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Faith protections doomed under YES to Homosexual Marriage

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John Howard is warning that broad protections for religious freedoms are unlikely to pass the Senate if the Yes vote wins, following Labor’s decision to back a same-sex marriage bill proposed by West Australian Liberal senator Dean Smith . The former prime minister — a key campaigner against gay marriage — argued the decision by Labor to lock in behind Senator Smith’s bill was an “added reason” for Australians to vote No in the $122 million postal survey. Mr Howard told The Australian the protections offered in Senator Smith’s bill provided only the “bare minimum” in terms of religious protections, saying a Yes outcome could force faith-based schools, charities and social-service providers to close or change the way they operate. “My position has been clear all along that I think the government should have spelt out what it had in mind,” Mr Howard said. “If the government continues to take the stance they’ll just facilitate a private member’s bill, it’s difficult to see a private ...

Former Australian PM John Howard critical of gay marriage activism

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Former prime minister John Howard thinks the attack on Qantas CEO Alan Joyce with a lemon meringue pie as a protest against same sex marriage was appalling but he is sympathetic to the views of the man responsible. Tony Overheu, a 67-year-old Perth man, says he hid behind a stage for two hours before strolling up to Mr Joyce and shoving the pie in his face during a speech in front of more than 500 people at a business breakfast hosted by The West Australian newspaper on Tuesday. He was arrested and charged for expressing an Australia wide view that a CEO who is homosexual should not be using a worldwide brand like QANTAS to further his own personal immoral homosexual agenda onto all Australians, QANTAS staff, employees and shareholders. Alan Joyce should resign. He was protesting against CEOs such as Mr Joyce, who are gay, using their brand to run a campaign to pressure the parliament to drop plans for a plebiscite and introduce gas marriage, which he described as corpo...

Former Australia PM calls for laws to protect those 'tangentially affected' by same-sex marriage

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Current PM seeking the LGBT vote by being first Australian PM to participate in a Gay Pride march.  Australia: John Howard has called for conscientious objectors to homosexual marriage to be given legal protection, drawing attention to the prospect the Coalition could legislate to allow people to refuse to provide goods and services to gay weddings, Pastors, clergy, Christian business companies, Christian schools, colleges and hospitals. This list goes one! Howard said the “overwhelming majority” of Liberal MP's would vote in favor of immoral homosexual marriage if that was the result of the plebiscite, even if their personal view was against it. They would then need to resign for violating their conscience. PM Malcolm Turnbull confirmed on Friday MPs would be given a free vote after the plebiscite. Howard said: “I do think one thing that has to be addressed is the question of proper protection of religious freedom, and freedom of conscience in relation to people who might ...

Christian politician Shameless Homosexual Betrayal on marriage

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Mr Rudd's sudden conversion to support homosexualmarriage, on the road to the federal election, is betrayal upon betrayal, according to the Australian Christian Values Institute (ACVI). The newly released Christian Values Checklist shows that Labor, under Mr Rudd, has embraced the Green’smoral decadence and betrayed its working class constituency. A spokesperson for the ACVI and the Christian Values Checklist, John Miller, said, "Mr Rudd has sadly earned the nickname of Judas ." "He has betrayed the institution of marriage that has existed for millennia, he has betrayed the broad Christian lobby who he assiduously romanced in the lead up to the 2007 election, and who helped him to defeat John Howard , he has betrayed the message of the Bible , which he knows well, and he has betrayed the many members of his own caucus who he knows are strongly and conscientiously opposed to same sex marriage." Mr Miller said, “The biblical Judas was quickly remorseful about wha...