Category Archives: Marriage Australia

‘MPs won’t jump on same-sex bandwagon’

Two recent editorials in The Australian have underscored the widespread public concern for marriage remaining the union of a man and a woman. In The Weekend Australian, chief editor Paul Kelly wrote that, "The mounting evidence is that the Greens-led "bandwagon" strategy to introduce same-sex marriage backed by wide sections of the ...
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A dad does matter to a child

Toowoomba GP Dr David van Gend writes in today's The Australian that, "Redefining marriage to include gay and lesbian couples would eliminate entirely in law, and weaken still further in culture, the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child." He concludes the article by saying, "Marriage and family formation are about something...
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Marriage has always been male-female

Over the weekend, Ted Lapkin had this to say about marriage: "Yet it's notable that the annals of humanity are devoid of any similar precedent that would legitimate same-sex nuptials. Across continents and centuries, the institution of marriage has invariably involved the male-female family model. "And that's because of the kids. The universality of...
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Marriage: What if it’s about definition, not discrimination?

This is an excerpt from Journalist and Blogger, Ruth Limkin, as a response to the presentations in the Parliament on August 24th: *** Some kind and compassionate people are stating that marriage is discriminatory, because persons who are in a same-sex relationship are excluded from it. While I don’t doubt their sincerity, I wonder if they...
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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14th February 2011 The Australian website Online Opinion is facing difficult financial times after having advertising withdrawn following the publication of an article on gay marriage.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 ________________________________________

Oversensitivity can...

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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...
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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...

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