by John | Apr 2, 2012 | Australian news, News
Members of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA), controlled by powerful union boss and vocal same-sex marriage opponent, Joe de Bruyn, have sent a submission in support of the reform to the current Senate inquiry into marriage equality....
by John | Apr 2, 2012 | Australian news, News, Religious leaders, Who supports equality
Brisbane’s Very Reverend Dr Peter Catt argues a proposed marriage equality bill would remove discrimination. The dean of St John’s Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane has broken ranks with traditionalists and thrown his support behind allowing same-sex...
by John | Apr 1, 2012 | Australian news, News
Rev Mike Hercock, a Baptist Minister from Sydney, shares his video submission for the Senate inquiry on marriage equality. To send your submission to the Senate inquiry, click here. (Deadline Monday 2nd April!) If you’re a Christian who supports marriage...
by John | Apr 1, 2012 | Australian news, News
Differences within Christian communities over gay marriage are being brought to the surface by a Senate inquiry into a Greens bill to permit same-sex marriages. Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell has made a submission to the inquiry supporting the...
by John | Apr 1, 2012 | Australian news, News
THE Catholic Church’s attack on gay marriage does not speak for all Christians, a Territory priest has said. Territorians were hit up to be part of a national fight against proposed changes to marriage laws driven by Catholic leaders as three controversial Bills...
by John | Apr 1, 2012 | Australian news, News
ALL things being equal, the wedding of a young Mt Gambier couple should be unremarkable. The culmination of a three-year courtship after meeting at a nightclub, the public declaration of a couple making a life-long commitment to each other, a celebration of two people...
