Former ALP Minister Barry Cohen, writing in The Australian, predicts a massive backlash against his party on their decision to change their policy on marriage. In the article, he said this issue would determine how he votes:
“I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman – full-stop. Neither my first...
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Opposition holds the line on marriage, and rejects conscience vote
The Shadow Cabinet has met and resolved to honour its election commitment to vote as a party in support of man-woman marriage. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has said:
“Every single member of my Coalition went to the last election saying that marriage was between a man and a woman and...
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Same-sex marriage and religious freedom
The AMF Team commends to readers some good recent commentary on the issue of same-sex marriage and why it creates religious freedom issues, for churches in particular.
Paul Kelly from The Australian wrote that:
In political terms, legalisation of same-sex marriage brings state and church into direct conflict. To try to solve this...
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Fighting homophobia or promoting homosexuality?
Jim Wallace's latest contribution to the marriage debate:
ACT Education Minister Andrew Barr was pictured last week opening an "anti-homophobia" art display at a Canberra school.
So far so good. Everyone is against homophobia, but there is a fine line between that and promoting the lifestyle, especially for parents of school-aged children.
Barr was pictured with a "work...
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ALP grants MPs same-sex marriage conscience vote
Despite the signatures of over 100,000 Australians who support man-woman marriage, the ALP has voted to change its party policy to...
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Marriage petition presented to ALP delegates
[caption id="attachment_738" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Jim Wallace and Tim Cannon present the AMF petition to ALP delegates before their National Conference."][/caption]
Representatives of AMF have presented the marriage petition to delegates of the Australian Labor Party before the National Conference.
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