The Naked Rugby League calendar 2007, promoted as the "most provocative calendar ever released by an Australian football code," was released in Sydney to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Several of League's biggest stars are photographed nude in the calendar, which has already garnered controversy for the revealing nature of some poses. Many of the shots leave little to the imagination, but it is Youngquest's revealing pose - in which one hand is placed partially over his genitalia. Others to join Youngquest, Thurston and Hodges in baring all are New Zealand Test players Paul Whatuira and Brent Webb, as well as Ben Ross, Amos Roberts, Ashley Harrison, Riley Brown, Stuart Webb, Greg Bird, Michael Witt and Liam Fulton. [SMH]
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Men For All Seasons is Australia’s longest running and most successful sports modelling calendar. Featuring the hottest players from the ranks of professional AFL football. This year they could not find enough players to participate for the sexy photo shoot. However, for those interested in some of the most creative and sensual male model, the 2006/07 Bodyline Men Calendar is now available.
This calendar features the most striking male modelling talent including Dean Geyer from Australian Idol.
After meeting in Rwanda, archbishops from the 20 African and Asian provinces in the Anglican “Global South” grouping said that they understood the “serious implications” of their decision.
But they added: “We believe that we would be failing in our apostolic witness if we do not make this provision for those who hold firmly to a commitment to historic Anglican faith.”
The primates will now push for a two-Church solution in the US. This could serve as a model for Anglican provinces elsewhere with liberal majorities and strong conservative minorities, such as in England, Wales and Scotland.
They are to develop an alternative Anglican structure in the US for the seven episcopal dioceses who appealed this year to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, for alternative primatial oversight.
Their appeal came after the general convention of the Episcopal Church, when a female and pro-gay primate, Bishop Katharine Schori, was elected to succeed Frank Griswold as leader of the Episcopal Church. The conservatives are also angry that the Episcopal Church has stood by the election of the openly gay Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire.
In an address to a Christian gathering in which he attacked the efforts of Islamic extremists to force their views on nations, Mr Costello urged his audience to read the Pope’s speech and wonder at the violent reaction.
It’s the second time in recent months the treasurer has opened up on the subject of Islamic extremism, earlier calling on those who would introduce sharia law to Australia to look for another country in which to live.
“How can one religion exercise the freedom to speak on its values, its faith, without prompting a violent response from other religions?” Mr Costello told the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) national conference in Canberra.
