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TASMANIA, Australia , -- An Australian Catholic archbishop is facing legal action from a transgender Green Candiate for Federal Parliament - after recently distributing a pamphlet to local Catholic school children that supported Catholic teaching on marriage being between a man and woman. “Dear Friends, I have received notification from the Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner that a complaint made about me has been viewed as a possible breach of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas),” Archbishop Julian Porteous from the Archdiocese of Hobart in Tasmania posted yesterday to Facebook about the allegations of discrimination against him. The 18-page pamphlet titled “ Don’t Mess With Marriage ” was put out by the country’s bishops and details the Church’s teaching on sexuality and marriage. The pamphlet states that it is “gravely unjust” to children, adults, and society to redefine marriage to allow for homosexual partnerships to be called “marriage.” “The Catholic C

US President Barack Obama- sinful and sadly arrogant in his sin President Obama's promotion of the LGBT agenda has earned him the title of "Ally of the Year" by "Out Magazine." It has also made him the first U.S. president to appear on the cover of an LGBT magazine. "[T]his president and his administration have ushered extraordinary change into the lives of LGBT Americans," wrote "Out" reporter Aaron Hicklin . "For someone who at first seemed coy, even awkward, on the subject, President Obama's evolution on marriage equality has been something to behold." While President Obama proclaimed to believe marriage was between a man and a woman until late in 2012, many political observers   assumed this was due to political expediency   – something former White House advisor David Axelrod verified earlier this year. According to Hicklin, Obama has pushed "important legislation, including the repeal of 'don't

Giving voice to concerns that many faithful have given recent events, Bishop Athanasius Schneider gave a strong defense of marriage on Friday, October 16, at Human Life International headquarters in Front Royal Virginia. Speaking to about 100 in attendance, his passionately-made case for the unchangeable nature of marriage was grounded in the proclamation of Jesus Christ from the Gospel of Matthew: Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal Word and the Eternal Truth in Person, restored the original dignity of human nature in a most wonderful manner, also regarding the sexuality of the human being, which was created in a wonderful manner in the beginning. Through the fall in sin, the dignity of human sexuality had also been wounded. Because of the hardheartedness of the fallen man, there was introduced by Moses even divorce, and this contrary to the absolute indissolubility which God commanded. Also the Pharisees and scribes had known the divine truths about the beginning of marriage, t

Why Can’t Christians Just Join the Revolution? Why not just join the revolution? This question seems obvious to many people who look at  conservative Christians and honestly wonder why we cannot just change our views on homosexuality, same­sex marriage and the entire LGBT constellation of issues. We are constantly told that we must abandon the clear teachings of the Bible in order to get “on the right side of history.” It’s not that we don’t understand the argument – we just cannot accept it. Clearly, many more liberal churches and denominations are not only accepting that argument, they are running away with it. Each of these churches once defined marriage exclusively as the union of a man and a woman, and every one of them once defined human sexuality and gender in agreement with the Bible and with historic Christian teachings. Now, at least some people seem genuinely perplexed that conservative Christians will not just go along with the program to redefine Christian morality

Why might a Christian refuse to attend, cater, or participate in a same-sex marriage ceremony? For simplicity's sake, let's assume this is a discussion among traditional  Christians who believe-as the church has always believed and as most of the global church still believes-that same-sex behavior is sinful and that marriage is a covenantal, conjugal  union of a man and a woman. With that clarifying comment, we can address the question head-on:  Why would a Christian feel conscience bound not to attend or participate in a gay wedding?  It's not because of bigotry or fear or because we are unaware that Jesus  spent time with sinners that leads us to this conclusion. It's because of our desire to be obedient to Christ and because of the nature of the wedding event itself. A wedding ceremony, in the Christian tradition, is first of all a worship service. So if the union being celebrated in the service cannot be biblicaly sanctioned as an act of worship,

Without question, evangelical Christians face a new reality in post-Obergefell America. And they are wondering how to move forward. They hear some leaders counseling retreat and disengagement from the culture. They hear other leaders say that we need to engage the  culture war with the kind of politicking that marked the old Moral Majority of the 1980s. Neither option really captures what Jesus taught us about our enduring relationship with the world. John 17 records the words of Jesus' prayer just before He was handed over to be crucified. His prayer focused not only on the eleven remaining disciples, but also on all those who would believe in Him through His disciples' testimony. In short, Jesus was praying for us. Among other things, Jesus prayed that we would be in the world, not of the world, for the sake of the world. 1. Jesus prayed, "I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one .... As you sent me into the wor

What does the future hold? Obama was correct when he said the Supreme Court's gay marriage decision landed like a thunderbolt. The decision in Obergefell v.  Hodges. which legalized gay marriage nationwide, is indeed a watershed in our national life. Although a majority of Americans now support gay marriage, many of us regard this decision  as amoral and judicial tragedy  From a legal standpoint, it represents five un-elected justices' imposing on the nation anew definition of marriage . The judgment is not rooted in sound leg principle but in the opinions of five lawyers arrogating to themselves the right to enact social policy. The Supreme Court has no right to redefine marriage for all fifty states, but that is exactly what it did. From a moral standpoint, the decision is a complete subversion of the good, the right, and the true with respect to marriage. Marriage is the covenant union of one man and one woman for life. Its connection to procreation and children

The dragging of the nation’s Catholic Bishops before an Anti-Discrimination Commission for distributing a benign pastoral letter on marriage is a deeply disturbing development for free speech and religious freedom in Australia . It is a day that we at ACL hoped would not come. But we have been warning about it for years as political storm clouds of intolerance towards the message of Jesus in Australia have brewed. I have provided some context to the legal action below. But first, could I urge you to read the ACBC ’s pastoral letter, Don’t Mess with Marriage , and as an act of solidarity with the timeless truth about marriage, encourage you to share it with all of your friends on social media and even by email? We must tell our fellow Australians that basic teaching about marriage and family is considered illegal by some in our community and that they are prepared to use the law to shut down other peoples’ views. The Turnbull Government has promised that all Australians will have

Consequences of redefining marriage Beyond the effects on spouses and on children, redefining marriage to include same-sex relationships will have far reaching consequences for all of us. The world around us influences the communities in which we live. Cultural and legal norms shape our idea of what the world is like, what’s valuable, and what are appropriate standards of conduct. And this in turn shapes individual choices.  That’s one of the main purposes of marriage law: to enable and encourage individuals to form and keep commitments of a certain kind. But if the civil definition of marriage were changed to include ‘same-sex marriage’ then our law and culture would teach that marriage is merely about emotional union of any two (or more?) people.  All marriages would come to be defined by intensity of emotion rather than a union founded on sexual complementarity and potential fertility. Husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, will be seen to be wholly interchangeable

SYDNEY, Australia,  -- Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney has decried as “astonishing and truly alarming” the threat of legal action being brought against a brother bishop for distributing a pamphlet to local Catholic schools that supported Catholic teaching on marriage being between a man and woman. "Australia is party to treaties guaranteeing freedoms of religion and of speech, and regularly exhorts other nations to observe these. It is therefore astonishing and truly alarming that people might be proceeded against for stating traditional Christian beliefs on marriage,” the archbishop said last week in reaction to Archbishop of Hobart Julian Porteous having received notification from the Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner that a complaint had been filed against him. A complaint from transgender activist Martine Delaney — a biological male who now says he is a woman — was launched after Archbishop Porteous distributed an 18-page pamphlet titled “ Don’t