ON January 9, 2010, I looked into the eyes of my beloved and vowed to take her as my wife,’to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part’. Seven years and car full of children later, there can be no doubt that those ... Read More »
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Queensland’s same-sex adoption laws denies child the right to a mother and father, opponents say
NEW Queensland legislation allowing same-sex couples to adopt, denies the rights of the child, according to opponents including Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge. “It represents another attempt to say there is no difference between heterosexual marriage and same-sex partnerships or marriage, and raises all sorts of questions about the rights of the child,” Archbishop Coleridge said. “The fundamental problem is that ... Read More »
The worldwide outreach helping same-sex attracted people find the Courage to be chaste
SAME-sex attracted Americans rejoiced the day the United States Supreme Court legalised gay marriage. Well, not all of them. Some, according to Fr Phillip Bochanski, the executive director of an international Catholic ministry for same-sex attracted people, were, and are, looking for chastity. As a chaplain for Courage, Fr Bochanski has journeyed with same-sex attracted men and women for seven ... Read More »
Author disappointed that mainstream media ignored his book contributing to same-sex marriage debate
THE Toowoomba-based president of the Australian Marriage Forum, Dr David van Gend, admits he stepped on a roller-coaster promoting his new book on the same-sex marriage debate. In the last few weeks, a commercial printer refused to print his book, and when an alternative printer was found, his book launch tour to all state capitals was ignored by mainstream media ... Read More »
Author who claims discrimination by printer refusing to print book accepts decision, says he won’t take action
AUSTRALIANS’ right to freedom of speech is on the line, according to Queensland doctor David van Gend, after a commercial printer refused to print his new book on the same-sex marriage debate. In Stealing From A Child – the injustice of ‘marriage equality’, the Toowoomba-based president of the Australian Marriage Forum, Dr van Gend claims “to lay bare the subversive ... Read More »
Marriage debate appropriate at university
CATHOLIC university students are commending a Melbourne institution’s public support for a talk on traditional marriage and are asking for more in the debate. Australian Catholic University provided a venue for a public talk on the future of marriage organised by the Australian Christian Lobby last month. Renowned public speaker Ryan T. Anderson, known for adding a “refreshing” voice to ... Read More »
NSW MP continues defence of marriage
OPPONENTS of the legalisation of same-sex marriage have reiterated the Federal Government should be the only legislator on the matter. NSW MP Greg Donnelly (pictured) warned “the battle over the meaning of marriage has clearly moved from the Commonwealth Parliament to state and territory legislatures”. His comments came as debate in the NSW Parliament on a proposed bill to create ... Read More »
Call for marriage referendum
PROPOSALS to redefine marriage to cover same-sex relationships are "too important to be left up to the Government, social workers and courts" and should be put to the Australian people at a referendum.
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