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A former senior Australian Medical Association official has lashed out at the peak medical body’s campaign for homosexual marriage, accusing it of using false and misleading information in claiming the reform was a public health issue . Dr Chris Middleton , a former president of the Tasmanian AMA, has joined with five AMA members in penning a 15-page report savaging the credibility of the national body’s Position Statement on Homosexual marriage . Dr Middleton, who was inducted in the AMA Roll of Fellows in 2011, renounced his life membership of the body and was critical of its process to adopt a position in favour of homosexual marriage, saying the membership was not consulted. The gastroenterologist, who does not support homosexual marriage, expects hundreds of doctors to join the group in opposing the AMA’s position. Dr Middleton’s report will be sent to federal MPs this weekend. “The position statement has very little to say about medicine and was little more than a politica...

JACKSON, Mississippi,  – Defying the trend of Republican governors in other states, the governor of Mississippi has signed a law protecting people of conscience from being compelled to participate in same-sex ceremonies. Gov. Phil Bryant signed the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act” (H.B. 1523) yesterday, saying that the government may not compel religious organizations or individuals who have a sincere objection to take part in any homosexual couple's “wedding.” “I am signing H.B. 1523 into law to protect sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions of individuals, organizations, and private associations from discriminatory actions from state government or its political subdivisions,” Gov. Bryant said in a statement released this afternoon. For instance, the state must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. However, individual state employees may ask for a recusal, provided someone else will do so and the “licen...