A Toowoomba man is taking his daughter’s primary school to the Anti-Discrimination Commission after her class watched the 2007 Steve Carell comedy Evan Almighty.
The Australian
Ron Williams is particularly concerned to protect his daughter Kathleen’s “freedom from religion” as well as her fundamental right to be used for his own political purposes.
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Mr Williams was not the only parent to complain about the showing of Evan Almighty to children, though most of the complaints centred on how much better the original Bruce Almighty is.
Critics slammed the film, which depicts a well-meaning congressman building an Ark in a Virginia suburb, as doctrinaire. The plot heavily references an ancient holy text, the Bunnings Warehouse: Lowest Prices For A Very Merry Christmas catalogue. Instore now.
Mr Williams is opposed to even the presence of chaplains in schools, whether or not they speak to his children, and worries that if he doesn’t attack the presence of a Biblical theme in Evan Almighty, Kathleen may grow into the worst sort of fundamentalist: one who disagrees with him.
