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The Australian Christian Lobby is demanding the Queensland Government cease supporting a school based anti-bullying program for gay, intersex and gender diverse children, accusing it of promoting "radical sexual experimentation", by encouraging the acceptance of gender and sexual diverse children. The Safe Schools Coalition Australia program was made available to Queensland schools from the start of the second semester this year. The federally-funded program, which is also available in Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania , is not compulsory, with principals able to choose whether or not their school could benefit from it. Building on a Victorian model, SSCA, which has been approved by the federal education department as a resource, addresses homophobia and transphobia within schools and is designed to make the school environment "more inclusive for same-sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse young people". ACL's Que...

December 13, 2013 ( MercatorNet ) - There were tears of indignation outside of Australia’s High Court yesterday, but it was the result that everyone expected: a law passed on December 3 authorising same-sex marriage in the Australian Capital Territory was unconstitutional. The marriages of the 30 or so gay and lesbian couples who had exchanged vows under the law have now been annulled. “This is devastating for those couples who married this week and for their families,” said the spokesman for Australian Marriage Equality , Rodney Croome . “However, this is just a temporary defeat. What is far more important is that the ACT’s law facilitated the first same-sex marriage on Australian soil and showed the nation the love and commitment of same-sex couples. The marriages in the ACT prove that this reform is not about politics, but about love, commitment, and fairness.” It had always been clear that under the Australian Constitution , the regulation of marriage is exclusively a Federa...

CANBERRA , December 12, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - In a unanimous ruling today the Australian High (Supreme) Court stuck down the same-sex "marriage" law  passed less than a month ago  by the parliament of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The Australian Capital Territory is a statutory territory created to house the federal seat of government, and is mainly associated with the national capital, Canberra. It has internal self-government, but lacks the full legislative independence enjoyed by the Australian states . The Supreme Court ruled that the Australian Capital Territory's Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 was inconsistent with the Federal Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, and was therefore unconstitutional. The Court ruled that the Australian Capital Territory's  Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013  was inconsistent with the Federal Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the union of a man ...

Photograph of Malcolm Turnbull, New South Wales Liberal politician. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The ABC is reporting that: Federal Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the current Parliament may change marriage laws to allow homosexual couples to wed, to legalize homosexuality . 30 couples were drawn into faulty legislation, by the  ACT 's law to tie the knot. But on Thursday, the High Court in Canberra ruled that only the federal Parliament has the power to make marriage laws, declaring the ACT's same-sex marriage law invalid. Mr Turnbull says it is likely a private members bill will be introduced to Parliament proposing a change to the existing law, which allows marriage only between a man and a woman. "I think it is very likely there will be a conscience vote agreed to by the Coalition party room," he said. Is Mr Turnbull the leader of the Government or Mr Abbott?  "As to whether that would result in the bill being passed, it's probabl...

Nine Labor and Green Politicians are being allowed to change the definition of marriage for the rest of the nation? Outrageous!  A West Australian Labor MP plans to be among the first to marry his homosexual partner when homosexual marriage becomes legal in the Australian Capital Territory tomorrow. The MLC Stephen Dawson intends to marry his partner of 10 years, Dennis, in a small ceremony in the ACT at one minute past midnight. The new immoral laws being forced on Australia by nine politicians (Labor and Greens) allowing homosexuals to marry will be short-lived as they face a huge challenge in the High Court . The huge challenges is that these immoral relationships will not be recognized in different states on a whole range of issues, including financial, welfare, inheritance, death and other issues that only federal marriages can claim. Mr Dawson wants to sends a message to the community. In effect, he is saying, whether you like it or not we will force ho...

The Commonwealth of Australia v The Australian Capital Territory [2013] HCATrans 299 (3 December 2013) Last Updated: 3 December 2013 [2013] HCATrans 299 IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA Office of the Registry Canberra No C13 of 2013 B e t w e e n  - THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Plaintiff and THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Defendant FRENCH CJ HAYNE J CRENNAN J KIEFEL J BELL J KEANE J TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS AT CANBERRA ON TUESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2013, AT 10.15 AM Copyright in the High Court of Australia MR J.T. GLEESON, SC , Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth :  May it please the Court, I appear with  MR M.P. KEARNEY, SC ,  MR C.L. LENEHAN  and  MR G.A. HILL , for the Commonwealth as plaintiff. (instructed by Australian Government Solicitor ) MR P.J.F. GARRISSON, SC , Solicitor-General of the Australian Capital Territory) :  May it please the Court, I appear for the defendant with my learned friends,  MS ...