NEW AUSTRALIAN POLL: A child's right to a mum & dad trumps right to gay 'marriage' & parenting
SUMMARY FINDINGS
· By a margin of three to one, Australians agree we should try to ensure that children, where possible, are raised by their own mother and father.
· By a margin of three to one, Australians agree that the right to marry includes the right to create a family.
· By a margin of three to one, Australians think it is more important that a child should have a mum and dad than that two men should have the right to marry and create a family.
· By a margin of three to one, Coalition voters would be "MUCH LESS likely" to vote for an MP who supports same-sex marriage.
· By a margin of three to one, Australians agree we should try to ensure that children, where possible, are raised by their own mother and father.
· By a margin of three to one, Australians agree that the right to marry includes the right to create a family.
· By a margin of three to one, Australians think it is more important that a child should have a mum and dad than that two men should have the right to marry and create a family.
· By a margin of three to one, Coalition voters would be "MUCH LESS likely" to vote for an MP who supports same-sex marriage.
SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS
Society is faced with an inescapable choice. Same-sex 'marriage' forces us to choose between giving priority to:
· children's rights to have both a mum and dad
· homosexual adults' claims to marry and create a family.
Faced with this choice, Australians overwhelmingly give priority to the rights of the child, not the rights of homosexual men. That is an important new finding.
Australians need to know that gay 'marriage' and gay parenting is a package deal which discriminates against future children.
Coalition MPs need to know the strength of feeling, among their voting base, against an MP who supports same-sex 'marriage'.
Society is faced with an inescapable choice. Same-sex 'marriage' forces us to choose between giving priority to:
· children's rights to have both a mum and dad
· homosexual adults' claims to marry and create a family.
Faced with this choice, Australians overwhelmingly give priority to the rights of the child, not the rights of homosexual men. That is an important new finding.
Australians need to know that gay 'marriage' and gay parenting is a package deal which discriminates against future children.
Coalition MPs need to know the strength of feeling, among their voting base, against an MP who supports same-sex 'marriage'.
LINK TO PDF OF KEY FINDINGS - HERE
RATIONALE FOR THIS RESEARCH
“We undertook this survey to resolve two contradictory findings on the public record”, said Dr David van Gend, President of the Australian Marriage Forum, at the launch at Parliament House Canberra today of a new survey of “Australian attitudes to laws affecting marriage and parenting”.
“Australians have given the same strong support in previous polls to two mutually contradictory propositions on marriage and parenting” he explained.
· In 2011, Sexton Market research found 73% supported the child-centred proposition that “where possible, as a society we should try to ensure that children are raised by their natural mother and father and promote this”.
· In 2014, Crosby-Textor found the same 72% support for the adult-centred proposition of “allowing same-sex couples to marry in Australia”.
“We cannot, logically, have it both ways”, Dr van Gend said. “If we want children to be raised by their own mother and father, we cannot give two men the right to marry – which gives them the right to create a motherless family."
Dr van Gend quoted noted Australian ethicist Margaret Somerville AM, Professor of Law at McGill University:
“We undertook this survey to resolve two contradictory findings on the public record”, said Dr David van Gend, President of the Australian Marriage Forum, at the launch at Parliament House Canberra today of a new survey of “Australian attitudes to laws affecting marriage and parenting”.
“Australians have given the same strong support in previous polls to two mutually contradictory propositions on marriage and parenting” he explained.
· In 2011, Sexton Market research found 73% supported the child-centred proposition that “where possible, as a society we should try to ensure that children are raised by their natural mother and father and promote this”.
· In 2014, Crosby-Textor found the same 72% support for the adult-centred proposition of “allowing same-sex couples to marry in Australia”.
“We cannot, logically, have it both ways”, Dr van Gend said. “If we want children to be raised by their own mother and father, we cannot give two men the right to marry – which gives them the right to create a motherless family."
Dr van Gend quoted noted Australian ethicist Margaret Somerville AM, Professor of Law at McGill University:
