In open contempt for the constitution's unequivocal, single word allocation of responsibility for "marriage" to the federal government, gay activists have tried (and failed) to legislate gay marriage in Tasmania this week - see HERE - and now plan to have a go in the other Greens-Left state of South Australia - see...
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Sanity in the Senate! Large majority defends natural marriage & family: Mum/Dad/Kids
"Senate Rejects Gay Marriage": A reassuringly sane day, as men and women from all parties (except the Greens) spoke the simple truth about what marriage is - this greatest social institution built on the most solid biological foundation - and why, for the sake of the love between mother, father and child, it...
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Gay Marriage Bill rejected in the Reps, 98-42: a win for the right’s of a child to BOTH a mum & a dad
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012
REPORTED FROM FEDERATION CHAMBER
The Deputy Speaker reported that the bill had been returned from the Federation Chamber for further consideration and presented a certified copy of the bill. 12:26:01 PM Question That the bill be now read a second time put. The House divided (the Deputy Speaker, Ms A. E. Burke, in the Chair)AYES,...
Senator Abetz gets to the heart of the matter (& update re Sen Bernardi’s own-goal)
Coverage HERE in the Australian: The always-incisive Senator from Tasmania cuts through the adult-centred narcissistic slop and states the obvious: that marriage is fundamentally about the needs of children to have both a mum and a dad; that no man can be a mother to a little child; and that a mother is...
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On the eve – maybe – of the vote: a good summing up video from the main players
From the Australian website, this summing up of the cases for and against, featuring Penny Wong, Adam Bandt; Jim Wallace and Kevin Andrews.
In essence, the division is between the adult-centred and the child-centred views.
"Equality" is an issue for both positions - one the equal right of adults to access the social status of 'marriage'; the...
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Old grey Senator says NO to gay parenting (= hate speech); young gay actor says NO to gay parenting (= valid opinion)
Stranger than fiction. While the toxic sludge of the twittersphere settles on Senator Ron Boswell as its hate-object of the day (try #Boswell) for objecting yesterday (see HERE) to the marriage of two women because it stops a kid having a dad ("Who takes the boy to football?... Who takes him camping and fishing?")...
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AMF article in The Australian today: "Gay marriage is not the cure"
Gay marriage is not the cure
• by: David van Gend • September 14th 2012. • From: The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/gay-marriage-is-not-the-cure/story-e6frgd0x-1226473730467
THE Left knows a great prize is within its grasp: any law redefining marriage will mandate the new definition with the full force of anti-discrimination law, thus completing the 1960s sexual revolution. Hence the commitment by Jim Wallace, head of...WA Prof queries role of legalising gay marriage in reducing gay suicide
In an article HERE at Online Opinion, just brought to AMF's attention by a supporter, Associate Professor Rob Cover (pictured) of the University of WA casts doubt on the simplistic political spin (or political blackmail might be more accurate) which says Parliament must legalise gay marriage or be culpable for gay suicide. Some...
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Gay marriage: crushing conscientious freedom in schools, churches, wherever…
A senior British QC has analysed the legal impact on individuals (parents in particular) and institutions (schools, churches, businesses) of legalising homosexual marriage. As AMF has warned, legalising gay marriage means, above all, normalising homosexual behaviour in the wider culture, and the full force of anti-discrimination law will be used to crush conscientious objection to...
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