Up to 20,000 signatures have been submitted to WA Federal MPs in response to the Australian Bishops’ call to Catholics urging them to protect marriage, according to the Australian Family Association (AFA).
The Bishops distributed a petition opposing the legalising of same-sex marriage in December in response to Federal Greens MP Adam Bandt’s successful motion asking members of the House of Representatives to “gauge their constituents’ views on ways to achieve equal treatment for same-sex couples, including marriage” over the Christmas parliamentary break.
The AFA has urged that the petitions and letter writing continue until the ALP national conference in November, saying there are lobby groups actively working towards changing the definition of marriage, “so it is most important for us to continue to keep up the pressure on our legislators”.
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