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Overwhelming support for marriage to stay the same
52,000 Australians sign Senate marriage petition
50 national leaders of Christian Churches endorse document on marriage
Press conference on marriage petition
ACL Victoria Conference 2011
ACL National Conference 2011
Angela Shanahan on the Political Spot
Wendy Francis on the Political Spot
Zoe Foundation
In the media – a wrap up of the last week’s commentary
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Dear Supporter,
BANDT SLAM DUNKED ON MARRIAGE
If we maintain our commitment, 24th August will go down as a turning in the battle for marriage.
In an event that Greens MP Adam Bandt had precipitated, his campaign for marriage received a severe setback when 18 of the 30 MPs reporting back recorded huge majorities in their electoral consultation against same-sex marriage.
It was nearly 8:1 against same-sex marriage on average in these majority seats and Kevin Andrews reported 90% of his consultation against it.
The numbers included: 1015 to 65 against in Deakin and 595 to 14 against in Hinkler for instance.
Criticism of the methods of the gay activists was implicit throughout the process.
Even those in favour like Malcolm Turner had to acknowledge having to discount a huge proportion of well-organised returns from outside the electorate. People pretended to be who they weren’t, trying to pervert a consultation process they initiated. One member reported having to discount over 900 emails and others as many as 50%.
Realising the improbability of achieving a change to Labor policy with this lack of support in the electorates, the same-sex activists are now calling for a conscience vote to be made ALP party policy.
But the people voting by those margins for marriage will not be placated by this. They know this is providing the Greens with a loaded gun lying around the Parliament for them to take up and abuse whenever they feel a mind to – continually wasting parliamentary time on drawn out conscience votes until, by legislative fatigue, people pass it.
This is not a life issue, which deserve conscience votes. It is an issue of how the foundational relationship of our society should be defined. It is something to stand for, an issue that Australians should expect parties to have a policy on as a matter of principle.
Well done to all those who contacted their politicians, and stay strong for the next round.
Jim Wallace AM
Managing Director
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