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Australian Marriage Equality

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Image via Wikipedia The AME want to respect Christian belief and ask for the same in return when they seek to lobby the Federal Government for same sex relationships to be included in the Marriages Act "As the movement towards same-sex marriage intensifies, the increasingly high-profile  Australian Marriage Equality  group has today sought to assure church groups across Australia that it has the utmost respect for their religious beliefs." What does utmost respect mean? It actually means nothing. The AME fact sheet contains many logical errors.  "Australia has a proud heritage of distinguishing between civil and religious marriage and of reforming civil marriage so they remain relevant to our changing society" Marriages both biblical and Act of Marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman. Either a celebrant or minister of religion are involved but this nothing to do with the definition of marriage. The Labor Government brought about thi...