Media Release – Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
24th January, 2012
As National Spokesperson for parents with lesbian daughters and gay sons, I congratulate Sarah Hanson Young for having the foresight to call for this Inquiry into marriage equality. The Inquiry will now be able to successfully address the concerns of those who oppose equality of our sons and daughters.
The Inquiry will be able to address the new research that has come out since 2009 and the last Inquiry. It will also show that countries with marriage equality have doubled since 2009 and that these countries’ moral codes and religious ethics have not been impaired with the introduction of marriage equality.
As a parent of a gay male I believe this Marriage Inquiry will show that no individual or group (religious or otherwise) can or will be negatively affected, but my son and others in the gay community can only benefit by having their relationships recognised and validated by society as a whole.
Shelley Argent OAM
National Spokesperson PFLAG
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
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