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On Q&A, John Faulkner, “a 65 year old Christian” asked “Who gave Mr Shelton and the ACL the right to speak for all Christians on the matter of marriage equality?” Lyle Shelton , managing director of the Australian Christian lobby (ACL) answered that just as a union can’t claim to speak on behalf of every members, the ACL does not claim to convey the views of every union member. There are two surveys that help answer the question of “Who does the ACL speak for?” The National Church Life Survey reveals that 73 per cent of the people surveyed in the last 5-yearly church census said they opposed same sex marriage. A Galaxy survey organised by Australian Marriage Equality found that 53 per cent of people who said they were Christian supported same sex marriage. Both polls date from 2011. Unlike pollsters like the Barna poll in the US which ask careful questions to define what people mean by “Christian”, the Galaxy poll asked no clarifying questions. So in opposing same-sex marriage...

West Australian Labor Senator Joe Bullock has announced he is quitting politics over his party's illogical position on homosexual marriage. Senator Bullock is to be commended for his stand and strong conscience. Australia salutes this brave man who refuses to bow the new homosexual moral crusade He made the announcement in the Senate on Tuesday night, saying he had long been against homosexual marriage and could not remain a Labor parliamentarian, given that the party will remove its members' ability to vote with their conscience on the issue in 2019. Labor will force your conscience due to lesbian Penny Wong. "Instinctively I know if your job requires you to do [that] which you believe to be wrong, there's only one course of action: resign," he said. "As a member of the party, I'm free to disagree with the party policy, to lobby for change, and to encourage people to join the party with a view to achieving that end." However, he said, as a m...