who has accepted a platform from the far right-wing group.

The report continues:

The Australian League of Rights, founded by Eric Butler in 1960, insists the Holocaust — in which millions of Jewish people were murdered by the Nazi regime — did not happen.

Danny Nalliah, head of Melbourne-based Catch the Fire Ministries, last night reaffirmed he would address the league again, despite criticism from Jewish leaders that his actions had conferred legitimacy on the group.

In light of Pastor Nalliah's reaffirmation last night, at least one Jewish leader urged political leaders to distance themselves from him. Grahame Leonard, president of the executive council of Australian Jewry, said the pastor's stated intentions were "at best, naive" given the league's bigoted views.

How true! Any decent-minded person would give the likes of Nalliah as wide a berth as possible.

Read the full report here:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/federalelection2007news/howard-keeps-link-to-controversial-pastor/2007/10/31/1193618975753.html