Fundamentalist building blocks

The devil may have all the best songs, but the Christian political parties have the best web sites. Check out Destiny New Zealand's web site. Superb front page using Macromedia Flash. Slick, professional design, in smiting black, red and white.

Christian Heritage New Zealand's web site used to look like this - clean and wholesome - an elegant simplicity of design. I much prefer the old look to the new look. Note the colourful new children's building blocks which illustrate CHNZ's new child-friendly "ABC agenda". Evidently, CHNZ is "focussing on families" and is "next generation minded" - just like their bedfellows, United Future NZ and Destiny NZ.

I couldn't buy alcohol at the convenience store today. How inconvenient. The beer and wine were roped off. The store couldn't sell me any, even if they wanted to. I couldn't buy any, even though I wanted to. Drinkers don't seek to prevent Christians from going to church on Sunday. Why on earth do Christians seek to prevent drinkers from buying alcohol? Why can't they mind their own business? At least the store was open. I suppose I must be grateful for small mercies.

In 1996, the Christian Coalition came perilously close to representation in Parliament with 4.3% of the party vote. Here's hoping for an even three-way split between the Christian parties this time around. None of the three is mainly about Affirming Marriage, Building Families or Celebrating Life. Their hidden ABC agenda is Anachronism, Bigotry, and Compulsion.

Update: (April Fool's Day) Former Christian Heritage Party leader Graham Capill has pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 12.