The Prime Minister Julia Gillard this week had an opinion piece published in The Age newspaper in which she confirmed her personal view that marriage should remain between a man and a woman, but nonetheless offered members of the ALP a conscience vote on it if it comes into the parliament.
Ms Gillard...
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Media Statement Today by Catholic Church, Australia
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has released a media statement on the subject of same-sex marriage.
Please note that the AMF (i.e. us uploading this material) are of no specific religious or political persuasion. We're simply sharing as much info with you as...
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Parliament to hear views on same-sex marriage
Federal Parliament has agreed to set aside time in August for MPs to speak for five minutes on the issue of gay marriage.
Last November, Parliament passed a Greens motion calling on MPs to consult their constituents about who should be entitled to marry.
On Tuesday evening the House of Representatives agreed that members should report back...
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Why Marriage is a Hetero Thing
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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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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Same sex marriage: is public opinion a moral value?
Published in ONLINE OPINION on the 6th of December 2010
By Max Atkinson - a former senior lecturer of the Law School, University of Tasmania, with Interests in legal and moral philosophy, especially issues to do with rights, values, justice and punishment. He is an occasional contributor to theTasmanian Times.
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Dismantling a homosexual marriage myth
By Bill Muehlenberg is Secretary of the Family Council of Victoria, and lectures in ethics and philosophy at various Melbourne theological colleges.
Published in ONLINE OPINION, 25 November 2010
A so-called conservative writer parroted some silly arguments for same-sex marriage in the Sunday Age recently. He finishes by saying that marriage is a good thing (which...
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