{"id":6376,"date":"2005-12-14T09:56:23","date_gmt":"2005-12-14T09:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/12\/trouble-down-under.html"},"modified":"2005-12-14T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2005-12-14T09:56:23","slug":"trouble-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/12\/trouble-down-under.html","title":{"rendered":"Trouble Down Under"},"content":{"rendered":"

What began on the beach, now moves to the churches. <\/a><\/p>\n

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In the latest development amid the tensions gripping Sydney, a Uniting Church hall in Auburn was burned to the ground overnight, while the nearby St Thomas’ Anglican Church had a dozen windows smashed about the same time.<\/p>\n

This follows vandalism of the St Albans Anglican church at Macquarie Fields yesterday morning and an incident on Monday night in which shots were fired outside a Christmas carol service at the Catholic St Joseph the Worker Primary School in Auburn.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Creidiblity blogger has a bit more.<\/a><\/p>\n

The discussion all over is the same as it always is: The ghost of religious identity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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