# Roundup: Sport, mining agreement boycott, gay marriage, diversity, Pentecost message

> Four Aboriginal clan groups will boycott the signing of a mining agreement in Arnhem Land that is to be attended by the prime minister.

8 June 2011 · News

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## [Traditional owners cry foul on deal](https://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2011/06/08/Traditional_owners_cry_foul_on_deal_622665.html)

Four Aboriginal clan groups will boycott the signing of a mining agreement in Arnhem Land that is to be attended by the prime minister.

## [Would God approve of gay marriage?](https://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2011/06/would-god-approve-of-gay-marriage.html)

Is it time to move forward in the 21st century and make marriage between “a man and a man” or “a woman and a woman” legal?

## [New Regional Director for UnitingCare Ageing](https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/2011/06/07/article/New-Regional-Director-for-UnitingCare-Ageing/LMTUGWAXQN)

UnitingCare Ageing has appointed Bradley Williams to the position of Regional Director for the Sydney Region.

## [Diversity works in mysterious ways](https://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2011/06/07/methodists_behaving_conservatively_106266.html)

Methodists behaving conservatively.

## [Challenge injustice and violence to find unity](https://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/challenge-injustice-and-v.html)

Wealth and property shape a “false reading” of human value, World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said recently at a Protestant convention in Germany.

## [Message of the WCC presidents at Pentecost 2011](https://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/message-of-the-wcc-presid.html)

The eight presidents of the World Council of Churches, in their annual Pentecost message, write that this holy day “offers a new opportunity to each church community and to each of us” to celebrate “the advent and gift of the Holy Spirit, to renew our trust in the Spirit’s power.”

## [Reverence for the game](https://www.bookforum.com/blog/7872)

A roundup of books and articles on sports.