Australia: ACL outlines Homosexual marriage zealots
A Senate Select Committee was formed late last year to resurrect
the same-sex marriage debate in the Federal Parliament.
Many of the same
senators who blocked the people’s vote on same-sex marriage - the pathway the
Turnbull Government promised to resolving the issue – are now behind yet
another Senate inquiry into a draft bill to change the Marriage Act.
ACL along with other
groups seeking to preserve marriage and freedom were busy over the break
writing detailed submissions to the inquiry the committee is
running.
This latest move by the
proponents of change is part of their tactic to cause the Turnbull Government
to break its election promise to let the people vote on the future of marriage.
Instead, they want the
Parliament to tell us what marriage is.
I’ve lost count of the
number of Senate and House of Representative inquiries into redefining marriage
that have been held over the past seven years. I doubt there are any other
public policy issues that have used up so much of Parliament’s time.
The repeated failure of
the Parliament to accept redefining marriage led to the then Abbott Government
proposing a plebiscite, something Malcolm Turnbull pledged to keep when he
became Prime Minister and after winning last year’s election is now policy
endorsed by the people.
It is important that we
work together to hold the Government to its promise and there are certainly no
signs that it is about to walk away from it, despite the desperate efforts of
those who do not trust the Australian people to have a voice.
They have learned
nothing from the two big political earthquakes of 2016 – Brexit and Trump.
A long-planned visit to
the US for meetings in Washington DC and Arizona will coincide with the
inauguration of the 45th President
of the United States.
While not the purpose
for my trip, I have been invited to attend one of the inauguration balls on
Thursday night at which Mr Trump or his Vice-President Mike Pence may make an
appearance.
And on Friday, it will
be a privilege to be amongst the crowd in the Washington Mall in front of the
US Capital Building during this historic event.
ACL has previously
expressed reservations about Mr Trump and time will tell as to whether he
will be a worthy President.
However, he has pledged
to end the war on religious freedom and to defund Planned Parenthood because of
its role in selling baby parts to research companies.
There is no doubt that
his election was a reaction by people against agendas such as the transgender
agenda which wants parents to believe that their children’s gender is fluid.
While Christians
detested Mr Trump’s morals (along with Hillary Clinton’s protection of Bill
Clinton’s abuse of women), it seems many reluctantly voted for him out of
concern for the LGBT-led assault on freedom of speech and religion that America
is witnessing.
We have the opportunity
here to benefit from a global US-led push-back against many anti-freedom and
anti-family agendas.
There is an opportunity
to push-back against stifling political correctness which has been locking us
into silence in the face of lies being put forward in public policy.
Finally, thanks to those
who expressed concern and offered prayers for us in the wake of the December 21
bombing of our Canberra office.
We remain perplexed at
the ACT Police’s hasty ruling that there was no political, religious or
ideological motivation to the bombing.
We are continuing to
seek answers.
Please pray for the
alleged bomber, who sustained serious injuries. Please also pray that all that
needs to come to light will come to light.
Thanks again for your
support. We look forward to a great year promoting values and virtues for a
more just and compassionate nation.
