by John | Dec 8, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed statements today from the Victorian Council of Churches and the Rabbinic Council of Progressive Rabbis that there is a diversity of religious views on the issue of same-sex marriage, including support for reform, and that the...
by John | Dec 8, 2011 | Australian news, News
The Executive of the Victorian Council of Churches today expressed dismay at the one-sided view of Christianity portrayed in the Australian media. “There are well-organised and well-financed lobby groups who routinely present their views as “the” Christian position”,...
by John | Dec 8, 2011 | Australian news, News
SAME-SEX couples will be able to have their civil unions recognised in marriage-like ceremonies under draft laws introduced to the ACT Legislative Assembly. The legislation is similar to that passed by the assembly in 2006, but later struck down by the Howard...
by John | Dec 8, 2011 | Australian news, News
FEDERAL Opposition leader and Warringah MP Tony Abbott would be “denying natural justice” if he did not allow a conscience vote on marriage equality, the proud father of a gay son and Cremorne resident said. Geoff Thomas, a former Vietnam veteran who is fighting for...
by John | Dec 8, 2011 | Australian news, News
RELIGIOUS leaders in our town oppose the proposal to include homosexual couples in the Australian Marriage Act. Depriving children of a mother or father, going “against God’s word”, and “eroding Godly values that are vital to sustain a healthy society” were among the...
by John | Dec 8, 2011 | Australian news, News
Hills MP’s have condemned the Labor Party over its decision to reverse its position on marriage. Last weekend the Labor Party changed its policy and now supports ammendments to the Marriage Act to allow same sex marriage. To email your MP and Senators, click...
