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New South Wales rejects same-sex ‘marriage’

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SYDNEY , Australia , November 19, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Members of the State Legislative Council of New South Wales , Australia voted earlier this week by a narrow margin of 21 to 19 to uphold the true meaning of marriage.  Most of the MLCs who voted against the Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2013 pointed out that marriage comes under the jurisdiction of the federal government, and that a state-level redefinition of marriage would not withstand the inevitable legal challenge.  Most of the MLCs who voted against the Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2013 pointed out that marriage comes under the jurisdiction of the federal government, and that a state-level redefinition of marriage would not withstand the inevitable legal challenge. Paul Green of the Christian Democratic Party noted that marriage has been under federal jurisdiction since 1961. "Yet here we are deliberately attempting to create a law that clashes with the Federal Marriage Act. Here we are moving backwards on ha...

1.4 million French march against gay ‘marriage’;police tear gas crowd, children

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March 25, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - According to organizers, nearly one and a half million people joined the third demonstration in five months against the legalization of same-sex “marriage” by the French government in Paris , on Sunday. Meanwhile, large numbers of demonstrators who were unable to join the main venue – which had filled up by 3 p.m. – or who headed straight to the largest and most prestigious Parisian thoroughfare, the Champs-Elysées , were sprayed with tear-gas and beaten as they neared the presidential palace. Victims included children as young as 6 years old, elderly gentlemen, women of all ages, middle-aged priests and monks, and even a baby aged 10 months. One boy, aged 14, named Lancelot, needed respiratory assistance for half an hour; another youth, Léonard, 17, was gassed and subsequently seized by riot police who threw him down the stairs at the entrance of a nearby subway station. Christine Boutin , leader of the mainstream Parti chrétien ...

Australian Doctors support heterosexual marriage

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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has distanced itself from a group of prominent doctors who say children are better off when raised by heterosexual parents, rather than same-sex couples. Around 150 medical practitioners from the group Doctors for the Family , including a member of Victoria's Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission , say children raised in heterosexual relationships "do better in all parameters". The group has signed a submission to the Senate inquiry into marriage equality, opposing same-sex marriage and asserting that marriage between a man and a woman is the "basis for a healthy society". The submission says that marriage, as it is currently defined under the Marriage Act 2004, is more stable than same-sex marriages. Doctors for the Family's convener, Lachlan Dunjey, is concerned about the health consequences for children of gay marriages . "It's well proven that children who grow up with a mother an...