LAST Wednesday was National Marriage Day, an initiative of the Australian Family Association in partnership with the Australian Christian Lobby. It was organised to pre-empt MPs reporting to parliament on the views in their electorates about same-sex marriage, set down for the following day. In other words, to head off any legislative move towards same-sex marriage spurred on by public opinion.
The organisers said it was “now more urgent than ever to gather your friends, neighbours, church group and colleagues and come to Canberra . . . to support natural marriage”.
No wonder opponents of gay marriage are mobilising. You don’t have to be a gay activist to advocate same-sex marriage these days. According to a Galaxy poll in June 2007, 57 per cent of the population supported same-sex marriage. In October last year it was up to 62 per cent. Change is a-coming, but sadly not just yet.
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