Media Release
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) today joined calls for members of communities, churches and families to express their support for marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Speaking in Parliament last night, Tasmanian Liberal Senator Guy Barnett threw out a “clarion call” for communities across the nation to let their local MPs know of their support for marriage and the belief that it “deserves respect and protection”.
His call for action followed on from last week’s passing of a Greens’ motion for MPs to seek constituents’ views on same-sex marriage.
Senator Barnett told Parliament last night that: “What is being proposed by proponents of same-sex marriage is not mere finetuning of the definition of marriage but a full-on assault on one of its key elements: namely, that it involves the union of a man and a woman. To change the definition of marriage to encompass a union between any two persons would be effectively to abolish marriage in Australian law by replacing it with something quite different and alien.” Please click here to read the full text.
ACL Managing Director Jim Wallace supported Senator Barnett’s call and reiterated the need to “protect the model of marriage between a man and a woman which is a universal cultural mainstay proven over millennia”.
“The Greens and the gay lobby have been very active in their campaign to undermine long-held concepts of marriage and family which are central to the fabric of our society and provide stability for children,” Mr Wallace said.
“It is important that MPs hear from Australians who value marriage and do not wish to see it re-defined.
“In some other countries where same-sex marriage has been legalised, such as Canada, it has then led to pressure for polygamous relationships to be legalised. Once the meaning of marriage is changed who knows where it will lead,” he said.
“It is disappointing that radical Greens’ fringe agendas have dominated the final weeks of Parliament.”
I wish to support the fact that marriage is a union between a man and a woman.
It is vital that this model of marriage be protected. We do not want to see marriage redefined.
Marriage between a man and a woman is the basis on which family stability is formed and maintained.
Australia must not allow the erosion of society by the abolition of the clear values on which our culture has stood for hundreds of years.
I agree that marriage is a union between man and woman as instituted by God and should not be made a mockery of by allowing same sex couples to marry. Marriage between husband and wife is a beautiful union and should be held in respect and not degraded. Only a husband and wife are capable of reproducing as God intended.
I wish to support the instituion of marriage as been between a man and a woman. It is only in this definition that protects our children and maintians saftey in our society.
I also support the institution of marriage as being the one that has served our nation and many others well for hundreds of years and was instigated in the first place as a form of protection for the people of this earth and their children. However, where are the Christians making a stand, and why so few men willing to stand up for what we believe and support?
Gideons of Australia where are you? Stand up and let’s show the world that we are not just people of words but people of action!
I agree with S. McMurtrie – where are the church leaders setting the pace on this and other issues? While it’s true that we have a media that is not sympathetic, if enough Christian leaders spoke up, the media would have to take notice.
The latest research from Great Britain shows that gay and lesbian people make up only 1% of the population. Why would we consider changing a trusted and age old family dynamic that works in order to placate 1% of the population? It’s about time that politicians realised that for all the noise and tumult that gays make and for all the coverage the media gives them, gays are a minute proportion of the population Social experimentation of the magnitude of defining gay unions marriage and, in effect saying that there is no difference between homosexual and heterosexual unions in terms of marriage is nonsense. Research continues to show that the best place for children to grow up is in a traditional marriage, between a man and a woman. Marriage has continued since time began because it is the best institution for children. We should not be redefining one of our most valuable institutions on the whim of a mere 1% of our population
I wish to support the instituion of Marriage between a “Man and a woman,”
As Woman was created by God for Man,…God did not create ‘Man for man’,I agree that it is the only definition by which our children can be protected from this abomination.
we know that God loves the sinner, but He hates the sin.
So let your NAy be Nay, and stand up for Gods principles.
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