The case against legalising same-sex marriage

THEY say they are not against homosexuals. Nor are they bigots, or religious zealots or people hankering after a bygone era. What they are against is same-sex marriage. In an often vitriolic debate now intensifying in Australia, some say their point of view has been...

Same-sex marriage divides churches

Federal parliament resumes next month and same-sex marriage is back on the agenda. A parliamentary committee recently voted in favour of changing the Marriage Act to allow for same-sex marriage. The decision came after the committee received almost 80,000 submissions,...

Gay Christians hope for church acceptance

LIKE four in ten same-sex couples, James Nevein, 49, and David Witte, 50, identify themselves as Christians. They are part of a statistic that strikes at the heart of the debate around same-sex marriage, and one that many hope will validate them in the eyes of the...

Priest backs same-sex marriage

AS an Anglican priest and a professor of sociology at Monash University, Gary Bouma is uniquely placed to comment on the issue of marriage equality. Professor Bouma last week weighed into the debate and told the Weekly that he was an advocate of same-sex marriage. He...