Some people in Australia are unhappy about the government paying to keep a useless mob of chaplains in the public schools — it's basically a sinecure to prop up the finances of way too many religious parasites. Anyway, there's a poll associated with the article.
Is there a place for chaplains in state schools?
Yes
42%No
57%
It's a confusing question. Don't Australian schools have rubbish bins and toilets? Those are "places", after all.
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