ABC Newslink Aussies back unity and diversity in preamble Wednesday 24 February, 1999 (3:03pm AEDT) The Constitutional Centenary Foundation says submissions made to its quest for ideas on a preamble shows Australians strongly support a theme of unity and diversity. The foundation received around 400 submissions from around the country. The views will be sent to the Prime Minister. Deputy chair Cheryl Saunders says the proposals overwhelmingly supported references to Aboriginal people and Australia's cultural diversity. Professor Saunders says God also received quite a lot of support. "But one idea that did come through pretty clearly from a lot of submissions is that God should not be a specifically Christian God and that the reference to a specifically Christian God would run contrary to some of the views expressed about diversity," she said. ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
