A reminder - A Marriage Equality Amendment inquiry is being conducted by the Senate's Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, with a report due by 26 November 2009.
You still have time to contact your member of parliament and senators about this issue.
Background
On 25 June 2009 the Senate voted to send the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009 to an inquiry.
The Bill was lodged in the Senate the day before by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
The Amendment Bill : http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/s722_first/toc_pdf/0914820.pdf
The inquiry is being conducted by the Senate's Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, with the inquiry due to report by 26 November 2009.
For more on the inquiry : http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/marriage_equality/index.htm
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Omit ( Omit 'husband and wife', substitute 'two people' ) - - Substitute ( Omit 'husband and wife', substitute 'up to five people' )
'Polygamy and other Islamic values are good for Australia', Keysar Trad, Muslim spokesperson
Sydney Opera House, Saturday 3rd October
Keysar Trad is a spokesperson for a section of the Australian Muslim community, and no stranger to controversy thanks to his former role as an interpreter for Sheik Taj El-Din Hilaly. He will argue that the values that have served to protect, preserve and strengthen the family in the Islamic Culture could benefit Australians:
As the family is failing and losing significance in the developed world, we could gain much benefit from appreciating the values that have served to protect, preserve and strengthen the family in other cultures.
Today, apart from the fear of losing one’s assets, marriage means little more than a lavish wedding party, to be held quite late in a person’s middle age out of a sense of nostalgia.
With modern trends leading away from marriage, you find Muslims and other religious people asserting the importance of preserving marriage and the family.
Islam teaches that if a man starts to feel a strong attraction to a woman other than his wife, rather than starting an illicit relationship, they will have the option of an openly acknowledged marriage that, unlike an affair, does not carry any stigma or shame.
Yet Australia provides severe penalties for such unions.
Meeting details : http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/polygamyandotherislamicvaluesaregoodforaustralia.aspx
Background on Keysar Trad :
http://www.speednet.com.au/~keysar
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/01/1033283486605.html
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/keysar-trad-loses-radio-defamation-case-20090731-e3rm.html
Keysar Trad, "In a sense, polygamy is a compliment to the original partner that if he didn't find marriage to be so good why would he go into it again?"
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/protect-polygamy-for-women/story-e6frf00r-1111116729230
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Details : http://www.acl.org.au/national/browse.stw?article_id=28442 |
