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Fred Nile's Fight Against Ethics Class Halted in Australia

Australian politician Fred Nile is being asked by religious groups to drop his campaign against ethics classes in the nation, according to The Sydney Moring Herald.

The government official is being urged instead to focus on improving support for scripture classes by the Inter-Church Commission on Religious Education, an organization which represents 80 percent of groups that provide special religious education, including the Anglican and Presbyterian churches.

Nile was not persuaded to completely drop his bill but is supporting the organization’s plans.

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The commission’s deputy chairman, Peter Adamson explained the organization’s approach while confronting Nile.

“We said: ‘Mate, it’s over, forget about it. We fought the fight, ethics is now a part of the curriculum because it’s legislation. No government repeals legislation,” said Adamson to “The Syndney Morning Herald. “Our task is not to bellyache or grumble, but to make SRE winsome and effective educationally.”

The group’s main concern was the decreasing amount of time allocated for scripture classes which has shrunk down to 20 minutes in some cases.

The commission is also looking for greater support, recognition and training for volunteers.

“We will continue to do so to strengthen and improve the delivery of special religious education in NSW governments,” said Adrian Piccoli, a spokesman for the Minister for Education who also confirmed that Nile was willing to work with them for the cause.

Nile expressed his concern over ethics classes teaching students “secular humanism” at Christian forum at Parliament House on Monday.

The minister attributes Nazism and Marxist Ideologies to the belief system of “secular humanism” and is urging government to make changes.

“We should hold the government to their original policy, to repeal the ethics classes,” he said.

The Premier, Barry O’Farrell affirmed his election commitment to maintain ethics classes, but will allow Nile’s bill to make it to the party room.

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