We have read Heather Barwick's account of her grief in having no father in her life, because she was brought up by her mother and a lesbian partner.
We have heard 'Amy', on radio talkback with AMF, describing the same grief and loss and how as a...
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From a doctor who experienced ‘forced adoption’
Former PM Julia Gillard and her "legal advisors" would do well to read this letter AMF got today from a doctor who was herself a child of the forced adoption era. This doctor understands the analogy (expressed in our recent TV ad) between the 1950s-70s violation of...
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On radio with ‘Amy’: “I desperately wanted a daddy”
This was a special few minutes during talkback radio a few days ago, when a young woman, call her 'Amy', rang to tell her story.
She had been raised by her mother and a lesbian partner. As a young girl, she describes the grief and loss at not having a...
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To our Senators: “Saying sorry means not doing it again”
With the Senate due to debate David Leyonhjelm's Freedom To Marry Bill on Thursday, and the second anniversary of the National Apology for Forced Adoption only four days ago, the AMF President joins the dots in this article at Online Opinion. Thanks to the magnificent response...
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From the heart of a gay household: ‘No’ to gay parenting
Is it my imagination, or is there some global conspiracy to tell even the deafest of politicians that not every gay person, or child of a gay household, likes the idea of gay ‘marriage’? In fact, that many of them know – and are starting...
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A gay man asks: What’s at stake with Elton v D&G?
Here are excerpts from today's article by Doug Mainwaring, a gay man who writes on the harm to children of gay 'marriage' and gay 'parenting' - and cops some flack for doing so. In this piece he weighs in on the stoush between Elton John and...
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AMF President in the Courier Mail: Stop the Censorship
Dr David van Gend, President of the Australian Marriage Forum, wrote in Queensland's Courier Mail newspaper this week about the censorship and demonisation faced by those who defend a child's right, where possible, to both a mother and father.
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TO SAY a baby needs a mother...
Gay family-law barrister agrees with AMF President
In this interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, 16 March 2015, a gay family-law barrister rings up to support Australian Marriage Forum President Dr David van Gend. They agree that a child should have, where possible, a mother and a father. The barrister, 22 years in a single-sex relationship, says:
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Gay designers support nature’s design, oppose gay ‘parenting’
When gay European fashion legends Dolce and Gabbana made comments last week against gay marriage and gay parenting, the first instinct, of course, of the LGBT community was to urge a boycott of their gay brothers. Silence them. Exclude them from the monolithic gay-marriage party.
These admirable gents are...
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