by Tim Cannon, Spokesperson for The Australian Marriage Forum
As first seen in 'The Punch'
What with New York legislating same-sex marriage, and Labor state conferences toppling like dominos, it appears that same-sex marriage activists have adopted a new tack: “momentum...
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What about the Kids?
The impact on children
Certainly, there are tragedies where a child cannot have both parents – through tragic situations such as the death or desertion of a parent. However, the disadvantage of a motherless or fatherless home should not be inflicted on a child – with the complicity of government – by the legalisation of same-sex...
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Opposing gay marriage as a gay man
Published in the Irish Daily Mail, 5 April 2011 - -
I am not a big believer in people making arguments on the back of who or what they happen to be. When I last made the case in these pages against gay marriage, about a year ago, I didn’t feel the need...
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Australian PM Julia Gillard: Gay marriage against my upbringing
The Daily Telegraph March 21, 2011
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard revealed yesterday that her personal stance against gay marriage was due to her conservative upbringing.
Ms Gillard said she was "on the conservative side" of the gay...
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Critics of gay marriage under attack
GENEVA (Reuters) Mar 22, 2011 - People who criticise gay sexual relations for religious or moral reasons are increasingly being attacked and vilified for their views, a Vatican diplomat told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday.
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said the Roman Catholic Church deeply believed that human sexuality was a gift reserved for married heterosexual...
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Online Opinion and Freedom of Speech
14th February 2011
The Australian website Online Opinion is facing difficult financial times after having advertising withdrawn following the publication of an article on gay marriage. Graham Young, the founder and chief editor of the site, offers his perspective.
Listen to the interview by the ABC with Graham Young HERE: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2011/02/cpt_20110214_1621.mp3
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Oversensitivity can...
Not all Gay People want Gay Marriage
'Anti Gay-Marriage gays'
by Ben-Peter Terpstra in ONLINE OPINION, 27 September 2010 From the ABC's Hungry Beast (2009): "If more than half of all Australians support same sex marriage, you'd at least assume that gay people would be in favour of it, right? Monique [Schafter] found out this isn't always the case. She spoke to...Why the push for homosexual marriage?
By Bill Muehlenberg of 'Culture Watch'
Many homosexuals – perhaps most – are not even interested in marriage. Thus it must be asked, just why is it that some homosexuals are so insistent on marriage rights? Why the very strong push by at least some in the homosexual community to be...
Gay marriage demands should be left on shelf
by Christopher Pearson, The Australian, November 20, 2010
THE most obvious thing about arguments for same-sex marriage is their shallowness.
IN last Saturday's Focus, Paul Kelly wrote a memorable piece, taking issue with Labor senator Mark Arbib's suggestion that it's time for the ALP to support gay marriage.
"Why is... Why Marriage Matters
The Marriage of a man and a woman is a unique form of relationship. Out of all human relationships, sexual or otherwise, only it can provide a child with a mother and a father who have made a formal, public commitment to one another.
Studies demonstrate (see below or Resources page) that children tend to fare best when raised by their biological...
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