The definition of marriage has now been changed in Australia. The High Court determined in 2013 that marriage was able to be defined as anything, provided there was a political majority to do so. That majority has now been achieved and the law has changed. One side argued “equality”. The other side argued “tradition”. But…
Same sex marriage and free speech in your own home In the same sex marriage debate, religious leaders have been busy ‘looking after their own patch’, pleading for the freedom — if the law changes — to practice their faith, share it and maintain its integrity in their various institutions. But what about the…
As featured in The Spectator, Why Labor should stop pretending and ditch same-sex marriage, 14 September 2018. Labor voters are the most considerate, salt-of-the-earth people you’re ever likely to meet at a polling booth sausage sizzle. How so? Well, recent polling shows Labor voters, more than supporters of any other party, think freedom of…
There is no mystery as to why the majority of Australians want their own say on marriage. The political establishment just says it’s a “no-brainer” on the basis of equality and equal rights, and that it’s “inevitable”, but avoids principled in-depth discussion. Yet the opposite view was held just two election cycles ago by the…
Real Equality’s downloadable essay contains the following: This voluntary, exclusive, lifelong relationship that involves the equality and union of both halves of humanity therefore represents the democratic principle itself… it is only the equality of men and women that can result in the actual human unity we describe as marriage. The most dramatic division in…
Should a free society based upon human equality view the sexual union of a man and woman in a marriage relationship as a pre-eminent expression of human sexuality worthy of special recognition in its laws, or not? To address this key question we must firstly look at the definition of marriage. It came to us as part of the great democratic…
Before discussing same sex marriage, we may well ask who’s actually having the discussion? Australians are certainly a diverse people. We come from many ethnic backgrounds. We favour different sides of politics. We follow different football codes. We have different interests and approaches to life. Our different belief systems might range from religious conservative to…
GET THIS INTO THE MARRIAGE DEBATE: 1. In marriage, the most dramatic division in humanity becomes the source of its deepest unity. 2. Marriage represents the democratic principle of human unity through the union of both sexual halves of humanity. 3. The current definition of marriage is the opposite of slavery. It describes the equality…